Knowledge in the Public Interest (KPI)

Blog of Brandt Redd, previously of Agilix

From their home page, "Agilix delivers formative assessment and individualized learning solutions."

Profile, as published in CrunchBase. Dixon is connected to Quora.

Entry #48 in the 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2010, Fast Company (magazine). Entry written by Stephanie Schomer. For more on Park, follow tag park

By Simon Owens in the Technology column, The Atlantic, June 2 2011. For more on park, see tag park

Biography of Todd Park, formerly of HHS. For more, follow tag park

On the ChildCount+ site, information about their software. For more, see tag child_count

Tagline: empowering communities to improve child and maternal health. For more, follow tag child_count

Website for the book The Power of Positive Deviance by Jeremy Sternin, Richard Pascale and Monique Sternin published by Harvard Business Press in 2010.

Posted by Marlèn Arkesteijn on her blog, Capturing Development, June 24 2011. For more, see tags patton or evaluation.

By Michael Quinn Patton, published by Guilford Press 2011. For more, see tags patton or evaluation

Review from Publisher's Weekly, August 18 2008. For more follow tag tribes

Posted by Seth Godin on Seth's Blog, October 16 2008. This page links to Godin's published (print) book, Tribes, as well as the e-book by and about his online "triiibe" group. For more, follow tags godin or tribes

President of Public Agenda. For more, see public_agenda tag.

From their "What is Public Agenda" page, "Public Agenda, an innovative public opinion research and public engagement organization, works to strengthen our democracy's capacity to tackle tough public policy issues." For more, follow tag "public_agenda"

Posted by George Siemens on his blog elearnspace, September 5 2011. Siemens argues that instructors can't provide "coherence" for knowledge just by "broadcasting" a course. He suggests that coherence is about how "*we* connect information elements and how we use artifacts and narratives to share that coherence." I am interested in the idea of "information foraging," especially in the context of content curation.

Presented on P2PU (Peer 2 Peer University), "a grassroots open education project," this new course on online, self-directed learning is being presented by Anya Kamenetz. In this particular course, participants are directed through the processes of writing a personal learning plan, building a personal learning network, and finding a mentor, all while sharing the process with their fellow learners. Unlike many of the other P2PU courses (which have a more topical focus), this is open to those who want to learn on any subject.

Posted by Stephen Downes, 2001, this guide is written as a Wiki, with an invitation for users to participate, adding their own experiences. The chapters are roughly chronological, with each describing a MOOC, it's learning goals, and any innovations that it included. This guide can be helpful in understanding the concept of MOOCs, and also in planning a MOOC of one's own.

from the U.S. Department of Education. Plan calls for applying the advanced technologies used personally and professionally to the U.S.'s entire education system. The plan presents five goals with recommendations for states, districts, the federal government, and other stakeholders. Goals address the five essential components of learning powered by technology: Learning, Assessment, Teaching, Infrastructure and Productivity. This page has a link to the plan (PDF).