by gary575 | Jul 23, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Steve Blank reports here on NSF’s I-Corp for Learning program which is being expanded via 24 team experiments backed by $1.2 M in funding. I wonder if LCPS has an existing NSF STEM grant that would qualify them for this program.
by gary575 | Jun 28, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Coursera is now offering a free course for teaching online; the course description is here.
by gary575 | Jun 22, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
“A Smart Way to Skip College in Pursuit of a Job” is the subhead on this NYTimes article. This concept sounds like it could really be something, especially since it has corporate backing. This seems to answer the perplexing accreditation problem. AT&T...
by gary575 | Jun 16, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Noted venture capitalist Fred Wilson is scheduled to speak on “Blended Learning” to the upcoming Forbes 400 Philanthropy Summit. The bad news is that he is far from an expert in Blended Learning. The good new is he knows how to utilize the tools of the...
by gary575 | Feb 11, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
MOOCs may or may not be gaining wide-spread acceptance in universities, but lecture capture sure is. According to this Campus Technology article, the University of Leeds expects to record 50,000 hours of lectures a year! Now that is a lot of talk!
