50 Fascinating Lectures on the Future of Education

Posted on October 31, 2009 by cookj1

article having a look at, “50 Fascinating Lectures on the Future of Education”

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E-Learning in its Element: Building Informal Learning and Research Capacity in Large Communities

Posted on October 14, 2009 by cookj1

John Cook has been invited to give a talk at a node of the ESRC funded National Centre for Research Methods (see below). The title of the talk is:

“E-Learning in its Element: Building Informal Learning and Research Capacity in Large Communities

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Google Book Search’s mistakes provoke questions …

Posted on September 10, 2009 by cookj1

Dickens’ tale circa 1135 and other massive errors. Google Book Search’s mistakes provoke questions …

TimesHiger Ed. http://tinyurl.com/lm3kxl

“Professor Nunberg was even more outspoken in a blog posted on 29 August. With Google likely to become “the universal library for a long time to come”, scholars need good metadata. Unfortunately, Google’s information is “a train wreck: a mish-mash wrapped in a muddle wrapped in a mess”.  “

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UCISA’s one-day event E-Assessment: Making IT work 4th November

Posted on September 9, 2009 by cookj1

For anyone with an interest in the practical challenges of delivering effective e-
assessment, please consider attending UCISA’s one-day event (E-Assessment:
Making IT work) at the University of Bradford on 4th November.
Keynote addresses will focus on the development of policy on e-assessment
practices, as well as the lessons learned from implementing thin-client
technology.
Discussion groups will be addressing the following topics:

•    joining up assessment practice across an institution, addressing key
relationships and processes, as well as challenges in delivering effective high
stakes summative e-assessment;
•    classroom set-ups for summative e-assessment (large scale);
•    role of support staff in supporting summative e-assessment;
•    role of the VLE and associated learning systems in supporting
summative e-assessment;
•    development of regulations to manage summative e-assessment
activities.

The programme, speakers and booking details are available at:
http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/ssg/asg/Events/2009/eAssessment.aspx

via HELF list

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The VLE is Dead (or is it?) ALT-C 2009 debate

Posted on September 9, 2009 by cookj1

The VLE is Dead: the movie http://bit.ly/zvGs8. (RT @josiefraser)

Above link is for the recording made of the VLE is Dead Symposium at ALT-C 2009: http://altc2009.alt.ac.uk/talks/show/6776

#altc2009

See also blogs:

http://www.pontydysgu.org/2009/08/the-vle-is-dead/comment-page-1/

http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2009/06/another-nail-in-coffin.html

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HEA/JISC web 2.0 ‘changing the learner experience’ inquiry report

Posted on September 3, 2009 by cookj1

The Higher Education Academy and JISC welcome the publication (on Tuesday
12 May) of the HE in a Web 2.0 World report, which looks at the projected
future trends in the use of technology in higher education.

A committee of inquiry was set up after discussions between the Academy
and JISC examined the online experiences of young people currently
entering higher education, and how this impacts on their studies.

Findings from the report show that students typically spend four hours a
day online, a figure that looks set to rise as teenagers make increasing
use of Web 2.0 technology in their daily lives.  One of the challenges for
the higher education sector is therefore to ensure that staff can keep
pace with the advancing technology which many of their students rely on
every day, using the technology to enhance the student learning
experience.

David Sadler, Director of Networks at the Academy, said: “This report
provides a valuable insight into the knowledge and experience our students
have of social web technologies.

“The Academy already undertakes significant work to enhance the student
learning experience through the use of Web 2.0, and we work closely with
institutions and their individual staff members to identify and share the
most effective practice in its use.

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PEW report on teens and cell phone ownership in the US

Posted on August 20, 2009 by cookj1

Report on teens and cell phone ownership in the US http://tinyurl.com/lufd5v

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Second Life out as techies embrace cloud email (Gartner’s 2009 Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies)

Posted on August 20, 2009 by cookj1

“Virtual worlds are about to plunge into a “trough of disillusionment”, lecture podcasts are fast becoming obsolete, but cloud computing will soon be on the “slope of enlightenment”. These are the findings of an analysis of the “hype cycle” of technology in education, published by Gartner, an IT advisory firm.”

…

“Cloud email for higher education – free email services offered to institutions by the likes of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo – is also firmly ensconced in the sector. In 2008, the technology was heading towards the peak of inflated expectations, but this year passed through the trough of disillusionment and is now on the slope of enlightenment. Dr Lowendahl said the technology had seen a “tremendous uptake, especially in higher education”. Although cloud email for the sector was launched only in October 2005, the report, published last week, estimates it has a penetration rate of up to 20 per cent. I think it is the quickest uptake I have seen of outsourcing in higher education,” Dr Lowendahl said.”

From Report in Times Higher Education: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407839&c=1

Press releases etc:

Gartner’s 2009 Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies http://bit.ly/ooVxT : potentially transformational technologies http://ff.im/6Tgjt

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How to use Twitter for information mining

Posted on August 15, 2009 by cookj1

How to use Twitter for information mining (by L. Zeltser , posted in Jan. 09) http://bit.ly/3JgBFb

How to use Twitter as an RSS reader (by Ryan Jerz, posted in Jan. 09) http://bit.ly/j9vQE

(RT @pabaker55)

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Online ed continues to grow faster than brick-&-mortar

Posted on August 3, 2009 by cookj1

online ed continues to grow faster than brick-&-mortar, 2009′s economic woes accelerate the pattern http://bit.ly/9CYnO

“In its annual report on the state of online education, the Sloan Consortium reported in 2008 that online education continues to grow at a much faster rate than its brick-and-mortar competitors. Anecdotal evidence suggests that 2009′s economic woes will only accelerate the pattern”

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/31/CMLM18L4MG.DTL#ixzz0N98M8aPk

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