Remaking education in the image of our desires. The current generation of students will witness the remaking of our education system. Education faces enormous pressure. Flipping learning is big in education. The future of higher education and other imponderables  GEORGE SIEMENS   |  SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012. Blackboard’s identity crisis, Desire2Learn’s optimism, and Instructure’s coolness  GEORGE SIEMENS   |  FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012. Curation saves your bacon. Today’s round-up is here.). January 1 – June 30, 2012. DOC SEARLS. My God! MORE >>

I’ve used a large number of learning management systems over the last several years, and Instructure presents one of the more impressive educator and end-user experiences. In response to a post on this site a few months ago looking at Blackboard’s entry into Moodle hosting, I received an email from Instructure offering to show me their product. I’ve been using Instructure for several weeks for a course that I’m teaching with Tecnológico de Monterrey on networked and connected learning. can see why: setting up a course, adding content, assessment, etc. MORE >>

I had to do a quick double take on this article (first, to determine if it was April 1, anywhere in the world): Evolution Unbound: Blackboard embraces open source. I’m not surprised that Blackboard is interested in openness. At the EDUCAUSE conference in October, they were clear that they wanted to partner with the open educational resources movement. discussed this in a post on the race to platform education. Blackboard obviously makes its money from selling their LMS. Blackboard touted its open education resources initiative in response. MORE >>

If you’re even casually aware of what is happening in higher education, you’ve likely heard of massive open online courses ( MOOCs ). We can officially declare massive open online courses ( MOOCs ) as the higher education buzzword for 2012. Remaking education in the image of our desires. The current generation of students will witness the remaking of our education system. The future of higher education and other imponderables. Roger Schank: Only two things wrong with education: 1) What we teach; 2) How we teach DONALD CLARK PLAN B | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012. MORE >>

The list focuses primarily on the use of eLearning, technology in educational settings and on teaching, learning, and educational administration. December 2011 November 27-December 1, 2011 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE): Reaching Across Boundaries, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. link] November 28-December 2, 2011 International Conference on Computers in Education ,19 th , organized by the Asia Pacific Society for Computers in Education, Chiang Mai, Thailand. link] February 13-15, 2012 Midwest Education Technology Conference (METC), St. MORE >>