What is 21st Century Education Revised August 2008. Your Assignment, Should You Choose to Accept It . . . Like Alice, many educators, policy makers and even the general public respond resoundingly with "That's impossible!" when challenged to adopt a new paradigm of education for the 21st century. Most people today adhere to a paradigm of education that is strictly 19th century. Web 2.0 and new Social Communities Dr. What is 21st century curriculum? What does all this mean for how we design and build schools? 1. References Kellner, Douglas; New Media and New Literacies: Reconstructing Education for the New Millennium Grant, Jodi, Director of the After School Alliance; Fourteen Million Kids, Unsupervised McLeod, Scott, Dangerously Irrelevant Time, Learning and Afterschool Task Force, A New Day for Learning Belasco, James A., Teaching the Elephant to Dance, 1991 Wesch, Michael, Ph.
Le Social Learning vu par Chamilo « LMS Selection Après Epistema/CrossKnowledge et e-Doceo, nous continuons notre exploration du Social Learning avec le LMS Open Source Chamilo, qui continue son chemin 1 an après son démarrage. Cédric Gérard présente le potentiel Social Learning de Chamilo. Outils et fonctionnalités Cédric Gérard (CG) : Chamilo possède de nombreux outils de communication et de collaboration utiles à l’enseignement et qui enrichissent la convivialité de la plateforme. Chamilo propose un réseau social intégré permettant de rechercher et d’ajouter des amis, et de créer des groupes autour de thématiques données. Nous avons récemment ajouté la possibilité pour un utilisateur d’ajouter des liens vers ses comptes Facebook, Twitter et LinkedIn. Dans les outils plus classiques, chaque cours possède sa propre interface de chat, et la création de forums multiples est également très simple. On compte également l’outil de wiki et de blogs, qui permettent de renforcer les aspects collaboratifs de l’enseignement. Aperçu Usages Point de vue
An Open Web Transitions and Transitional Devices Summary: A discussion of transition strategies and specific transitional devices. Contributors:Ryan Weber, Karl StolleyLast Edited: 2011-02-02 04:32:35 Transitional devices are like bridges between parts of your paper. There are several types of transitional devices, and each category leads readers to make certain connections or assumptions. Here is a list of some common transitional devices that can be used to cue readers in a given way. To Add: and, again, and then, besides, equally important, finally, further, furthermore, nor, too, next, lastly, what's more, moreover, in addition, first (second, etc.) To Compare: whereas, but, yet, on the other hand, however, nevertheless, on the contrary, by comparison, where, compared to, up against, balanced against, vis a vis, but, although, conversely, meanwhile, after all, in contrast, although this may be true To Prove: To Show Exception: yet, still, however, nevertheless, in spite of, despite, of course, once in a while, sometimes To Show Time:
Is Video Marketing the Future of Education? The Internet makes our world smaller and our classrooms larger. Have you noticed the rise in online degrees? That’s the university system using a digital format to educate students in certain fields. What the Internet does for education can be groundbreaking, depending on how we use it. Online tutoring with Professor KhanLivestreaming your education events with Sid and Sam Generation YouTube 20/20 recently aired Generation YouTube, highlighting all types of YouTube superstars including moms, recent college grads, singers and performers, as well as educators like Sal Khan. Khan takes 10 to 15 minutes per video and breaks down arithmetic (from Math 1 all the way up to calculus) and the sciences (including biology, chemistry and physics). But what about your business? Here’s another model. Live Education Organizations like HandsOn University, Technology Councils of North America and the Georgia Center for NonProfits are starting to stream their events live online. What could you teach online?
Monitor: The net generation, unplugged Totally different from previous generations—or just younger? THEY are variously known as the Net Generation, Millennials, Generation Y or Digital Natives. But whatever you call this group of young people—roughly, those born between 1980 and 2000—there is a widespread consensus among educators, marketers and policymakers that digital technologies have given rise to a new generation of students, consumers, and citizens who see the world in a different way. Growing up with the internet, it is argued, has transformed their approach to education, work and politics. “Unlike those of us a shade older, this new generation didn't have to relearn anything to live lives of digital immersion. They learned in digital the first time around,” declare John Palfrey and Urs Gasser of the Berkman Centre at Harvard Law School in their 2008 book, “Born Digital”, one of many recent tomes about digital natives. But does it really make sense to generalise about a whole generation in this way?
The problem with informal learning is people! « Purple Learning - An eLearning and Blended Learning Blog Please don’t misunderstand me. I am a big advocate of informal learning although I’ve never been happy with the term. In fact I’m living proof that it is effective. To find out how you’ll have to wait til the end of the post for my own experiences. But before that, I wanted to investigate further why people are the problem with informal learning. I recently read an article in this month’s eLearning Age by John Helmer about informal learning. Like I said in the title of this blog, the trouble with informal learning is people. So some people think informal learning is an excuse to axe L&D teams while there are others who when they hear ‘informal learning’ think “that’ll never work – can’t measure that – what statistics can we report back with that?” Now before I go on any further, I’d like to share a little secret you may not know. So what’s the future for L&D professionals with this movement towards more self-directed, workplace learning and less formal courses? 1.
Free-textbooks project helps SA AN innovative education project has enabled the government to print more than 2.4 -million free maths and science textbooks for a nominal cost. The project also allows pupils from Grade 10 to 12 to download the books free - and provides videos and presentations that they can source via the internet or on their cellphones. The textbooks are written by an army of volunteers, many of whom are PhDs , and are provided free of charge to schools. The initiative - called Siyavula - is the brainchild of Mark Horner, 35. Horner's project is a labour of love that began in 2002 when he ran a project with graduate students at the University of Cape Town. He then started Siyavula - which means "we are opening" in Nguni. Now it costs government only R40 to print and distribute one of these textbooks, whereas previously the Department of Basic Education had to fork out R150 a book. The ground-breaking project used a legal framework that allows content to be licensed and used free of charge.
$2,400 “Introduction to Linux” course will be free and online this summer Earlier this week, The Linux Foundation announced that it would be working with edX, a non-profit online learning site governed by Harvard and MIT, to make its “Introduction to Linux” course free and open to all. The Linux Foundation has long offered a wide variety of training courses through its website, but those can generally cost upwards of $2,000. This introductory class, which usually costs $2,400, will be the first from the Linux Foundation to run as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). There is no limit on enrollment through edX's platform. The course will be held this summer, although an official start date has not been posted yet. Students can either audit the course, which means they'd get access to all the course materials but not have to commit to completing the tests and assignments, or they can take the course for a certificate of completion, which will be offered for free.