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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | IGNATIA WEBS FEBRUARY 2, 2012  Noam Chomsky on the purpose of #education via #LWF Across time there have always been people who's voice was sounding louder than the voices of others. Simply because they have/had a solid opinion based on vision and strong arguments. And apart from the fact that you can always agree or disagree, listening and reflecting on ideas of outspoken, well-argumented people always brings you to the next level of understanding. | IGNATIA WEBS FEBRUARY 9, 2012 4 Calls for #papers and 2 #PhD opportunities Educause 2012 Conference dates: 6 – 9 November 2012 Location: Denver Colorado, USA More information: [link] Deadline for submissions: 21 Februari 2012 Themes: The conference program will be organized around IT-related themes and how they are tied to different IT professional domain focus areas. Please be prepared to identify the most prominent theme you would associate with your proposal. You also can select up to two additional themes that are reflected in your proposal. Indicate up to two domain focus areas for which your session will most resonate with representative staff. | | | | | |
| | | IGNATIA WEBS FEBRUARY 6, 2012 8 contemporary #learning needs for the #knowledge age and K12 reform book While writing a chapter for a book, I was wondering about the contemporary needs of a course to fit the demands of this knowledge age. The beginning of the new millennium has been described as a Knowledge and this shift from the industrial age affects all of us (global audience). The societal changes brought along with the Internet, social media development and the rise to ubiquity by a number of technologies (wifi, mobiles…) has changed human society as a whole. He strongly beliefs (and I concur) that the emphasis of future education should not be on instruction, but on engagement. 2000). | IGNATIA WEBS FEBRUARY 10, 2012 Blogphilosophy: why I stopped measuring my e-penis #rankingsoftware Sometimes I need a good (figurative) slap in the face to keep it real. few weeks ago David Bezemer put my feet back on the ground in a tweeted reaction ( @dbezemer ) on me sending him a 'klout' invitation: "over my dead body! there are enough people out there desperately measuring their e-penis, I do not feel good about that". So he got me thinking. and he is right (of course). Why would I even look up and share my uncritically analyzed ranking in anything with others, if I am propagating critical awareness, open learning, open standards. openness? And when the idea of 'most, best.' | IGNATIA WEBS FEBRUARY 1, 2012 New issue of the free #eLearning journal #IRRODL is out - a great read Below you will find the contents of the new issue of IRRODL, The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. The issue contains 12 research articles and one field note, research note, and article reaction note. The winners of last years Best Articles of the year in IRRODL for 2011, have also been selected by the Editorial Board. This is a new reward the IRRODL people launched and it comes with it the opportunity to have the work translated and published in a number of our partner educational journals that publish in languages other than English (great initiative!). Garrison. | | | | | | | |
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