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Sunanda V

The Slow Demise of OLPC - 0 views

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olpc flaws implementation educational_technology

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  • Sunanda V on 30 Oct 12
     
    Another article looks at the fundamental flaws behind the OLPC vision, planning, and implementation.
Susan Smiley

Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...udents-learn-teachers-say.html

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  • Susan Smiley on 01 Nov 12
     
    Interesting article with cons and pros of effects of technology on students attention. I know good teachers are competing more and more for kids attention. But I also wonder if students waning abilities to think deeply and critically have as much to do with flaws in our education system/schooling as use of tech.
  • Jeffrey Siegel on 01 Nov 12
     
    Susan, I agree with your comment that waning attention have as much to do with flaws in our education system/schooling as use of tech. There's no reason to assume that kids 30 years ago were any more attentive during class or lecture. They simply had far fewer options on where to place their attention. I wonder if traditional classroom where equipped with as many distractions as one can find online how it would effect children's behavior and attention span?
Heather French

Boston Magazines view on EdX and the future of education - 0 views

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shared by Heather French on 16 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Heather French on 16 Sep 12
     
    The article uses EdX's flaws to discredit online education in general and makes some valuable points about what is not working using statistics from MIT's online courses from last year to provide evidence of online education failing.
aybüke gül Türker

Khan Academy: Out of the Screen, Into the Physical World - 6 views

mindshift.kqed.org/...an-academys-physical-iteration

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  • Diego Vallejos on 17 Nov 11
     
    Interesting article that shows the next step that Khan Academy wants to take
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 18 Nov 11
     
    "He [Sal] added: "If nothing else, I'd like a kid who's gone through the Khan Academy to be able to say, 'I've learned accounting, law, and I can write as well as someone who's graduated from Andover. That's empowering." Could that also be "disrupting the class"? traditional educational institutions bettter take heed of new technologies.
  • aybüke gül Türker on 20 Nov 11
     
    This idea can be seen as an alternative way for teaching methods however we have more sophisticated educatinal tools other than video . Unless this project includes other tools such as 3D and learning by doing , it will be flawed for some sides of teaching ways.
Jennifer Hern

A Virtual Revolution Is Brewing for Colleges - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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shared by Jennifer Hern on 13 Sep 09 - Cached
  • When this happens -- be it in 10 years or 20 -- we will see a structural disintegration in the academy akin to that in newspapers now. The typical 2030 faculty will likely be a collection of adjuncts alone in their apartments, using recycled syllabuses and administering multiple-choice tests from afar.
    • Xavier Rozas
      Xavier Rozas on 13 Sep 09
       
      I think this vision is at its core flawed.
  • But within the next 40 years, the majority of brick-and-mortar universities will probably find partnerships with other kinds of services, or close their doors.
    • Jennifer Hern
      Jennifer Hern on 13 Sep 09
       
      I seriously doubt colleges and universities are going to fall by the wayside into cyberspace. The article is focusing on the cost of education at these institutions instead of the quality of education. Yes, more students will have access to higher ed. degrees because they are more affordable, but setting out on your own at eighteen years of age, whether it be going to college or entering the workforce, is a long-held tradition in society. Students at universities aren't just learning about academics, they're learning about social dynamics as well. Based on my personal experience, I probably learned more about why and how people, groups, teams, and large organizations operate and interact (especially in informal settings) than I did about Milton's 15th century Morte D'Arthur. If the author is proposing that MOST high school graduates stay home for an additional two to four years before entering the real world, I think it would create a whole new set of rammifications that would negatively impact our society as a whole.
  • Jennifer Jocz on 13 Sep 09
     
    This article talks about online-learning and the ways it may change the college experience. While I agree that new technology is affecting the way our courses are run, I don't see it leading to the complete shut down of Universities. While it is wonderful that people have access to courses and resources that they may not otherwise have, I believe that there will always be a need for face-to-face interactions that one can only get from a University setting.
Garron Hillaire

BASE10, The DSi and Lefties Left Out - Chicago video game | Examiner.com - 2 views

www.examiner.com/...0-the-dsi-and-lefties-left-out

Video Game Design Flaw Left-Handed

shared by Garron Hillaire on 16 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • There is a percentage of people in the world who hold that DS stylus a bit differently than the rest of you gamers out there and despite the attention of much of the gaming development industry, when we get ignored it isn’t difficult to avoid taking notice
  • Garron Hillaire on 16 Sep 10
     
    Designers of games need to consider the audience. Here is an example of a game that excludes left handed players. The DSi is a small hand held device with two screens. This game is played by holding the device open as you would a book. The problem is that numbers are moving from the left page to the right page and players are expected to use a stylus to interact with the right page. Left handed players block the view of the game and cannot play.
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