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What makes online difficult
A recent study focused on online courses in Higher Ed (summarized in the Inside Higher Education blog) is focused on the high attrition rate in MOOCs and junior college online courses. But some groups fared worse than others. Men showed … Continue reading
Teach ourselves – the Mitra vision
Sugata Mitra winner of the TED Prize for his vision of School in the Cloud (you may have read about his original hole in the wall computer experiment). A vision for self guided and group organized learning. I think we … Continue reading
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Evernote Hacked
Just saw that Evernote was hacked. I was having trouble with my Evernote password just an hour or so ago and reset it. I see in the C|Net article that Evernote was requiring users to reset passwords. No kidding. It … Continue reading
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I knew I had seen the “flip” before
I am working on a video describing my take on the flipped classroom. In preparation I am reading several sources (no research seems to exist according to Google Scholar) including the Sams and Bergmann book sponsored by ISTE. These are … Continue reading
Video case studies
Whether you are a supporter of the TPACK system for thinking about classroom activities or not, the video case studies provided by an assortment of educational organizations is interesting and may useful to college educators and as a basis for … Continue reading
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Probation for Phoenix
This report from the Huffington Post reviews the accreditation difficulties for Phoenix and describes key issues with many online, for-profit institutions.
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