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Tuesday, 30 April 2013
(8) edX - Google+ - SPOCs - Online & On-Campus Learning in Community Colleges …
(8) edX - Google+ - SPOCs - Online & On-Campus Learning in Community Colleges …
SPOCs : Small Private Online Courses, MOOCs younger cousins:)
SPOCs : Small Private Online Courses, MOOCs younger cousins:)
Launch of first pan-European MOOCs Initiative
OpenupEd launched on 25th April: MOOCs get to Europe
http://www.openuped.eu/
OpenupEd is the first MOOCs initiative which goes Europe-wide, with the support of the European Commission. At the start around 40 courses, covering a wide variety of subjects, are available, in 12 different languages. OpenupEd has been initiated and is coordinated by the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) and mostly involves open universities. The 11 launch partners are based in France, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, and the UK, and outside the EU in Russia, Turkey and Israel.
Monday, 29 April 2013
EAVI PT - A journey to media literacy
EAVI PT - Uma viagem para a literacia mediática
Shared by our "older brother" The Blog Teacher
Sunday, 28 April 2013
Salman Khan on Liberating the Classroom for Creativity (Big Thinkers Series) - Edutopia
The founder of Khan Academy, a free educational video library that features over two thousand titles and an interactive dashboard for formative assessment, discusses how his videos can help create a "flipped classroom" that allows blended learning -- online lectures can happen at home and project-based learning can happen during school.
Friday, 26 April 2013
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Talk given by Andrew Ng last month on MOOCs and the state of Coursera.
Andrew Ng is the director of Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence Lab and a co-founder of Coursera, another of the big three MOOC providers.
Monday, 22 April 2013
Congrats to the First Students to Earn Verified Certificates with Signature Track & A Chat with The Coursera Team!
http://blog.coursera.org/post/48598266910/congrats-to-the-first-students-to-earn-verified
What is a Verified Certificate?
"Coursera Verified Certificates are a currency for your lifelong learning achievements. With a Verified Certificate, you receive official recognition from a world renowned university after successfully completing a course on Coursera through Signature Track." (from Coursera Blog )
[Jacob Lyles and Leith Abdulla with their Verified Certificates) - (in Coursera Blog)
What is a Verified Certificate?
"Coursera Verified Certificates are a currency for your lifelong learning achievements. With a Verified Certificate, you receive official recognition from a world renowned university after successfully completing a course on Coursera through Signature Track." (from Coursera Blog )
[Jacob Lyles and Leith Abdulla with their Verified Certificates) - (in Coursera Blog)
Sunday, 21 April 2013
Friday, 19 April 2013
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Move over Coursera: New Stanford-bred online ed startup debuts interactive MOOCs - Silicon Valley Business Journal
Move over Coursera: New Stanford-bred online ed startup debuts interactive MOOCs - Silicon Valley Business Journal
Amin Saberi, a Stanford management and engineering science professor, is CEO and co-founder of Novo Ed, Inc.
To find out what new courses are being offered, click http://novoed.com/
Amin Saberi, a Stanford management and engineering science professor, is CEO and co-founder of Novo Ed, Inc.
To find out what new courses are being offered, click http://novoed.com/
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Schools are doing Education 1.0; talking about doing Education 2.0; when they should be planning Education 3.0 | User Generated Education
Schools are doing Education 1.0; talking about doing Education 2.0; when they should be planning Education 3.0 | User Generated Education:
'via Blog this'
'via Blog this'
Monday, 15 April 2013
Sunday, 14 April 2013
http://www.ted.com/speakers/sugata_mitra.html
Educational researcher Sugata Mitra is the winner of the 2013 TED Prize. His wish: Build a School in the Cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another.
“The Victorians were great engineers. They engineered a [schooling] system that was so robust that it's still with us today, continuously producing identical people for a machine that no longer exists.”
Hacking lessons learned: how to cover your digital ass | VentureBeat
Hacking lessons learned: how to cover your digital ass | VentureBeat
Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/11/mat-honan-security-tips/#zoI1sSlcCueyfArh.99
Sometimes we all need a quick refresher on where to start when it comes to protecting our identities online, lest we get burned.
We’ve all heard of Mat Honan, the Wired reporter who had his digital life destroyed by hackers last year. F-Secure, a Finnish security company, created an infographic about his experience and provide tips on how to avoid making the same mistakes he did.
Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/11/mat-honan-security-tips/#zoI1sSlcCueyfArh.99
Friday, 12 April 2013
Thursday, 11 April 2013
e-xample
http://www.e-xample.com/
e-xample is a platform for aggregating and sharing knowledge and innovation, providing access to content, companies and people
e-xample is a platform for aggregating and sharing knowledge and innovation, providing access to content, companies and people
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
‘Sisterhood of the traveling pantsuit’ | Harvard Gazette
‘Sisterhood of the traveling pantsuit’ | Harvard Gazette
Summit reflects on women’s gains in 50 years at HBS — and challenges ahead in wider world
By Katie Koch
Harvard Staff Writer
Friday, April 5, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
Photo by Katherine Taylor
On Thursday and Friday, about 800 of Harvard Business School’s roughly 11,000 alumnae — including some intrepid early graduates — descended on the Allston campus for the start of the W50 Summit, two days of reflection, celebration, and brainstorming on women’s experiences at HBS and beyond.
Monday, 8 April 2013
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Saturday, 6 April 2013
Lunch with the FT: Michael Sandel - FT.com
Lunch with the FT: Michael Sandel - FT.com: A youthful 60, with mildly thinning hair, Michael Sandel is dressed in the garb of the academic: slacks, light blue shirt, drab jacket and no tie. There is little about his slight build and gentle mien to suggest he commands the kind of audiences...
Friday, 5 April 2013
How to Create Your Own Online Course: 100 Tools, Guides, and Resources | Best Universities
How to Create Your Own Online Course: 100 Tools, Guides, and Resources | Best Universities
- Learning Management Systems
- Resources for Getting Your Class Online
- Resources for Developing Your Class
- Resources for Teaching Online
- How-to Videos
- Resources from the Student’s Perspective
- Creating Content
- Helpful Tools
- Collaboration Tools
- Distance Education Blogs
Thursday, 4 April 2013
As online learning rewrites K-12 education, Edgenuity shares its playbook: Education Dive
http://www.educationdive.com/news/as-online-learning-rewrites-k-12-education-edgenuity-shares-its-playbook/115073/
As online learning rewrites K-12 education, Edgenuity shares its playbook
April 3, 2013
in Education Dive http://www.educationdive.com/
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
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