by kris | Jun 9, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Individual Learner, Understanding Media
From the Knewton Blog, Jose Ferreira the CEO and founder, describes the American undergraduate experience and how Americans perception of the undergraduate experience is changing. Americans have accrued $1.2 trillion in student debt. More debt cannot continue to be...
by kris | Jun 9, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Learning Community
A defined learning experience (DLE) may be formal, such as offered by institutions. Or a DLE may be informal, such as the MOOC model for training, professional development, and learning centered on learner interests and goals. Learning circles, run much like a book...
by andflywrite | Jun 3, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, GO AHEAD CALLER
Our relationship to physical space is changing in the mobile age. We spend a lot of time inhabiting virtual space, where a live mediated person can be within 12-24 inches of our face, while physically residing half way around the globe somewhere. Or, maybe a...
by andflywrite | Jun 3, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
Kris talking about attending CASAS programs in the summers, sent me searching for all that CASAS is/ does. Kris did an earlier post at PSA on CASAS competences here. (golden oldie from Feb 2012) Here’s their current “about” doc. [gview...
by kris | Jun 2, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER
See which countries have been classed as most successful at offering the best education to their citizens according to this article. The Social Progress Imperative has compiled research on basic education levels throughout the world and presented it via the Social...
by kris | Jun 2, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Individual Learner
Over the years, I have attended many CASAS Summer Institutes. The topics include a focus on the latest approaches to transitioning learners from post secondary education to the workplace. One year, I attended a session presented by the Singapore workforce development...
