I also sometimes wonder what role – if any – that the writing process (blogging) has played in this. This is hardly to suggest that blogging makes you a radical. However through ongoing reflection and exploration of ideas, I think it can solidify and sharpen existing opinions, and take what may have once been only the seeds of thought and grow them into something far more substantial.
Regaining some perspective | TechTicker - 0 views
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In some regards the topic of education is just as contentious as that of politics, and all too easy to become divided by false or artificial delineations. If we’re going to start to make progress and bring learning and teaching into the 21st century I think the best, most effective, and sustainable way to achieve this is to do it together.
Free Online Courses, at a Very High Price - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 3 views
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A success for college-made free online courses—except that Mr. Ziegler, who works for a restaurant-equipment company in Pennsylvania, is on the verge of losing his job. And those classes failed to provide what his résumé real ly needs: a college credential.
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the recession and disappearing grant money are forcing colleges to confront a difficult question: What business model can support the high cost of giving away your "free" content?
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David Wiley, open education's Everywhere Man
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Hyperconnectivity and Overuse | TechTicker - 3 views
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If 15 to 17 hours a day spent online experimenting and experiencing is an average time commitment needed for the average academic to come to terms with social media, and understand the potential it has for learning and teaching – and God help us if it is – then the movement is doomed.
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there is simply not enough flexibility and space allotted for open exploration of emerging technologies during working hours
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in some regards the emergence of hyperconnectivity arises from working conditions and obstacles to access as much as personal research obsessions.
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