Harold Jarche
Disrupting the Degree? Credentialing in 2023
Disrupting the Degree? Credentialing in 2023 The degree may well be in existence in 10 years, but it will look vastly different from its current form. Higher education is changing, far more rapidly than is customary or comfortable in this field. A series of influences — technological, social and economic — have converged to bring about change that will re-shape higher education in the coming decade. As early as 1999, Harvard Business School professor and management guru Clayton Christensen predicted the disruption of higher education by online learning. I do not doubt the prediction. With the prospect of fewer universities in the offing, notable innovators such as Salman Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, have called for changes in the way we credential learning. Some may foresee a free-for-all, open market of an accumulation of random micro-credentials presented in loose fashion to employers and others. References [1] Schubarth, C. (2013, 02 07). [2] Khan, S. (2012, 10 04).
e-rgonomic : human web interaction [cristóbal cobo romaní]
Mobilemind | Thoughts on mobile computing and elearning
The Interaction Equivalency Theorem - Journal of Interactive Online Learning
The Interaction Equivalency Theorem Terumi Miyazoe Tokyo Denki University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Terry Anderson Athabasca University, Edmonton, Alberta Abstract This paper examines the key issues regarding The Interaction Equivalency Theorem posited by Anderson (2003a), which consists of the three interaction elements found in formal education courses among teacher, student, and content. About the Author(s)... Terumi Miyazoe is an Associate Professor of English and Technology at Tokyo Denki University (Japan). Terry Anderson is a Professor and the Canadian Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University, Canada’s leading online and distance open university.
Sostenibilidad | [ecosistema urbano] blog
El boom del crowdfunding. Una idea nada nueva, con nuevos medios. El crowdfunding o financiación colectiva (o en masa) es un concepto que viene de lejos y que se puede definir sin mucha complicación: consiste en la financiación de un proyecto a través de la suma de muchos aportes, generalmente de baja cuantía, frente al modelo del gran inversor. Por ello también se le conoce como micromecenazgo. Pero esa definición esconde muchas complejidades, como iremos viendo. Las prácticas de préstamo o apoyo microfinanciero tienen un doble origen. Desde principios de los 2000 el microcrédito se fue acercando a las nuevas tecnologías, dando lugar a plataformas como Zopa, Prosper o Lending Club. Con esto, era inevitable que tarde o temprano nos hiciéramos la primera pregunta que queremos abordar aquí: ¿Es posible aplicar la financiación colectiva a proyectos de transformación urbana, sean de arquitectura, de intervención en el espacio público o de diseño urbano? Parece lo mismo, pero no es igual.
E-Learning Curve Blog
Winter Solstice at Newgrange, Ireland 5,000 years ago, an extraordinary people lived in Ireland. They were farmers, hunters and builders. Newgrange – exterior (image courtesy SacredSites.com) I don’t spend all my time involved in learning and development. No, no, no. Among my more arcane, but nevertheless very satisfying interests is in the culture of the Neolithic (New Stone Age), and particularly the culture of the Beaker People of Western Europe. At ten minutes to nine on the morning of the shortest day of the year, a pale and weak sun slowly rises above a ridge in the Boyne River valley in County Meath, Ireland. Newgrange is best known for the illumination of its passage and chamber by the winter solstice sun. Light Enters the Tomb at Newgrange (image courtesy Irish Times) At dawn, from 19th to 23rd December every year, a narrow beam of light penetrates the roof-box and reaches the floor of the chamber, gradually extending to the rear of the passage. The senior civil servant elaborated:
Introduction
From WikiEducator Thinking about the future of education In this section we begin to explore the answers to questions like: What are the key factors which are likely to contribute to fundamental change in education? The art of deductive scenario planning requires a clear distinction between trends and uncertainties. The anticipated outcome of a trend is more "predictable" when compared to an uncertainty where the future outcome, per definition, is "unknown".
