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Using data to build links between OERs
One of the limitations of open educational resources (OER) is that you can’t fill a curriculum with them. 3 minute YouTube videos and a pdf file don’t replace a semester of learning design and scaffolded study. It’s long been recognised that OERs don’t make courses. Randomly combining OERs leads to overlaps and gaps which is [...]
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Bonnie Stewart on Digital Identities
I greatly enjoyed the presentation given by Bonnie Stewart on the Change11 MOOC, which I’ll try to summarise here for those who haven’t been able to attend. Bonnie’s PhD is on the topic of digital identities and I myself am very interested in the question whether and how technologies influence our identity and perception of/by [...]
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Knowledge and controversy
One thing that I find discomforting about connectivism and communities of practice is the apparent avoidance of controversy. They are all about positive connections, at least this is most emphasised, although I believe that the proponents do consider the fact that opposite knowledge values exist and conflict with each other. An example for this is [...]
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Google training for education
This is interesting and useful: Google now provides training for education on how to use the Google search tools well! Searching has become a sophisticated activity, but many pupils and students don’t exploit the search technologies to their best advantage. Previous surveys have shown that they just type in a query and mostly use the [...]
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Learning Analytics goes Europe
Learning Analytics in Europe will get a boost in the near future. There have been talks that the next international conference LAK13 will go to Europe, and this would certainly be a good promotion for those researchers who cannot easily go on intercontinental missions due to string budgets. Even more encouraging, the EU Commission will [...]
