by kris | Jun 3, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
PSA is focusing on a train the trainer DLE to support informal learning for community organizations as they move to cloud opportunities for learning . We look to formal learning institutions for research on adoption of mobile technology and the challenges reported as...
by andflywrite | Jun 2, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER, GO AHEAD CALLER
News today of yet another Google venture to provide internet access from the air, using satellites. As mentioned, it’s getting hard to keep up with all the Google “projects”, as literally there seems to be at least one fairly major one announced...
by andflywrite | Jun 1, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Put courses online and put at risk the cash cow of on-campus courses? If not, risk being left behind. So says this article about Harvard Business School. (which sort of coined “disruption” concepts.)
by andflywrite | May 29, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Anya Kamenetz latest column from nprEd talks the tiny nations of Trinidad and Tobego contracting with Coursera and Kahn to offer a lot of online learning. Kudos to Margot for link. A new pioneer has just planted its flag on the ed-tech frontier: the country of...
by andflywrite | May 28, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Why would PSA be interested in the cable series creator of Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, and his thoughts on screenwriting? Because construction of quality narrative is an essential part of a quality DLE and screenwriting is one of the fields where narrative is king....
by andflywrite | May 27, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER, GO AHEAD CALLER
This article stands as a good example of why working for change in schools is problematic, and very very messy politically. There’s so many moving parts: going way back to school desegregation, bussing, vouchers, and fights over public versus private...