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Chris McEnroe

The Future of Education Isn't Free. It's Open. | Stephen Laster | LinkedIn - 0 views

www.linkedin.com/...t-free-its-open-stephen-laster

shared by Chris McEnroe on 30 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • simple solution to accelerate open edtech for everyone is to support technology standards
  • open standards ensures that educators and students can determine what’s most effective
  • What seems like a simple concern of IT departments has serious implications for learning.
    • Chris McEnroe
      Chris McEnroe on 30 Jan 16
       
      In my experience, this where the dysfunction of the relationship between It professionals and academic designers/educators will manifest.  Unless the health of this communication stream is supported directly, the gears of academic technology will crunch like a torn rotator cuff, causing every bit as much pain and chagrin. 
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  • open is technology or content that can integrate painlessly with other resources.
  • Often, they’re unable to use the technology that works best for their students because they’re locked into systems they’ve used in the past or because the complexity of creating a seamless classroom overwhelms them.
    • Chris McEnroe
      Chris McEnroe on 30 Jan 16
       
      Amen. 
  • Closed and rigid learning technology can keep students and educators stuck in place and create frustration.
    • Chris McEnroe
      Chris McEnroe on 30 Jan 16
       
      Self-fulfilling the prophesy of some that technology is an expensive waste of attention- when in fact it simply requires a more refined attention to realize its potential. 
Chris McEnroe

The corridor of uncertainty: Why aren't open educational resources being used? - 0 views

acreelman.blogspot.se/...pen-educational-resources.html

shared by Chris McEnroe on 08 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Chris McEnroe on 08 Apr 12
     
    Here's an interesting question about Open source resources that I think is tethered to engagement, motivation, and flow.
Chris McEnroe

Open Wonderland to be used as catalyst for African education - Hypergrid Business - 1 views

www.hypergridbusiness.com/...catalyst-for-african-education

shared by Chris McEnroe on 25 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • We need technologies that are simple to teach and learn for both teachers and students alike.
  • interactive and fun to encourage their interest
  • 3D virtual world technology as a catalyst
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  • 3D immersive education environments will offer significant improvements over the normal face-to-face, traditional teaching and learning styles
  • real-time collaboration across geographical distance,
  •  Virtual Technology for Education (VT4E) will study, implement, operate and support 3D virtual world environments for schools in Nigeria and other regions of Africa, using collaborative, state-of-the-art platforms and toolkits.
  • immersive audio
  • share live desktop application
  • Chris McEnroe on 25 Mar 12
     
    Using open source Virtual World software to intentionally disrupt an education system. A bold vision and I think an opportunity for bold research.
Leslie Lieman

Apple and the Digital Textbook Counter-Revolution - 3 views

hackeducation.com/...he-textbook-counter-revolution

iPad iPads textbooks iBooks education technology

shared by Leslie Lieman on 28 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Leslie Lieman on 28 Jan 12
     
    I am posting two articles: 1) Apple's recent announcement about getting into digital textbooks (article/link below) and 2) the criticism (this link) by Hack Education blogger Audrey Watters. Education needs to rethink the need for textbooks altogether. Digitizing them is not the answer. She states, "You can disassemble, reassemble, unbundle, disrupt, destroy the textbook. It is truly an irrelevant format."
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  • Emily Lovell on 30 Jan 12
     
    I thought it was interesting to read Watters's criticism of Apple's textbook plans, although I also thought it felt pretty one-sided. I do have reservations about how Apple is going about this (expecting everyone to own an iPad, requiring textbook authors to surrender rights, etc.) - but I don't think that the overall idea is so unbearable. Digitized textbooks offer many affordances compared to what we're stuck with currently (textbooks that are outdated, heavy, expensive, and limited by static content). Of course, theoretically we could do without textbooks, as Watters suggests in her criticism... but I'm not yet convinced of this in a practical, realistic sense. I suspect that the resources required to realize textbook-free classrooms are beyond what most schools and teachers have access to. (I also realize that iPads are not cheap! But if digitized textbooks were to become popular across a range of platforms, perhaps they would be more accessible to a broader demographic... and it's not as if physical textbooks are cheap either.)
  • Leslie Lieman on 30 Jan 12
     
    Hi Emily - thanks for your thoughts! Bloggers (especially those who use the name Hack in their title) are going to be provocative (one-sided) in their writing... but it helps raise questions about standard practices. I too agree that eTextbooks or iBooks are going to be tremendously more engaging and up-to-date than the ones that weigh down kids bookbags. But now take a look at the other article I posted: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/flow-digital-textbooks that suggests how publishers are not open to new and niche ideas that might be incredibly beneficial to education. The publishing market has a hold on education. Is it possible that the textbooks will not be available across a range of platforms, but only on a few that the publishers agree to work with? Maybe it is time we push for a more open source model... that could also work towards digitizing textbooks... or would innovate other ways for students to access "textbook"" knowledge.
  • Emily Lovell on 30 Jan 12
     
    Thanks for the nudge to read the other article that you posted as well! It was a nice counterpoint to Watters and the FLOW platform seems like a promising stab at digital textbooks from an open-source standpoint.
Jerald Cole

MITx Open Courseware Initiative Past, PResent and Future - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch

education technology motivation video engagement learning

shared by Jerald Cole on 01 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Jerald Cole on 01 Mar 12
     
    In this presentation by Cecilia d'Oliveira, MIT OpenCourseWare's Executive Director and Shigeru Miyagawa, Chair of MIT OpenCourseWare's Faculty Advisory Committee and Head of MIT's Foreign Languages and Literatures Department, we'll examine the how open educational resources are changing the educational landscape and meeting the global demands for open knowledge.
Chris Dede

Guardian open journalism: Three Little Pigs advert - video | Media | guardian.co.uk - 5 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...alism-three-little-pigs-advert

social media open journalism

shared by Chris Dede on 09 Mar 12 - No Cached
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  • Chris Dede on 09 Mar 12
     
    Very fun illustration of social media's impact on journalism
Jen Dick

Intel Studybook Hands-On: The Indestructible Education Tablet [Tablets] - 1 views

gizmodo.com/...-education-tablet-for-students

hardware ed tech open source

shared by Jen Dick on 10 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Jen Dick on 10 Apr 12
     
    "Intel won't actually manufacturer the product, but it will offer the design license for free to any company interested in making it." Maybe the first open source hardware example I've seen. Will be interesting to see what, if any, effect this has on the ed tech tablet market.
Jerald Cole

Coursera - 2 views

www.coursera.org

education opencourseware university eLearning courseware

shared by Jerald Cole on 19 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Jerald Cole on 19 Apr 12
     
    The new "open university" collaboration between Princeton, Stanford, UMich and Penn.
  • Jen Dick on 20 Apr 12
     
    They have some interesting offerings with some impressive people!
  • Katerina Manoff on 22 Apr 12
     
    I tried taking a course on there, and noticed that 1) offerings are very limited and 2) you have to wait until the course officially "starts", just like an in-person class. I think there are 3 starting April 23rd and all the rest are either this summer, next fall, or "TBA"...I thought the whole idea is that you could take them anytime!
Leslie Lieman

'Free-Range Learners': Study Opens Window Into How Students Hunt for Educational Conten... - 0 views

chronicle.com/...36137

online higher education

shared by Leslie Lieman on 26 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Leslie Lieman on 26 Apr 12
     
    Undergrads use "free range learning," exploring the web for material about subjects of study and do not rely on the texts and assigned readings.
Jerald Cole

Etherpad Foundation - Live Document Collaboration - 1 views

etherpad.org

engagement learning etherpad opensource writing web2.0 collaboration

shared by Jerald Cole on 18 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Jerald Cole on 18 Mar 12
     
    Etherpad is a hosted web service that allows really real-time document collaboration for groups of users. Etherpad is open source; you can host your own Etherpad by downloading the source code or try Etherpad for free on one of the Public Sites.
Anna Ho

What are the most treasured aspects of '90s adventure game design and how might these b... - 1 views

www.quora.com/nized-and-used-in-modern-games

games quora adventure game game design design engagement T545 video games

shared by Anna Ho on 20 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Anna Ho on 20 Mar 12
     
    I came across this great question posted in Quora. One of the responders, Anne Halsall listed structured narratives, diverse hand- drawn animation, more difficult puzzles (less hints), and a single-player experience as hallmarks of 90s adventures games. The highlights of these adventure games are a stark contrast to the conditions, at least according to Gee, that make video games useful learning tools (e.g.,open-ended, immediate feedback, opportunities for socialization). This lead me to wonder, are the trends in contemporary game design driving engagement theory, or is the research driving game design?
Leslie Lieman

New Media Consortium Names 10 Top 'Metatrends' Shaping Educational Technology - 0 views

chronicle.com/...35234

technology education learning online open mobile individual individualized trends

shared by Leslie Lieman on 03 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Leslie Lieman on 03 Feb 12
     
    Suggests classrooms of the future will be "open, mobile, and flexible enough to reach individual students-while free online tools will challenge the authority of traditional institutions." Nothing new to T545ers, but a good summary of trends.
Yang Jiang

BBC News - Going to Harvard from your own bedroom - 3 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-12766562

technology eLearning harvard online university education

shared by Yang Jiang on 21 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Yang Jiang on 21 Mar 11
     
    "In the online world you don't need to fill buildings or lecture theatres with people and you don't need to be trapped into a lecture timetable," says Peter Scott, director of the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute.
Lisa Schnoll

Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing, Prize Competitions | InnoCentive - 3 views

www.innocentive.com

innovation crowdsourcing social reward gamification motivation

shared by Lisa Schnoll on 04 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Lisa Schnoll on 04 Mar 13
     
    This takes rewards to a whole new level. Do you think people contribute to this website because the are motivated by the cash rewards or because they are genuinely interested in problem solving?
Chris Dede

Can Twitter open up a new space for learning, teaching and thinking? | Higher Education... - 2 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...form-learning-higher-education

twitter learning teaching thinking

shared by Chris Dede on 20 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 20 Mar 13
     
    relates to our tweeting as part of the blended learning community
Hongge Ren

Can you MOOC your way through college in one year? Can you MOOC your way through colleg... - 0 views

www.bostonglobe.com/...story.html

MOOC credential

shared by Hongge Ren on 16 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Xiaodi Chen on 16 Apr 13
     
    Saw it in H561's discussion! Interesting idea! 
  • Hongge Ren on 25 Apr 13
     
    Nothing is hotter in the education world right now than the massive open online course, or MOOC. MOOCs make an elite education available to anyone, typically for free but without course credit. But how completely can online courses reproduce the college experience? Lexington writer and entrepreneur Jonathan Haber wanted to find out.
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