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Our hyper-connected lives have been rewired for the digital age. These talks explore how the Internet and social media are shaping our relationships, personal lives and sense of self.
Via Ana Cristina Pratas, Cíntia Rabello
Don Tapscott and Clay Shirky Like a clever hook at the beginning of an astonishingly smart essay, followed up by an engaging kicker at the composition’s end, Don Tapscott and Clay Shirky opened and closed the TEDGlobal conference, respectively.
Via Cíntia Rabello, Antonio Medina
Don Tapscott and Clay Shirky Like a clever hook at the beginning of an astonishingly smart essay, followed up by an engaging kicker at the composition’s end, Don Tapscott and Clay Shirky opened and closed the TEDGlobal conference, respectively.
Via Cíntia Rabello
I’m still trying to wrap my head around connectivism, the learning theory developed by George Siemens and Stephen Downes that in a lot of ways led to the growth of distance education and the ...
Via Ana Cristina Pratas, Cíntia Rabello
Another great video interview from Howard Rheingold, this time with "Collective Intelligence" guru Pierre Levy.
I found this video very insightful nonetheless the answers and explanations Mr Levy provides are absolutely simple and clear to understand for anyone.
In essence what emerges from the dialogue is that in the process of doing "serious", "quality" curation, even at the personal level, me and you are helping others understand and make sense of their world more easily. It is a virtuous circle and it is certainly an act of collective intelligence from this viewpoint.
Recommended.
Via Robin Good
Tony Bates It has been impossible for me to blog about online learning over the last four weeks because I have been on holiday for most of the time, in places deliberately chosen because there were no Internet connections.
The EFQUEL Innovation Forum
However, the first week away was spent at a very interesting forum organized by the European Foundation for Quality in e-Learning (EFQUEL). The focus was in the interface between open learning and innovation in post-secondary education. There were about 120 participants from all round Europe, including Russia and Serbia, as well as the usual suspects from the UK, Spain, Finland, Germany, Italy and Belgium.
Via Alastair Creelman, João Greno Brogueira, Cíntia Rabello
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Preface Back in March 2013, I signed up to do the "Open Education" MOOC from The Open University on the OpenLearn platform. Also in March, I started my Doctorate in Education (EdD) at Canterbury Ch...
Via L. García Aretio, Cíntia Rabello
Does a bestselling author have more to say than someone who has written a brilliant book that didn't sell? Does a tenured professor at Yale deserve more credence than someone doing breakthrough work at a local state school? ...For physical goods, a trusted brand name certainly increases the likelihood of purchase, because the risk is lower. We figure that Nabisco is less likely to sell us an unflavorful dust cookie than some unknown brand at the health food store. For a new flavor, the brand makes it an easier choice. An idea is different, though, because the only apparent cost is the time it takes to hear it. (That's not really true, of course)....
Via Jeff Domansky
Abstract "Quality assurance approaches in higher education are well-established, but it is important to develop methods which are applicable to the domain of e-learning. The E-xcellence methodology (EADTU, 2009a) was therefore designed to assess the quality of e-learning in distance learning and blended learning contexts. The methodology is based around a set of benchmarks, supported by a practitioner handbook and a web-based ‘QuickScan’ self-evaluation tool. Experience shows that the E-xcellence methodology is particularly valuable for the process of improvement through collaborative internal review. E-learning has evolved since the E-xcellence methodology was first developed. In particular, there is increasing awareness and use of open education resources (OERs) and social networking. However, these aspects were not explicit in the original E-xcellence resources. The E-xcellence Next project was therefore established to update the resources, incorporating these developments. To begin this process, a consultation was carried out among E-xcellence Next project members, followed by a participatory workshop on the themes of social networking and OERs. The E-xcellence resources were also used in a series of self-evaluation seminars held at European higher education institutions. Experience and feedback from these activities has been used to update the manual, the benchmarks and the QuickScan tool. The result is a set of quality assurance resources which encompass social networking, OERs and other recent developments in e-learning."
Via GRIAL Univ Salamanca, João Greno Brogueira, Cíntia Rabello
Excerpted from article on GigaOM: "Many video curation startups do away with the old-fashioned programming guide to help users find TV shows and online clips. Turkey-based Woisio, which launching its private beta Monday, takes a little bit of a different approach: it keeps the guide – but gets rid of the programmers. Woisio wants to instead use game mechanics and collaborative filtering to compile a new set of channels, and in turn get rid of the traditional middlemen. Here’s how Woisio works: The platform offers viewers a number of different channels, called stages, including comedy, style , music, politics and so on. Each of these channels is programmed to show clips at a certain time, but users can skip forward or go back and catch up on past programming. Videos can be up- and downvoted, much like stories on Reddit. The votes translate to a virtual currency, which the publisher of a video can then use to bid on future air time for other clips. The basic idea behind this: Publishers get rewarded for popular content, and programming becomes a bit of a marketplace. Think virtual stock exchange, but for content curation..." Read full article here: http://gigaom.com/video/woisio-closed-beta/ Check out it, read more and request an invite here: http://woisio.com
Via Giuseppe Mauriello
As mudanças tecnológicas tão aceleradas do mundo moderno vão chegar de vez à sala de aula e é bem possível que computadores, tablets e outras plataformas substituam o livro didático e o caderno. A previsão é do sociólogo e professor da Universidade de Ottawa (Canadá), especialista em internet. Ele participou do 5º Congresso Internacional da Rede Católica de Educação, que se encerra amanhã (1º), em Brasília. “É difícil dizer o que será a civilização no futuro. Aquilo que vamos construir não é imaginável agora. Nos estamos em um momento de grande transformação cultural”, avalia o especialista.
Via Luciano Sathler
En vísperas de la publicación de nuestro número especial podemos ofrecer el trabajo de António Moreira Teixeira DESCONSTRUINDO A UNIVERSIDADE: MODELOS UNIVERSITÁRIOS EMERGENTES MAIS ABERTOS, FLEXÍVEIS E SUSTENTÁVEIS (DECONSTRUCTING THE UNIVERSITY: NEW UNIVERSITY MODELS MORE OPEN,FLEXIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE). En él nos plantea una interesante perspectiva de las consecuencias de la adopción, o de la no adopción, de prácticas educativas abiertas generalizadas (los MOOCs, Coursera, EDX, etc.) en la educación superior. Y propone un modelo deconstructivo. Esta perspectiva provocará sin duda un interesante, necesario e inevitable debate.
Via Miguel Zapata-Ros, Cíntia Rabello
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