» The End of Higher Education’s Golden Age Clay Shirky
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: What’s the next step for Higher Ed? See on www.shirky.com
Index Ventures Joins $1M+ Seed Round Backing Mobile Education Platform … – TechCrunch
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse The Independent Index Ventures Joins $1M+ Seed Round Backing Mobile Education Platform … TechCrunch Index Ventures recently backed the computing education-focused hardware startup Kano – via one of its partners, Saul Klein. Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: Do we need a platform for mobile learning? See on techcrunch.com
Education is the Key to Better Quality of Life for Women – Huffington Post
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Education is the Key to Better Quality of Life for Women Huffington Post And while it includes a number of recommendations for the government and private sector, the report makes it clear that “the most important first step” in this process rests… See on www.huffingtonpost.com
This Is What Happens When A Kid Leaves Traditional Education
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Please subscribe us and Fallow at https://www.facebook.com/realwomanrealman/ Logan Laplante is a 13 year-old boy who was taken out of the education system to… Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: An interesting watch. See on www.youtube.com
open learning volunteers – EC&I 830
One of my fellow students is looking for people who are using open learning in their practices and would be willing to discuss this with the class. If that is you and you are interested in sharing, please see the link below and get in touch. Need open learning volunteers – EC&I 830.
Teaching like it’s 2999: Breaking Down to Rebuild: Redefining the Innovative Classroom
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: The author makes a good case for needing to redefine what we mean by technology integration. #eci830pln See on www.teachinglikeits2999.com
Educational New Year’s Resolution: Embrace Social Media Now
See on Scoop.it – Educational Discourse Educational New Year’s Resolution: Embrace Social Media or get Left Behind Kelly Christopherson‘s insight: The author makes a good case for the need for educators – and education – to embrace social media sites such as twitter. But are there negatives that aren’t mentioned that people should take into…
Life-long Learning
I’m back! Yes, for the last 3 weeks I’ve been making the shift back to life in academia. To say it was smooth would be a complete lie! It’s taken me a while to adjust to academic writing and to some of the readings. It’s not that I didn’t read but delving back into…
The Padagogy Wheel – Thinglink
http://www.unity.net.au/padwheel/padwheelposter.pdf#! I first encountered the Padagogy Wheel a few months ago. I’ve been using it to help introduce and explain how iPads apps can assist teachers in creating authentic learning that provides a rich and deep learning experience. I found the discussion at The Padagogy Wheelhouse helped to clarify a ideas and concepts. In order…
Delivery Drones, Smartphone Airbags and Other Big Ideas: How Jeff Bezos Looks to the Future
As we move one step closer to the Jetson’s, is society really ready for these big ideas?