Knowledge in the Public Interest (KPI)

"Corporations use TWO process form, BOTH missing entirely from dowdy lazy sloppy dishonest (Harvard) universities; a) process weaves----emediated process flows PUNCTUATED with mass workshop EVENTS b) pulsed systems---rhythms of engagement with disengagement, sameness with difference, local with global---so that mere addition of connectedness is not allowed to destroy all creativity. "

Whole page of resources on distance learning for college students--really like the podcast: New Gates Foundation Grants Focus on "The Learning Moment." Mark Milliron, Gates dep director for higher education (in February 2011 at least) focuses on data to target at risk students, triggering student support, and tailoring that student support to meet the students' needs. He also emphasizes the leveraging of technology to support students and for data collection and analysis

"where most participants were involved with blended education, Ms. Joosten was shocked to learn that only about 20 percent had faculty development.)"

As usual, Godin offers plenty to think about. Blog: 5/16/11

on nancydixonblog.com. May 3, 2011.

This is the "Education Policy" topic from the larger collection of working papers published by Harvard's Kennedy School (HKS). This collection includes "works-in-progress" and the education policy papers cover a range of topics (K-12 as well as post-secondary) in the U.S. and abroad.

"Unlike most traditional academic conferences, sessions at an unconference don't consist of one or three or five people delivering papers to an audience. Instead, they might feature project demonstrations, discussions, creative work sessions, or other formats that build on the knowledge and expertise of whoever attends. For the Texas THATCamp (and I think this is fairly typical at others), participants posted session ideas beforehand on the website, followed by a 45-minute scheduling process as THATCamp began. Topic headings generated by those initial session ideas were posted on the walls of a large meeting room, and participants circulated through the space to meet up with others interested in similar topics. After some productive chaos (which admittedly tested my structure- and schedule-loving personality a bit) the group developed a schedule of sessions that represented not only a variety of interests but also the desire to cluster certain topics into tracks. Like any conference, I frequently wanted to be in two places at once - which I see as one marker of the event's success."

The Content Management Comparison Tool "To put it simply Wordpress is much smaller and some would argue less powerful than Joomla or Drupal. Joomla or Drupal tend to be used for large business and community sites with lots of different types of content where there is more specific needs. Wordpress tends to be used by SME's, bloggers and charity's because it's very easy to use but you can hit that usability ceiling despite it's excellent plugin library."

Very interesting experiment by Packard Foundation to create a '"see through"filing cabinet' wiki open to the world.

Very interesting stats on education--check out Education 2.0, how technology enhanced learning, etc. Socrato! website

Essay by Enrique Murillo Department of Business Management, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico City, Mexico, March 2011