by kris | Aug 9, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
This video from 1977 in Austraila is part one of a 3 part Q&A after a lecture by Marshall Mcluhan. We know that Mcluhan saw media as an extension of our senses. It is very interesting to watch this video from 1977 and see how right on the man was in describing the...
by kris | Jul 30, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
David Jones blog discusses the problem with the implementation of e-learning in universities to support and enhance learning and teaching. A problem perhaps best summed up by Professor Mark Brown (Laxon, 2013) E-learning’s a bit like teenage sex. Everyone says...
by kris | Jul 18, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
I was pleased to see that EdX came through with a certificate of completion as offered for the course I completed in June, Design and Development of Games for Learning. I paid $40 for verification of my identity and a copy of the certificate showing that I completed...
by kris | Jul 6, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Can mindfulness be taught and enhance learning? The question posed by this article was focused on mindfulness being used to enhance learning. The answer depends upon how an instructor decides to use it and the manner in which it is taught. For example, you cannot tell...
by kris | Jun 30, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
We’ve all grown up with the factory model of education. It’s come to seem totally normal. It’s not normal at all. It’s just the only way we’ve been able to deliver free widespread K-12 education up until now. Here from a Knewton blog by CEO Jose Ferreira. Of course,...
