REIMAGINE EDUCATION
The global awards for innovative higher education pedagogies enhancing learning and employability
Despite years of discussion about the need to reform higher education most programs, whether academic or private enterprise, still rely on traditional pedagogical approaches that center on "teaching" (not learning) and often remain isolated from the demands of employers.
The Wharton-QS Stars Awards 2014: Reimagine Education took place on December 9th in Philadelphia.
global competition received submissions from 427 universities and enterprises from 43 countries with 21 awards judged by a panel of 25 international experts – a 'who’s who' of higher education.
(CUNY Futures Initiative) "Rather, educators must strive to create "peer-driven, interdisciplinary, interactive, project- and problem-based new modes of learning, with appropriate new modes of assessment that match our world" -- and the multitude of ways it's been changed by the internet."
Using the platform, she employed 27 intelligent agents, automated notifications based on specific course performance criteria. The agents allow Dr Broadbent and her team to monitor student performance in ways previously not possible.
f they have done really well or if they are struggling they get sent an email
You can personalise it and put their name in and lots of students think that I have personally sat down and written them an email at that point in time, which is really great
With registration opening today (Sept. 29, 2014) on D2L Open Courses, the Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators, or #WAMOE, is designed to help e-Learning professionals meet the challenges of compliance with the web accessibility requirements as they pertain to electronic learning environments.
There are weekly modules that are designed to help you improve your web accessibility skills specifically for teaching online
Free MOOC designed to help e-learning professionals meet the challenges of compliance with web accessibility requirements as they pertain to electronic learning requirements.
"The best way to understand learning tech people is to do a little thought experiment.
Pretend that through some Freaky Friday magic, (think Lindsay Lohan circa 2003), you wake up as a member of your campus IT organization. (I'm assuming that you are a faculty member or future faculty member of some sort). Everyone around you is talking about deliverables, assumptions, critical paths, constraints, dependencies and milestones. There is a hierarchy. Demands are coming at you from all directions. Budgets are tight and getting tighter. Those around you in IT are talented, dedicated, and often brilliant. They are also constrained by the need to provide a 24/7/365 rock-solid infrastructure, and to so with budgets that have not grown to meet all the new demands."
Comprehensive 213-page report from MIT recommending pedagogical transformations including online courses, modularization of courses, game-based learning and more.
Explores new ways to teach and learn including new ways to assess learning aided by technology. Determined to help make education accessible to everyone.