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EDUCAUSE 2014: What IBM's Watson Could Bring to Higher Education - 3 views

www.edtechmagazine.com/...n-could-bring-higher-education

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  • aybüke gül Türker on 02 Oct 14
     
    I am currently working on how to integrate IBM Watson in digital media for learning. I would gladly appreciate to talk anybody in the group who has a similar interest. Nice quote "I think the real impact on learning will start to come in the classroom, if you can imagine intelligent tutors - a system that can truly be interactive with the learner as they're engaging and learning the materials,"
Mirza Ramic

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/PCAST/pcast_edit_dec-2013.pdf - 0 views

www.whitehouse.gov/...pcast_edit_dec-2013.pdf

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  • Mirza Ramic on 21 Dec 13
     
    A letter to President Obama about MOOCs and higher education, from his council of advisors on science and technology. This was released just a couple of days ago and highlights some of the potential benefits and current issues in the ongoing MOOC debate which we have all discussed. "Although the new technologies introduced by MOOCs are still in their infancy, and many questions and challenges remain, we believe that they hold the possibility of transforming education at all levels by providing better metrics for educational outcomes, and better alignment of incentives for innovation in pedagogy."
Jennifer Chen

Is entrepreneurship the future for higher education? - 1 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...igher-education_b_4435372.html

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  • Jennifer Chen on 13 Dec 13
     
    There is now tremendous reliance on adjuncts, part-time, and so-called clinical faculty
Mirza Ramic

Have MOOCs hurt public perception of online education? (essay) | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

www.insidehighered.com/...ception-online-education-essay

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  • Mirza Ramic on 13 Dec 13
     
    "The advent of this so-called "lousy product" - the MOOC - may be triggering a change, however. Indeed, recent survey evidence suggests that the acceptance of online learning among certain constituencies may be plateauing. Is it possible that a backlash against MOOCs could even precipitate a decline in the broader acceptance of online learning?"
Mirza Ramic

Researchers Push MOOC Conversation Beyond 'Tsunami' Metaphors - Wired Campus - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

chronicle.com/...48911

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  • Mirza Ramic on 11 Dec 13
     
    Trying to move the MOOC conversation beyond hype and toward more careful analysis.
Mirza Ramic

Tools v. Toys | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

www.insidehighered.com/...tools-v-toys

educational_technology Education technology learning

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  • Mirza Ramic on 09 Dec 13
     
    In support of technological possibilities, not inevitabilities.
Harley Chang

The King of MOOCs Abdicates the Throne - 3 views

www.slate.com/...cessful_for_most_students.html

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  • Harley Chang on 21 Nov 13
     
    Sebastian Thrun, CEO of Udacity, has openly admitted that his company's MOOC courses are a lousy replacement for actual university class and instead will be taking his company to focus more on corporate training. I personally will reserve further judgement until after I finish the readings for next week.
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  • Grif Peterson on 21 Nov 13
     
    I posted this article in G+ a day or two ago. Some of the better commentary surrounding this article below. Tressie McMillan Cottom: "Thrun says it wasn't a failure. It was a lesson. But for the students who invested time and tuition in an experiment foisted on them by the of stewards public highered trusts, failure is a lesson they didn't need." Rebecca Schuman: "Thrun blames neither the corporatization of the university nor the MOOC's use of unqualified "student mentors" in assessment. Instead, he blames the students themselves for being so poor." Stephen Downes: "I think that what amuses me most about the reaction to the Thrun story is the glowing descriptions of him have only intensified. "The King of MOOCs." "The Genius Godfather of MOOCs." Really now. As I and the many other people working toward the same end have pointed out repeatedly, the signal change in MOOCs is openess, not whatever it was (hubris? VC money?) that Thrun brought to the table. Rebecca Schuman claims this is a victory for "the tiny, for-credit, in-person seminar." It's not that, no more than the Titanic disaster was a victory for wind-powered passenger transportation."
  • Molly Wasser on 29 Nov 13
     
    Grif - where did the Stephen Downes quote come from ? I read the Rebecca Schuman article and don't really agree with her. To expand on the Schuman quote you posted - it's really interesting how she says the massive lecture format doesn't work but then provides two examples of massive technology that do work - texting and World of Warcraft. This relates directly to some of what we talked about earlier this semester. I don't think it's the 'massive,' as Schuman implies, that causes the failure of a MOOC. It's part of the design. Once the design is better and more engaging, then MOOCs may find that they have higher retention rates. Schuman: Successful education needs personal interaction and accountability, period. This is, in fact, the same reason students feel annoyed, alienated, and anonymous in large lecture halls and thus justified in sexting and playing World of Warcraft during class-and why the answer is not the MOOC, but the tiny, for-credit, in-person seminar that has neither a sexy acronym nor a potential for huge corporate partnerships.
  • Grif Peterson on 09 Dec 13
     
    The Downes quote was from OLDaily, which is a daily listserve of his that I subscribe too. I think the difference between texting/WoW and MOOCs is that, while both have many many users, the former two have means in which those groups are disaggregated into smaller units that are largely responsible for the UX/individual growth that goes on. I agree with you that massive is not necessarily the failure, in fact, I think it's the best thing they have going for them. However, until the design can leverage meaningful collaboration, like WoW and texting, the massive will remain a burden.
Mirza Ramic

Online Courses Attract Degree Holders, Survey Finds - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...gree-holders-survey-finds.html

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  • Mirza Ramic on 23 Nov 13
     
    "Although Coursera's founders have presented their MOOCs as a way to democratize higher education by making it available online, free, to anyone in the world, the Penn survey found that in the United States and developing countries alike, most Coursera students were well educated, employed, young and male."
  • Trung Tran on 24 Nov 13
     
    FYI, I went to Penn last year and was aware of this type of survey. Apparently, if you have a chance to look into their methodology, then they probably select a far larger number of Penn alumni than a representative portion. Considering that many Penn alumni love the idea of taking classes for free at their Alma Mater, I feel a bit skeptical about that reported unusually high percentage of bachelor's degree holders.
  • Molly Wasser on 29 Nov 13
     
    I think that this makes a lot of sense. You have to be very self-motivated with a desire to learn AND have the online resources and time to take a MOOC. That's a lot - and I would guess that people who are highly educated tend to be self-motivated. And then young men probably have more time than working parents. There's a lot of constraining factors despite the 'openness' of a MOOC.
Mirza Ramic

Massachusetts Institute of Technology names edX key component in educational strategy | Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

www.insidehighered.com/...component-educational-strategy

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  • Mirza Ramic on 25 Nov 13
     
    MIT considering its future vis-a-vis edX: "An education from MIT may soon involve a freshman year spent completing online courses, two years on campus and a fourth "year" of continuous education. While students pursue their careers, they could access a growing library of online courses to refresh their knowledge."access a growing library of online courses to refresh their knowledge."
Chris Dede

Degrees Based on What You Can Do, Not How Long You Went - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...-do-not-how-long-you-went.html

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  • Chris Dede on 02 Nov 13
     
    consistent with our discussion in class.
Harley Chang

As Interest Fades in the Humanities, Colleges Worry - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...humanities-colleges-worry.html

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  • Harley Chang on 01 Nov 13
     
    Is the rise of technology the downfall of humanities? The article also talks a bit about new tech tools used in humanities classes on page 2.
  • Josh Tappan on 01 Nov 13
     
    I thought it was interesting to note the shift in focus and interest from a broad "knowledge-based" education to a "career readiness" and skills-based education over the past 10 or so years (probably due to the recession) from students AND higher ed. institutions. Do you think this shift is from student demand for more "practical" majors in STEM fields or policy/institution push to enroll more students in STEM majors?
Mirza Ramic

Berklee College of Music launches first accredited bachelor's degree programs in music | Inside Higher Ed - 2 views

www.insidehighered.com/...achelors-degree-programs-music

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  • Mirza Ramic on 31 Oct 13
     
    Berklee College of Music launches first accredited online bachelor's degree programs in music.
Mirza Ramic

Despite new studies, flipping the classroom still enjoys widespread support | Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

www.insidehighered.com/...till-enjoys-widespread-support

flipped_classroom Education learning

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  • Mirza Ramic on 30 Oct 13
     
    Still in Favor of the Flip
Richard Liuzzi

5 free Web tools to organize your thoughts | PCWorld - 2 views

www.pcworld.com/...to-organize-your-thoughts.html

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  • Richard Liuzzi on 28 Oct 13
     
    tools that might not just aid higher education students ill definitely be trying them), but less advanced writers such as secondary school students
Mirza Ramic

Analysis suggests MOOCs will be more disruptive than open access journals | Inside Higher Ed - 2 views

www.insidehighered.com/...isruptive-open-access-journals

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  • Mirza Ramic on 23 Oct 13
     
    More on MOOCs: "One one side, there are those who portray traditional higher education models as enjoying too much immunity from market forces and public demands for greater academic efficiency and productivity; on the other side are faculty groups and others who are struggling against a narrative of disruption that sees higher education as a business while discounting the issues of academic quality, freedom and governance."
Mirza Ramic

MOOCs Could Help 2-Year Colleges and Their Students, Says Bill Gates - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 2 views

chronicle.com/...142123

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  • Mirza Ramic on 04 Oct 13
     
    Bill Gates on MOOCs.
Mirza Ramic

A Manifesto for Active Learning - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

chronicle.com/...52705

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  • Mirza Ramic on 03 Oct 13
     
    Great read on cultivating active learning, including the role of technology (though not transformative technology) in the classroom. Talks about engaging the more "shy" / deeply thinking students in class via Twitter chat - "smart students like to talk, smarter students like to listen."
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