UK universities are wary of getting on board the mooc train | Education | The Guardian - 0 views
Welcome to LORO - LORO - 0 views
Alt-Ed: MOOCs and Open Education: Implications for Higher Education - 3 views
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"This March 2013 report by Li Yuan and Stephen Powell sets out to help decision makers in higher education institutions gain a better understanding of the phenomenon of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and trends towards greater openness in higher education and to think about the implications for their institutions. "
OU Innovating Pedagogy 2012 - 0 views
teaching styles - Donald Clark Plan B - 2 views
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What is Plan B? Not Plan A! Sunday, March 18, 2012 Socrates (469-399 BC) - method man Socrates was one of the few teachers who actually died for his craft, executed by the Athenian authorities for supposedly corrupting the young. Most learning professionals will have heard of the ‘Socratic method’ but few will know that he never wrote a single word describing this method, fewer still will know that the method is not what it is commonly represented to be. How many have read the Socratic dialogues? How many know what he meant by his method and how he practised his approach? Socrates, in fact, wrote absolutely nothing. It was Plato and Xenophon who record his thoughts and methods through the lens of their own beliefs. We must remember, therefore, that Socrates is in fact a mouthpiece for the views of others. In fact the two pictures painted of Socrates by these two commentators differ hugely. In the Platonic Dialogues he is witty, playful and a great philosophical theorist, in Xenophon he is a dull moraliser. Socratic method Th
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he was among the first to recognise that, in terms of learning, ideas are best generated from the learner in terms of understanding and retention. Education is not a cramming in, but a drawing out.
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Learning as a social activity pursued through dialogue Questions lie at the heart of learning to draw out what they already know, rather than imposing pre-determined views
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Are your students ready to study in an online or blended learning environment? | LTiA I... - 1 views
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This proved to be quite difficult as the problems experienced by students studying totally online are different to those who are having face-to-face as well as online experiences
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These quizzes attempt to personalise the resource to a particular student’s needs rather than requiring them to spend time locating resources within the website as a whole
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It is hoped that future developments will include: Collaboration with departments/faculties to provide links to additional resources that have been
Digital and Information Literacy Framework - 0 views
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"What is digital literacy and how is it different from information literacy? Digital literacy includes the ability to find and use information (otherwise known as information literacy) but goes beyond this to encompass communication, collaboration and teamwork, social awareness in the digital environment, understanding of e-safety and creation of new information. Both digital and information literacy are underpinned by critical thinking and evaluation."
OER Impact : JISC - 0 views
Using the web for learning and teaching - a new understanding | Higher Education Networ... - 3 views
The Ed Techie: The MOOC wars - 3 views
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02/05/2013 The MOOC wars