Group items tagged

1. Agitate openly and very publicly about the role higher education is designed to play 2. Collaborate strategically about how to reorganize resources given information and Internet technologies 3. Fix tenure and our aging faculty demographic 4. Fix peer review 5. Incorporate digital and information fluency in every discipline

Blog post on some things that need fixing in HE and the role that ICT has in many of them. Final one on digital fluency is useful.

Useful post using Thiels HE Bubble thesis as a starting point to look at the possible future of HE.

"Adding audio instructions or commentary helps you meet the needs of auditory learners, and often adds interest to the content. Schiefelbein said she often creates an audio recording of housekeeping tasks, such as deadline reminders, as well as to review what was covered the previous session. She also uses the Wimba Voice Board to create an audio-based discussion board which students use to discuss topics and reply to posts."

Interesting post flagging the info overload things that we have all come across. The second point in the 5 point list is part of the concept that Downes & Siemens have used in the Connectivism MOOC i.e. don't even attempt to read everything - that's not what it's about. Instead choose & filter your information, create networks and trust platforms for 3rd party filtering.

Series of posts on setting up Google Calendar. Not sure yet how much it fits our context.

Post by Dave Snowden on the poewer of story and narrative.

Blending physical & virtual spaces Queensland University of Technology is currently developing OWL, a new web-based student response system, which blends the physical space with a virtual learning environment to create a live collaborative experience. Main Features: * Post comments* Reply to comments* "Like" comments* Poll students* Review archived sessions

Good post on the changing role of identity in a digital and social age.

Post about DS106radio

The cost of higher education and why cheap shots in facebook sendalongs should get you angry. A compelling post.

Post by Downes describing his thinking about where Moocs were and what should come next - the PLE. And why MOOCs need to recognise the individual.

Post about the new Badge Alliance.

Lisa Lane with a response to Audrey Watters post on the closed LMS.

Learning design should define the design of the learning platform. Michael Feldstein considers what it is we are really trying to do with education. Some of it covers trust and recommendation.

Includes description of Discourse, a StackOverflow developed discussion forum.

Another great post from Michael Feldstein on the LMS and why we get what we ask for.

Post in a series describing how to create a Mooc.

Short post from Grainne on how the tech changed her behaviours.