by andflywrite | Jun 30, 2017 | BEST LINKS EVER
A few years back it seemed off the wall speculation that handwriting might become an obsolete human skill. After all, it’s one of the core capabilities we first learn in grade school. Starting with, perhaps, how to write one’s name. However,...
by kris | Jun 26, 2017 | 7 Core DLE Elements, BEST LINKS EVER, Learning Community
My three year old grandson will go to the schools listed in this article. The emails written by a principal and some parents in this affluent liberal neighborhoods, seems to have unintentionally created a discussion about how best to create empathy in young children....
by kris | Jun 26, 2017 | 7 Core DLE Elements, BEST LINKS EVER, Science of Learning
Following up on a recent PSA post about the Amazon purchase of Whole Foods, here an article explaining how the hybrid trend is going in higher education. The expectation that students can integrate their learning experiences across channels is now arriving in higher...
by kris | Jun 26, 2017 | 7 Core DLE Elements, BEST LINKS EVER, Science of Learning
Edx is presenting this MOOC to teach positive psychology. Learn science-based principles and practices for a happy, meaningful life during this eight-week course offered through UC Berkeley.
by kris | Jun 26, 2017 | BEST LINKS EVER
Here the World Economic forum presents the 8 digital skills we must teach. How do we as parents, educators, and leaders, prepare our children for the digital age? Above all, the acquisition of these abilities should be rooted in desirable human values such as...
by kris | Jun 26, 2017 | 7 Core DLE Elements, BEST LINKS EVER, Individual Learner
Ignatia de Waard shares a blog highlighting a live streaming by Stephen Downes on a model of his own personal learning network. The blog is a reflection by Ignatia on the live streaming talk. The original MOOC was a map, where the collective learners explore...
