by kris | Nov 3, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
The Quality Matters Annual conference is presently in Session, and while we at PSA are not attending, we can see what is up in the world of quality design for online courses. Experts will address competency-based education (CBE), including the universal design...
by kris | Nov 2, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
PSA in June 2015, posted a New Mexico Education department report on the state of education in New Mexico. The report suggested middle schools needed to promote motivational and social emotional behavior conducive to engagement and academic growth. The...
by andflywrite | Oct 29, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
We are familiar with the Flipped Classroom, where learners source video for the group as part of collaborative learning. Periscope, a new app, is a bit of a twist on that idea, in that we are watching in real time what others are seeing through their smartphone video...
by andflywrite | Oct 26, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Recent comprehensive article in Slate on adaptive learning, and what former just text book companies are up to today. They want to be called “Learning Science” companies now, among other changes to maintain their “market” today. [gview...
by andflywrite | Oct 23, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Guruduth Banavar is an executive at IBM leading the team developing a new generation of cognitive systems — don’t call it artificial intelligence — known as Watson. “We fundametnally think that cognitive computing can help us design material for...
by andflywrite | Oct 20, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Vanity Fair magazine has a lengthy story on Facebook’s purchase of Oculus Rift, and plans for the future of VR. There’s also more on AR, Augmented Reality, and the leading buzz generator for that, “Magic Leap”. The potential impacts of VR and...
