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"Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn."
With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed.
With Coursera, Daphne Koller and co-founder Andrew Ng are bringing courses from top colleges online, free, for anyone who wants to take them. Bio:
http://www.ted.com/speakers/daphne_ko...
Via Rebecca Frazee, Ed.D., Devrim Ozdemir, Ph. D.
Open online courses are changing higher education. Traditional colleges face dangers—and opportunities. A McKinsey & Company article.
The key question is how quickly these MOOCs will offer not just a breakthrough mode of learning for the enterprising and the curious but also bona fide credentials that students seek because employers value them.
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Once a sufficient infrastructure ...is in place—we’ll enter a new world. __________________
Early signs: Coursera recently announced that five of its courses have been approved for undergraduate credit by the American Council on Education.
Colorado State University’s Global Campus has started giving credit for the introductory computer-programming course offered by Udacity if the student passes a proctored exam, even though Stanford (where the company’s founders teach) does not itself offer credit for the course.
Once a sufficient infrastructure of credible exams and assessments around MOOCs is in place—and edX and Udacity students start taking proctored exams at hundreds of regional test centers—we’ll enter a new world.
"Adapting a course to a blended learning format is not difficult. Avoiding these three common errors helps."
1) Simply using an existing segment of the course for the live component. 2) Reusing existing content unedited - If students don’t see the connection between both the online and in class components, their level of participation tends to decline.
3) Using the wrong medium for the content In a recent report, the National Education Organization (NEA) stated that by 2019, researchers predict that 50% of all high school courses will be delivered online.
It’s easy to discount these figures as they are representative of education, not the corporate training environment. But keep in mind that these students will be fully conversant with blended learning concepts and applications having received a good part of their education in a blended format.
In five to ten years, they will be competing for the same training dollars as you.
Via Brian Bridges, michel verstrepen
Marina Gorbis identifies unique human skills [that] should be the core of any public education program.
- Sensemaking
- Social and emotional intelligence
- Novel and adaptive thinking
- Moral and ethical reasoning
As Gorbis write... “Learning is Social”.
We need to learn how to work better with machines, letting machines do what they are good at.
Gorbis shows how machines and average people can outperform experts at playing chess.
“Weak human + machine + better process was superior to a strong computer alone and, more remarkably,superior to a strong human + machine + inferior process.”
"This is a dream opportunity to create a university of the 21st century that takes advantage of what we know about the science of learning and motivation...[and] to integrate technology in a sensible way into a novel curriculum. It's really a chance to get it right without the constraints faced by most universities."
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Minerva is, in some ways, an even more audacious experiment than a free MOOC because it's aiming right at the heart of the elite university experience. _____________________
The Minerva Project, which made headlines and raised eyebrows in higher education with a $25 million seed round from Benchmark Capital last year, has appointed Dr. Stephen M. Kosslyn as the Founding Dean of the university.
...they are excited about applying Kosslyn's extensive research in the science of learning, motivation, and cognition to a "blank slate" on which the collegiate experience can be re-imagined and realized."
Minerva is, in some ways, an even more audacious experiment than a free MOOC because it's aiming right at the heart of the elite university experience.
Every course will be delivered via a flipped model where students are expected to do readings and videos prior to joining a Minerva professor for a real-time, online seminar capped at 25 students.
...Minerva is utilizing technology for real-time, distance learning to deliver instruction within the structures of a pre-defined curriculum and off-campus experience. And for "less than half of the tuition of Ivy Leagues," boasts Nelson.
Via susangautsch
"...our focus in modern times on removing or minimizing randomness has actually had the perverse effect of increasing fragility."
Excerpts - Edge Perspectives with John Hagel:
...we all need to find ways to harness the power of randomness, volatility and extreme events to help us grow and develop more of our potential.
Focusing on Black Swans
Nassim Nicholas Taleb writes about black swans [including] three books: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan and, now, Antifragile.
Black Swans, in Taleb’s parlance, are “large-scale unpredictable and irregular events of massive consequence.’
The latest book focuses on approaches that enable us to thrive from high levels of volatility, and particularly those unexpected extreme events.
It...willl...prove infuriating to most of our economic, educational and political elites, for he argues that these elites have played a major role in making us increasingly vulnerable to volatility and Black Swans.
...The quest for antifragility The real opportunity, in Taleb’s view, is to learn and grow from volatility and unexpected events – not to return to where you were, but to become even better as a result of the exposure and experience.
He makes an important point: biological systems in nature are inherently antifragile – they are constantly evolving and growing stronger as a result of random events. In contrast, man-made systems tend to be fragile, they are the ones that have a hard time coping with random events.
Taleb highlights a key paradox: our focus in modern times on removing or minimizing randomness has actually had the perverse effect of increasing fragility.
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Storyboard That is a cutting edge Web 2.0 tool for rapidly creating amazing storyboards, no art skills needed. Great for business meetings and in the classroom for students to express their creativity.
Via Stephanie Sandifer
Here are original quotes on formal education and informal learning by Stephen W. Hart.
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Formal education is safe, informal learning takes courage. __________________
Examples:
Formal education is safe, informal learning takes courage.
Formal education is in the audience, informal learning is on the stage.
Formal education is knowing a tomato is a fruit, informal learning is not using it in fruit salad.
Formal education is the map, informal learning is the journey.
Stephen Hart says, "The education and social learning quotes are original; feel free to use them but give credit to Stephen W Hart and leave a comment.
Professors were asked, do they believe MOOCs "are worth the hype." 79% said yes.
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In the largest survey of instructors who have taught massive open online courses, The Chronicle heard from critics, converts, and the cautious. Hype around these new free online courses has grown louder and louder since a few professors at Stanford University drew hundreds of thousands of students to online computer-science courses in 2011.
Since then MOOCs, which charge no tuition and are open to anybody with Internet access, have been touted by reformers as a way to transform higher education and expand college access.
Many professors teaching MOOCs had a similarly positive outlook: Asked whether they believe MOOCs "are worth the hype," 79 percent said yes.
Via Smithstorian
- Social media can be a powerful pedagogical tool in the classroom, but the key to its success lies in building a dynamic and sustainable 'online teacher presence'.
The 10 strategies listed offer insight into effective online tutoring techniques that complement traditional face-to-face delivery.
Here's an excerpt:
- Building a safe online environment, in which everyone feels comfortable and confident to contribute
- Allowing for social connection should come before content-oriented goals. Work on building trust before launching into lessons that warrant more complex cognitive online demands.
- Teacher and student commitment to encourage the growth of their 'pop-up cyber society'.
- Actively refer to the online forum environment whilst delivering lessons
- Embed positive psychology into the online educational forum.
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Via Nik Peachey, Lukas Palecek, Juan Alberto L Uribe, Susan, Ricard Garcia, michel verstrepen
"...a group of people, passionate about leadership, gathered together to reflect on current leadership development."
a key theme emerged… understanding the self was crucial to leadership development.
Other discussion points emerged about the next generation, their passions and therefore their possible needs; sustainability, global teams and moral leadership in the post capitalist paradigm.
Not to mention the role of reflection and silence to facilitate decision making and self-management.
Via Susan Bainbridge
"Sharing good content shows you understand what’s interesting and valuable to your target markets. It will help you increase your followers and establish your credibility. "
Excerpted from the article:
A good content curator has to sift through tons of content, quickly and efficiently, finding what is both relevant and good quality.
So what does a good content curator look like?
1) Really Long Arms:
You have the expanded reach to know the smaller players with a unique perspective, the powerhouse publishers, and all of the niche players. This allows for a healthy variety of content, with differing perspectives.
2) Super Fast Scanning Eyes:
An efficient content curator knows how to scan an article for legitimacy, value, and relevance to their target market.
3) A Raised Eyebrow:
Each time you come upon something new, your eyebrow is already up, because you’re there to sniff it out to make sure it’ll pass the test. People will lose interest in what you share and you will hurt your credibility if you share content that isn’t high quality.
4) A Belly Full of Hunger:
Good content curators love what they do and are passionate about traversing the wide expanse of the web to find the best content possible."
Read full article here:
http://socialmediatoday.com/parkerwhite/1236016/what-makes-good-content-curator
Via Robin Good, Giuseppe Mauriello, John van den Brink, Ivo Nový, Robin Martin
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Timing, Relationships, Relevance, Engagement and more.
From "Leaving to Learn"
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Via Duncan White, Devrim Ozdemir, Ph. D.
30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education By 2028
Take a look at 2018
Technology to promote early literacy habits is seeded by venture capitalists. This is the start of new government programs that start farming out literacy and educational programs to start-ups, entrepreneurs, app developers, and other private sector innovators.
Digital literacy begins to outpace academic literacy in some fringe classrooms.
...Open Source learning models will grow faster than those closed, serving as a hotbed for innovation in learning.
Via miracletrain, Devrim Ozdemir, Ph. D., Deb Nystrom, REVELN Consulting
"I will say the blended model, ...with certainty, is revolutionizing, higher education." "...access to a Master Teacher..." ~ Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania
Charlie interviews:
- Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX;
- Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania;
- Joel Klein, former New York City Schools chancellor and CEO of Amplify and
- Tom Friedman of the New York
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Can we apply concepts used in video production to Prezi design? Let's find out! In this Prezi I pull terms from Bruce Block's book The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV, and New Media. Let me know what you think.
Via Baiba Svenca, michel verstrepen
Adaptive learning is hot. The technology, loosely defined as data-driven tools that can help professors mold coursework around individual students’ abilities, is developing at a dizzying pace.
And colleges have been hard-pressed to keep up with the mishmash of adaptive offerings from emerging firms.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation representatives believe adaptive learning has plenty of potential, both to help more students earn a college credential and to do so more efficiently. So the foundation footed the bill to bring together leaders from a group of a dozen relatively tech-savvy colleges and two associations to share information.
The group has met three times. One attendee calls it the most diverse gathering of institutions he’s seen in 40 years on the job.
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Via Dr. Stefan Gruenwald
"Learning agile leaders: ...the ability to perform well under first-time, challenging conditions."
Learning Agility is defined as the ability and willingness to learn from experience, and then apply that learning to perform successfully under new situations. Learning Agile People Do Four Things Well: - They are critical thinkers who examine problems carefully and make fresh connections
- They know themselves and are able to handle tough situations
- They like to experiment and can deal with the discomfort of change
- They deliver results in first-time situations through team building and personal drive
"Informal and social learning is core to successful learning. These 8 classic reasons still apply today."
8 reasons to focus on informal learning. They are:
- There are imperatives for informal learning
- Learning is a process, not a series of of events
- Most learning occurs outside of the classroom
- The vast majority of learning is social
- A lot of formal learning is ineffective
- People learn better when they are in charge
- There’s inherent inertia in formal approaches
- Informal and social learning are cost-effective
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"Leaders and employees alike need to train their rational brain to work in sync with their emotional brain if they are to shift from self-protective behaviors that get in the way of achieving their potential."
Excerpts:
Key reasons why most leadership- and team-development programs fail: REASON #1: LACK OF SELF-AWARENESS OF PARTICIPANTS Personality assessments are often used in developmental programs to help leaders and team members to increase their self-awareness. However, existing approaches focus on strengths/weaknesses or preferences, leaving out insight into unconscious patterns of behavior and emotions that typically get in the way of development.
For leaders or employees to develop, they must understand how this happens for them by being aware of their nature, emotions, and how their brain is organized. REASON #2: EXPECTING BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCY SYSTEMS TO DEVELOP BEHAVIOR Competency models that are not integrated with an understanding of the different personality styles of leaders and employees and that don’t have an ongoing experiential development program with a sound accountability strategy are doomed to fail. REASON #3: NO ONGOING ENGAGEMENT IN DEVELOPMENT REASON #4: BELIEVING CONTENT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN PEOPLE A whole-person approach is what is needed to make lasting, sustained change through learning. Post by Anne Dranitsaris and Heather Hilliard
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"From Sharon Boller's newest white paper, Learning Trends, Technologies and Opportunities ~ today's learning landscape."
Excerpts:
1. ONLINE COURSES THAT ARE BIG – BUT DESIGNED IN VERY SMALL, CONSUMABLE CHUNKSThe flipped classroom is one obvious example of this. Lectures get recorded and learners consume those lectures in their own time and perhaps in small chunks.
Examples from a course on Gamification (along with 81,000 others), in a Coursera MOOC: - Listened to 11 lectures ranging in length from 3:27 to 14:37 with the average length appearing to be about 10 minutes. Sometimes I only spent 10 minutes doing course work; at least one other time I spent an entire hour.
- Completed 2 quizzes that each had 5 questions in them.
- Completed a homework assignment that required me to write a 300-word essay (took about 30 minutes to do).
- Did a peer evaluation on 5 essays done by fellow students (took about 30 minutes to do).
- Didn’t finish the course – another big trend with MOOCs. People seem to grab what they want, which might mean not finishing the entire course.
2. ONLINE REFERENCE TOOLS REPLACING COURSESePubs and web-based reference tools offer a terrific alternative – Two “trends within the trend”: ePubs and videos.
Via Ana Cristina Pratas, michel verstrepen
In true interdisciplinary fashion this post comes courtesy of an unexpected source, a psychiatrist, who presented at yesterday's Fraser Family Smart™ Forum. Dr.
Via Karen Steffensen
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The revolution in learning is coming. The data is already there. The business models are about to come into being. ~ D