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MOOC instructional design

Here is an announcement for a new MOOC. The announcement itself contains references that are helpful to PSA  in better understanding what is learning today and what is instructional design today. Enter MOOC MOOC: Instructional Design Beginning on January 25, 2016,...

Kahn starts a lab school

In 2015, Khan Academy, which pioneered free, online video tutorials and lectures that have reached millions of students around the world, sought new ways of reaching new people. Here is a NPR interview with Salman Kahn discussing how video lectures and tutorials can...

Social media in online learning

Gilly Salmon shares new research regarding her Carpe Diem MOOC.  The Carpe Diem MOOC provides a formal online learning tool, Blackboard as well as the use of Twitter and FaceBook for networking and improved learning experience. In this paper, we explore the benefits...

Complex Learning

Dave Cormier talks about his evolving understanding of rhizomatic learning.   Looks to me that he is differentiating learning that is complicated but process oriented such as, building an airplane and landing on the moon.  His Rhizomatic learning is called...

Hamlet tragic narrative shared live via satellite

Benedict Cumberbatch, takes the title role of Hamlet in Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Hamlet was broadcast live from the Barbican in London to cinemas around the world on Thursday 15 October 2015, with encore screenings taking place following this date. National...