Category Archives: Uncategorized
Google Explains Search
Google has created an interesting site that summarizes how search works. The design of the site is unique and the content explains Google policies.
RSS with Feedly
After learning that Google was dropping Reader, I started to look around. Feedly looks like it is trying to step up and take over. This link explains how to transition. I wonder what will happen to all of the apps built … Continue reading
Google will cut Reader
Google announced today that it will soon turn off Reader. I am a user, but not directly. I access my RSS feeds organized by Reader with other friendlier apps. My approach was common and this lack of direct use was … Continue reading
Average is over
This link will take you to a Tom Friedman on MOOCs and the future of higher education. Ironic to talk about professors who have a big stage (so does Friedman even when he has a limited background relevant to a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Average is over
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Teach ourselves – the Mitra vision