Given the vast reach of my blog, with a readership that extends well into double digits, I feel a certain sense of obligation to use the awesome power of this platform wisely. So allow me to link to Professor David Wiley’s announcement of a job opening with the Instructional Technology Department at Utah State University. […]
Read more "A kickin’ opening at Utah State"So though I took the criticisms of Stephen Downes and others seriously, ultimately I concluded that the potential impact of the Cape Town Declaration on Open Education was too powerful for me to ignore. David Wiley has a number of good posts up lately with pointers to the huzzahs, the critiques, and the alternatives, and […]
Read more "Behaviour modification via blog banners".flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Chicago – Coliseum (exterior) (LOC), originally uploaded by The Library of Congress. Jim and others have blogged this news, but kudos to the Library of Congress for putting more than 3000 […]
Read more "Good enough for the Library of Congress"As an admirer of the sadly defunct Stay Free! magazine, I was drawn to the recent blog post presenting the syllabus (and presumed student annotations) of their ongoing adult education lecture series, which looks like a nifty combination of pedagogy and performance art… (Can one aspire to a higher calling?) Click on the image for […]
Read more "Freeform Adult Education"So Richard Baraniuk’s talk on the Open Education Revolution was as good as I expected. And Richard himself perpetuated a trend I have been delighted to notice in this field, which roughly stated is that the more impressive and more accomplished the person, the more easygoing and devoid of ego they tend to be… I […]
Read more "A welcome smack in the face on open courseware"