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Slashdot | Is Wi-Fi Ruining College?
"It seems a bit of a stretch to impute a causal relationship, but it's certainly possible that the kind of brain that can handle multiple channels of information is also the kind of brain that earns A's."
Bud posted this on November 19, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Moodteller: Estimating mood levels in LiveJournal
Could we apply this to the learning remix, and would it be useful? My cut is that things like mood analysis are good at large scale. At small scale, like in a classroom with under 100 students, you are better off directly engaging.
Bud posted this on September 22, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Learning Space Design Interview with Bill Dittoe
Might be worth a listen. I think the real issue is to get the informal aspect right. The web is an incredible archive, but by and large, really only semi-structured by search and the like. It requires a flexible approach for classroom integration.
Bud posted this on September 21, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Online Higher-Education Market to Exceed $6B in 2005
Not entirely surprising, but still only a drop in the bucket of the total educational spend. Many aspects of education might be better accomplished online, particularly if any sort of archival material is involved. Does this include homegrown?
Bud posted this on September 21, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Slashdot | Intelligence in the Internet Age
So, is the BIT320 remix making us smarter or dumber? According to this slashdot post, we may be in trouble for traditional learning purposes. I suspect there is an issue in getting people to adopt this kind of novel style also.
Bud posted this on September 19, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
John Battelle's Searchblog: Jeremy Asks: How Do You Learn to Search?
Focuses on the human operator end of the search process, frequently ignored by technologists.
Bud posted this on September 14, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
I'd like to ask you a question: Where do you see the money being made in elearning today?
Bud posted this on July 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
New Teacher and Student Roles in the Technology-Supported, Language Classroom
Pointer to articles on the changing roles of teachers when technolgoy is introduced. The pointer read is quite goodl.
Bud posted this on February 22, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Stephen Downe's Talk at Northern Voice (raw,unlinked)
A remarkable reportage by Nancy White. Reading this post by Stephen Downe has convinced me to subscribe to him, but perhaps not link. He is already so well connected.
Bud posted this on February 19, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Blogging in Education Panel at Northern Voice
What needs to be understood is that there is a network effect in both academia and online. Centrality in the network is not a measure of quality, but we often take it to be.
Bud posted this on February 19, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Online Groups: participation coaching
An important point about the need for facilitation in the group. I wonder if the participation coach ever goes away. Most real groups need communication facilitators, and they get paid a lot.
Bud posted this on February 16, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Emergent Learning: Social Networks and Learning Networks - Stephen Downes
The real point here is to use open protocols to construct things as the need arises. A lot of vendors want to lock you into their tools. I don't think there is a tools market. There is a place market maybe.
Bud posted this on February 16, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
"Two Roads Diverged in a Wood": Productive Digression in Asynchronous Discussion
Supports the notion that free-form discussion can actually aid a class in the online world. My cut is that limited digression works. Relinquishing control is clearly important.
Bud posted this on February 11, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wired News: My IPod, My Self
Academics are catching on to podcasting. The obvious thing is that the marriage of the Internet and personal technology is causing a big shake-up. Things are still in their infancy, but the connection will clearly be powerful.
Bud posted this on January 28, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Blogging your homework
We found similar improvements when we introduced blogging at some U Michigan classes. It seems like an easy way to expose what is going on in the class and get students communicating.
Bud posted this on January 17, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
portable firefox breaks 100,000 downlaods
Browsers are the interface to all things web. Organizations have a hell of a time migrating login profiles for people as they move from station to station. This seems like a nice non-proprietary, decentralized way of achieving that purpose.
Bud posted this on January 17, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
The Future of the Internet in Education
So, will universities continue to offer courses or just manage students' learning?
Bud posted this on January 13, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Developing thriving online business communities
The Community Engine
Bud posted this on January 12, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)