by andflywrite | May 31, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
As Kris and John learned recently, even two gentlemen who “should” be excited about online learning have misgivings. Our reply was: “Well, if you haven’t had good experiences with online learning, it’s because it wasn’t done...
by andflywrite | May 31, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
Apparently Mary Meeker and Liang Wu, of the media firm KPCB, put out an annual “internet trends” report in “Slideshare” and full PDF version here of the 2013 report. The Atlantic magazine has a story on “highlights” of the slideshow...
by andflywrite | May 30, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
Article in USA Today on latest expansion of Coursera into higher ed realms. Seems they are clearly continuing to push into the “new frontier”, probably faster and farther than any other MOOC startup. (link from Liz Brown)
by andflywrite | May 25, 2013 | BEST LINKS EVER
Jared Lanier, who apparently hung out in Las Cruces area at one time, IIRC, has a new book out, and here reviewed by “The Verge”. Curated not necessarily because of Jared’s particular views which are certainly eccentric…but because of local...
by andflywrite | May 23, 2013 | GO AHEAD CALLER
We should judge teaching not by the amount of knowledge it passes on, but by the enduring excitement it generates. One of the basic questions to revisit in a revolution in learning, is: “What’s important to learn?” And is it true to say that...
