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The University of the People may actually be the very first edu MOOC in higher ed. Not certain but it has been developing for 4 years - I remember listening to podcasts of the founder talking at Harvard, MIT and Stanford. Even then, the concept of a massive open course was intriguing

I heard this on NPR as I was driving and couldn't help but think of this week's reading from Smart Mobs. The text discusses the role that cooperation plays in human society, that if we were designed to spread out genes without regard to others, that cooperation would have been "bred out" generations ago. This story shows that cooperation, or at least social interaction based on valuing the needs and goals of others, does seem to be uniquely human. Networked collaboration isn't the result of technology - it's the result of basic humanity.

Interesting Article when looking at how to create common places that appeal to both sides of the brain. It got me thinking about how to appeal to different learning styles in the education arena. Additionally, It got me thinking about how i always envied left brained thinkers rather then embraced the fact that I'm really a Righty. Thank God for freedom! Right Brain People Unite!

Sixty million people are expected to tune in on Wednesday night to watch the first presidential debate of this election season. While the debates themselves may not determine the outcome of an election, the voters watching them do.

Neva Leona Boyd (* Sanborn, Iowa February 25 1876, † Chicago, November 21 1963) founded the Recreational Training School at the Hull House in Chicago. The school taught a one-year educational program in group games, gymnastics, dancing, dramatic arts, play theory, and social problems. She was on the faculty of Northwestern University as a sociologist from 1927 to 1941.

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