by kris | Feb 6, 2017 | 7 Core DLE Elements, Individual Learner, Learning Community, Science of Learning
Here is a declaration of modern learner rights by designers of online corporate learning experiences.  These designers support learner centered experiences as being good for both the learner and the business.  PSA encourages many of the same core elements of a quality...
by kris | Feb 6, 2017 | 7 Core DLE Elements, Individual Learner
See what developers, researchers, educators and thought leaders considered in shifting professional development toward a system demonstrating competency of specific skills rather then the current practice of “seat time”. Digital Promise hosted a Summit on...
by kris | Feb 6, 2017 | 7 Core DLE Elements, Embed Resources & Tools
Two University of Washington professors are taking aim at BS in a provocatively named new course they hope to teach this spring. The professors would like to push the course materials online — teaching it as a MOOC, for example, a freely available course taught over...
by kris | Jan 9, 2017 | BEST LINKS EVER, Learning Community
Creating the learning community, is a key focus for PSA.  This opinion by Thomas Friedman of the New York Times talks about how the innovations in technology will create value. The knowledge economy was about hired heads. The technology revolution is thrusting us into...
by kris | Dec 13, 2016 | 7 Core DLE Elements, BEST LINKS EVER, Embed Resources & Tools
I remember attending a New Mexico Technology in Education  conference a number of years back.  A session I attended focused on “cloud computing”.  The presenter drew pictures of clouds with devices connected.  At the time, I needed this simple...
by kris | Nov 27, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Science of Learning
Here is an interview with the head of Amazon Web Services another big player in cloud services for enterprises seeking greater infrastructure capability. Andy Jassy heads Amazon Web Services, the cloud-computing division that drives much of Amazon.com’s profitability....
