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Vicki Davis

Rebranding: "MOOC" to "CaS" | Inside Higher Ed - 3 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 31 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 31 Oct 13
     
    Another alternative is to not use the term "MOOC" and call it a Cas". (another hat tip to Stephen Downes for this article). I'm not sure that changing the name really will change what is a movement to learn online. Yes, it needs to be verifiable and so many things need to happen, but sometimes I find it odd how higher ed flees from anything that sounds trendy. Why not just Make Moocs better. Anyway, realize that higher ed has woken up and realized something significant is happening, how they will respond is yet to be seen. Says the author: "The thing formerly known as a MOOC will now be called a CaS.   CaS:  Course at Scale."
Keith Hamon

Seven Habits of Highly Connected People by Stephen Downes, Guest Contributor ... - 0 views

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shared by Keith Hamon on 04 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Posting, after all, isn’t about airing your own views. It’s about connecting, and the best way to connect is to clearly draw the link between their content, and yours.
  • When connecting online, it is more important to find the places you can add value rather than to pursue a particular goal or objective.
  • Keith Hamon on 04 Apr 08
     
    People will connect & stay connected to you only if you provide some value (entertainment, knowledge, skill, resources, personality) for them.
Vicki Davis

ROARMAP - Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 01 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 01 Nov 08
     
    Policies from various organizations about their Open Access repository material Archiving Policies.
  • Vicki Davis on 01 Nov 08
     
    If your organization is working with Open Access Repositor Material -- check out this website where institutions share their policies and register your own. (from Stephen Downes.)
Vicki Davis

Snap Links Plus :: Add-ons for Firefox - 1 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 18 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 18 Sep 11
     
    This handy firefox add on lets you hold down the right mouse button and draw a square over a set of links. Then, it will open each of those links into its own tab. This is useful if you have students placing links on a page and need to open each link to assess them. This is the only firefox extension that I found compatible with the newest version of firefox, although it is preliminary, I've found it to work fine for me.
edutopia .org

Edutopia's Top Rated Resources: Week Ending June 17, 2011 | Edutopia - 16 views

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shared by edutopia .org on 28 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • edutopia .org on 28 Jun 11
     
    Edutopians have been busy wrapping up the year and preparing for summer. In this posting, our Community Manager Betty Ray breaks down the top five most practical, most innovative, and most persuasive resources shared on Edutopia
Stephanie Sandifer

Jodi Beggs: How Video Will Likely Create Rather Than Kill the Classroom "Star" - 5 views

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shared by Stephanie Sandifer on 07 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Technology has enabled inexpensive reproduction of a wide variety of media, which has in turn radically transformed the structures of a number of industries.
  • It's hard to dispute the hypothesis that the higher instructor quality would likely overcome the modest benefits of face-to-face instruction, and I would be willing to bet that this form of virtual instruction would come as a welcome change for those students taught by instructors who are teaching merely to fulfill university requirements, are using courses to push their own agendas, or just plain don't speak English
  • The traditional model of education is not altogether different from the old-time theater or concert model. On the up side, customers enjoy a live experience where they can potentially interact with the performer or instructor. On the down side, this model is limited in its scalability (especially where simply increasing venue or classroom size is not reasonable) and thus more expensive than its virtual counterpart. Given the skyrocketing cost of college education, the potential appeal of virtual instruction is becoming quite significant.
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  • Virtual instruction has the potential not only to give a large number of students access to top instructors at lower cost but also to provide the incentives to attract and retain top teaching talent in the first place.
  • Stephanie Sandifer on 07 Jul 10
     
    Virtual instruction has the potential not only to give a large number of students access to top instructors at lower cost but also to provide the incentives to attract and retain top teaching talent in the first place. 
Ed Webb

Building an Internet Culture - 0 views

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shared by Ed Webb on 24 Mar 09 - Cached
  • ten conclusions that might guide a country's development of a culturally appropriate Internet policy
  • Do not spend vast sums of money to buy machinery that you are going to set down on top of existing dysfunctional institutions. The Internet, for example, will not fix your schools. Perhaps the Internet can be part of a much larger and more complicated plan for fixing your schools, but simply installing an Internet connection will almost surely be a waste of money.
  • Learning how to use the Internet is primarily a matter of institutional arrangements, not technical skills
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  • Build Internet civil society. Find those people in every sector of society that want to use the Internet for positive social purposes, introduce them to one another, and connect them to their counterparts in other countries around the world. Numerous organizations in other countries can help with this.
  • Conduct extensive, structured analysis of the technical and cultural environment. Include the people whose work will actually be affected. A shared analytical process will help envision how the technology will fit into the whole way of life around it, and the technology will have a greater chance of actually being used.
  • For children, practical experience in organizing complicated social events, for example theater productions, is more important than computer skills. The Internet can be a powerful tool for education if it is integrated into a coherent pedagogy. But someone who has experience with the social skills of organizing will immediately comprehend the purpose of the Internet, and will readily acquire the technical skills when the time comes
  • Machinery does not reform society, repair institutions, build social networks, or produce a democratic culture. People must do those things, and the Internet is simply one tool among many. Find talented people and give them the tools they need. When they do great things, contribute to your society's Internet culture by publicizing their ideas.
Shari Sheppard

Are Students College Prepared? - 4 views

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shared by Shari Sheppard on 30 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Shari Sheppard on 30 Aug 11
     
    In today's world of advanced technology, preparation for employment after completing High School often means pursuing an additional course of study for a minimum of one to two years. Be this in a Technical School, Junior College, College or University, the bottom line is that our students generally need to further their education in order to secure employment. Readiness for college therefore is an important issue facing our schools. College preparation takes foresight and planning and involves more than college preparatory courses. How can we insure that our students are college prepared?
  • Walter Antoniotti on 31 Aug 11
     
    The Department o Labor reports that Formal Education Beyond High School Is Not Required for 66% of the 2008-2018 Job Openings . See page 15 of http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2009/winter/art02.pdf . Who will fill these jobs? The report also states that 22% require a four-year degree or more. Won't the over supply just od degree holders continue to push down the real wages of college graduates as it has for over ten years?
Maggie Verster

Innovate: Rhizomatic Education: Community as Curriculum - 0 views

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shared by Maggie Verster on 21 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Maggie Verster on 21 Jun 09
     
    The pace of technological change has challenged historical notions of what counts as knowledge. Dave Cormier describes an alternative to the traditional notion of knowledge. In place of the expert-centered pedagogical planning and publishing cycle, Cormier suggests a rhizomatic model of learning. In the rhizomatic model, knowledge is negotiated, and the learning experience is a social as well as a personal knowledge creation process with mutable goals and constantly negotiated premises. The rhizome metaphor, which represents a critical leap in coping with the loss of a canon against which to compare, judge, and value knowledge, may be particularly apt as a model for disciplines on the bleeding edge where the canon is fluid and knowledge is a moving target.
  • David Hilton on 22 Jun 09
     
    Maggie, no it's not. Learning is a change in long-term memory. These unsubstantiated ideas have led to a disastrous watering-down of standards in Western education. Evidence, not theories, must be the basis of educational practice.
Robin Ricketts

Tips Every Teacher should Know about Google Docs in Education ( Great Easy Guide ) ~ Ed... - 29 views

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shared by Robin Ricketts on 09 Jul 12 - No Cached
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      Robin Ricketts on 29 May 13
       
      This page contains links to Google Doc tutorials.  Scroll down to find the section on Google Forms.  
Ben W

Purposeful Networking | Reflection 2.0 - 0 views

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shared by Ben W on 01 Apr 08 - Cached
  • the older demographic uses networking more for professional purposes
  • Aaron describes how he’s fine with seeing the real side of prospective employees on Facebook profiles and twitterstreams because it gives him a better picture of who people are, but in our opinion and experience, networking is much more than simply posting information about yourself on various sites
  • the education profession historically has been a profession of “isolationism” despite recent efforts to establish Professional Learning Communities within schools.
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  • Networking is extremely powerful for connecting educators and students to professionals outside of education - the challenge in education today is breaking down barriers and allowing students and teachers access to the sites and time in the school day and curriculum
  • Ben W on 01 Apr 08
     
    A good in-depth article arguing that purposeful networking (easily done w/ web2.0 tools) should be a skill addressed in education.
Jeremy Davis

TED Talks broken down by subject for teachers - 0 views

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shared by Jeremy Davis on 05 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Jeremy Davis on 05 Jun 09
     
    WOW!!!
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