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What’s The Next Big Thing in Education: Qualified Assessment tied to Brand?
Marc Perry in the Wired Campus blog on The Chronicle of Higher Education site discussed (8/31/2011) how Southern New Hampshire University is exploring qualified assessment as the next disruption to the disruption of online learning (see Online Education Is Everywhere. What’s the Next Big Thing?). This line of inquiry reflects a strategic context for the changes that are … [Read more...] about What’s The Next Big Thing in Education: Qualified Assessment tied to Brand?
Education: Embracing the Messiness of the Future
This morning I read a post: A Teacher's Take on Brill's 'Class Warfare' which covers some the arguments for and against Brill's analysis of education through the lens of educator, Patrick Welsch's review of Brill's book in The Washington Post (“Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America’s Schools” by Steven Brill). As with much of what should be strategic political dialog … [Read more...] about Education: Embracing the Messiness of the Future
The HP TouchPad, an Epitaph
I was supposed to write a review of the HP TouchPad for Tablet PC, but like so many others, I am not writing a review, but an epitaph. HP’s decision on August 18, 2011, to cease production of the Hp TouchPad as well as other WebOS devices leaves WebOS in limbo, though HP may try to recoup some of its investment by selling WebOS to another company. This is as much a strategic … [Read more...] about The HP TouchPad, an Epitaph
Why do people lurk in online communities?
Recently I was invited to join a Yammer community focused on learning. This morning one of the members asked a question about lurking. I thought I would also share my response here. Most recently, I have had discussion about mature groups becoming clicks that don't offer much comfort to new members (except pushy, assertive or very self-confident ones). Other reasons … [Read more...] about Why do people lurk in online communities?