Education Focus
It's largely about MOOCs etc. this week--otherwise rather fallow:
It's largely about MOOCs etc. this week--otherwise rather fallow:
- 5 Ways That edX Could Change Education - Online Learning - The Chronicle of Higher Education Interesting article on how taught material from elite institutions could be used as the basis for courses in other settings, where the tutoring would be done by humbler academics--there's much to be said on all sides.
Two pieces on the experience of participating as a learner on-line:
- On Becoming a Phoenix: Encounters With the Digital Revolution - Online Learning and A Pioneer in Online Education Tries a MOOC - Online Learning
- Donald Clark Plan B: Powerpoint: use and abuse Fairly even-handed discussion--but I really like the way he is getting at the unintended consequences (and dubious origins) of the technology he discusses.
Half of the Facts You Know Are Probably Wrong - Reason.com
The Oxford English Dictionary needs you! Announcing the new OED Appeals
Joking Matters (Experimental Theology)
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