Live … Now … Free … Online Teaching Conference 2011 Virtual Attendance
Took me a few minutes to find the link to the Remote-Learner Moodle site (look under help). Some valuable sessions here for Thu and Fri, 6/23-24. May be archives later. […]
Teaching & Learning
What is a MOOC?
A “MOOC” is a massively open online course, which is structured so that anyone can access and participate in the course from either inside or outside the institution offering it. […]
Uses for Twitter, Part 2
Following up on Part 1, let’s explore the hashtag (#). Hashtags are used before keywords in a tweet to allow that keyword to be more searchable. So, if you search […]
Summertime: A Visit to the Khan Academy
I have posted some KA videos before in this blogspace, but this resource bears pointing out again. Mr. Khan created some algebra videos to help out his cousins back in […]
Inside San Quentin, Inmates Go To College : NPR
This is an inspiring story about the power of education to transform peoples’ lives. It is worth listening to the audio for the mini-interviews of the graduates of the program. […]
U-Pace: Do They Write?
Content-chunking, frequent assessment, mastery learning, individualized coaching – sounds like a winning formula… but do the students write anything? http://www4.uwm.edu/power/unique-teaching-method-earns-national-attention
Uses for Twitter, Part 1
As many of my colleagues know, I have not been a big fan of Twitter for academic purposes. Why? The impression I had is: Twitter is tacky. Great if you […]
Quality DOES exist in Online Education
Please read this WCET post by Diana Goldsmith of the CT Distance Learning Consortium. In the post, she makes a strong case for the efforts colleges have made to support […]
More on the “Is College Worth It Anymore” Front
This recent New Yorker article goes in depth into many of the issues surrounding the cost of college versus can I ever make enough money to justify it versus they […]
Bad Job Market: Why Media Is Wrong About Value Of College Degree | The New Republic
This article by Kevin Carey notes that since the early 1980s the press has been reporting the same story of college grads ending up in low-skills jobs. His major point […]
