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Next: An Internet Revolution in Higher Education - BusinessWeek - 0 views
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The Harvards of the world won't go away. They will continue to be the high-fidelity players
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Is this meant to reassure those who are scared by the prospects?
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Even though technologies emerged that might foster new models of higher education, the neat accreditation ecosystem locked out innovative competitors.
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Isn't this a summary of what some of us have to go through? It's kind of a role-conflict at the organizational level. The (manifest) function of university education has shifted away from learning toward giving credit for a set of skills. More than universities being vocational schools, it's about universities focusing on evaluation. Are there still learning institutions, out there?
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Just as the Internet has helped blow down the doors of the music industry, newspapers, and the travel-agent business, it will eventually do the same to higher education.
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This may be too big a leap, for a number of people. But it has the advantage of making the problem visible. In fact, in contexts through which "information" and "education" are associated with democracy, what has been happening to newspapers is more likely to convince university people that there might be a problem than anything about the music industry. Especially if we think about the obsession with "intellectual property" which seeped into university contexts and is only being challenged now.
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Centre for Distance Education - Collaborative Tools Evaluation Site - 0 views
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he site is designed to help distance educators and their students to select appropriate methods of course development and delivery. Athabasca University (AU) in Alberta is Canada's Distance Education University, teaching over 20,000 students around the world, completely via distance education methods and media. The evaluation site is maintained by AU's Centre for Distance Education (CDE), as a collaborative activity by its faculty and graduate students.
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The highest priority is given to software that can be downloaded from the internet and used at no cost. New product categories will be added, and the existing ratings updated.
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"The site is designed to help distance educators and their students to select appropriate methods of course development and delivery. Athabasca University (AU) in Alberta is Canada's Distance Education University, teaching over 20,000 students around the world, completely via distance education methods and media. The evaluation site is maintained by AU's Centre for Distance Education (CDE), as a collaborative activity by its faculty and graduate students." (Intended Audience, ¶1) Retrieved 2009.09.14, "last updated February 21, 2008" (page footer)
From Knowledgable to Knowledge-able: Learning in New Media Environments | Academic Commons - 0 views
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1. Michael Wesch, "A Vision of Students Today (and what Teachers Must Do)," Encyclopedia Britannica blog, Oct. 21, 2008, http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2008/10/a-vision-of-students-today-what-teachers-must-do/ [return to text]
Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning (IT4ALL) - 1 views
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Welcome to Integrating Technology for Active Learning (IT4ALL) where we will be featuring exciting e-learning workshops and courses on how to improve instruction and learning. You are invited to enroll in the courses available, suggest new courses, create courses of your
Moodlemoot Virtual Conference (MMVC11) - 1 views
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Welcome to Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning MoodleMoot free online conference! Please create a new account and join the Moot, now.
Interview with Edutainme Founder - Vladimir Sinelnikov - 0 views
Interview with Knewton's Business Development Director- Sara Ittelson - 1 views
Edshelf Needs your Help to Keep it Going - Please Spread the Word! - 1 views
[Infographic] What Top EdTech Companies Do to Improve Education - 1 views
Great Collection of iPad Apps for Elementary Classrooms - 0 views
Being a Better Online Reader - The New Yorker - 3 views
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We read more efficiently when text is arranged in a single column rather than multiple columns or sections
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In this post, Konnikova provided a digest of research findings about reading across digital and printed media. Lots of links to explore!
EMC Publishing Launches 'PASSPORT' - An Innovative World Language Learning Environment - 1 views
Integration of Technology in the 21st Century Classrooms - 4 views
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Few constructive ways through which technology can be employed effectively in the classrooms.
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