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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

Despite their pedagogical flaws, however, MOOCs provide unprecedented access to quality content for millions of learners. Don’t all these people deserve a better education? And isn’t content sourced from some of the world’s best providers a giant leap in that direction? The pecking order will be reshuffled.

OER 279
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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

Despite their pedagogical flaws, however, MOOCs provide unprecedented access to quality content for millions of learners. Don’t all these people deserve a better education? And isn’t content sourced from some of the world’s best providers a giant leap in that direction? The pecking order will be reshuffled.

OER 225
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What if they threw a party and none of us came?

Learning with e's

As Brian Lamb said recently at the Open Educational Resources Symposium, it seems perverse to hoard knowledge in any form, particularly in the light of the current economic crisis. That is the 'prime directive' of the open access, open educational resources movement. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

Journal 86
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eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

link] or [link] December 1, 2010 UNESCO-Commonwealth of Learning Policy Form on Open Educational Resources (OER): Taking OER beyond the OER Community – Policy and Capacity, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France. www.online-educa.com December 1-3, 2010 Worldwide Forum on Education and Culture , Rome, Italy.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

eLearning Learning Posts

Presentation: “Twitter in Education, what next?” - Dont Waste Your Time , September 10, 2010 As a follow-up to my (successful?) presentation ‘ Twitter in Education &# this one looks into the uses of Twitter, rather than the tool. Twitter in Education: what next? Related posts: Presentation: Twitter in Education.

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Future of Higher Education – Digital Textbooks and Courses

MagicBox

Universities are also benefiting from technology as they are able to adopt elearning trends such as contextual learning, two-way conversational learning, using video as a means of informative content, and enhancing use of all available data. Education is a critical sector to have experienced innovations in technology.

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Future of Higher Education – Digital Textbooks and Courses

MagicBox

Universities are also benefiting from technology as they are able to adopt elearning trends such as contextual learning, two-way conversational learning, using video as a means of informative content, and enhancing use of all available data. Education is a critical sector to have experienced innovations in technology.