Provide each employee with some relevant names/blogs/websites/etc. Come to think of it, I wonder if that might happen in higher ed as well — i.e. provide students with the relevant/key experts, important thinkers, streams of content, etc.). ' . From DSC: This data further supports my thoughts on helping people build their own learning ecosystems — something Jane points out as well when she states that “workers find other (self-organised and self-managed) ways of learning at work far more valuable – with team collaboration being the highest rated.” MORE >>

NovoEd is the only online learning platform that provides a connected, effective and engaging learning environment for students using a combination of techniques in crowd sourcing, design and analysis of reputation systems, and algorithm design. 'About. NovoEd’s philosophy is to advance the online learning experience by making online courses more experiential, interactive, and collaborative. NovoEd uses online learning to deliver learning opportunities at massive scale. We offer courses and programs by thought leaders in a wide range of fields and in partnership with universities. MORE >>

How might this type of setup dovetail with MOOCs provided by institutions of higher education? From DSC: In this series of periodic postings re: experimentation (see here and here ), this week’s Consumers Electronics Show prompts me to think about different types of experiments, prompting such questions as: When will we see more educationally-related second screen apps? With MOOCs offered by the corporate world? What sorts of technologies will weave their way into what could be offered here? Other…?). Samba will blur the lines between linear television and the Web.”. MORE >>

I hope that we can pick up the pace of experimentation within our organizations to find ways to lower the costs while still providing effective means of educating people. The need for more experimentation, innovation within higher education. By Daniel Christian for the CHFE12 MOOC. Last week, I attended the 18 th Annual Sloan Consortium on Online Learning in Orlando, FL (USA). After hearing Sebastian Thrun’s excellent keynote address, I was very troubled by a couple of questions that kept arising in my mind (which I’ll get to in a minute). Now bear in mind that Sal was not in education. MORE >>

provided an overview of the learning activities for this course in two previous blog posts. Developing a MOOC-inspired course – from the User Generated Education blog by Jackie Gerstein. Excerpt: During Fall, 2012, I developed and taught a graduate course entitled, Social Networked Learning, for the Boise State University’s Educational Technology Program.  Most of the students were in-service K-12 educators. Educators as Social Networked Learners. Developing a MOOC-Inspired Course. Sample student projects from this course can be viewed at [link]. MORE >>