Online courses need human element to educate Online courses are proliferating, says Douglas Rushkoff, but will really succeed when they bring humanity to learning process Douglas Rushkoff: Education is under threat, but online computer courses are not to blameHe says education's value hard to measure; is it for making money or being engaged?He says Massive Open Online Courses lack human exchange with teachersRushkoff: MOOCs should bring together people to share studies, maintain education's humanity Editor's note: Douglas Rushkoff writes a regular column for CNN.com. (CNN) -- Education is under threat, but the Internet and the growth of Massive Open Online Courses are not to blame. Like the arts and journalism, whose value may be difficult to measure in dollars, higher education has long been understood as a rather "soft" pursuit. What is learning, really? Douglas Rushkoff Education is about more than acquiring skills. What we consider basic knowledge has grown to include science, history, the humanities and economics.
Why Teachers Want Technology (And Why They Can’t Have It) How Teachers Can Best Use Education Technology 1.69K Views 0 Likes Edtech isn't the final solution for education's problems. It's a powerful addition to classrooms though, so it's time to ask: what is the point of education technology? The Current State Of Technology In K-12 6.98K Views 0 Likes What is the next device most students will soon purchase? Nueve herramientas de narración digital con las que desearás volver a ser alumno. | E-Learning, Formación, Aprendizaje y Gestión del Conocimiento con TIC en pequeñas dosis. Ideas in Science: Theories, Hypotheses, and Laws | Process of Science Imagine yourself shopping in a grocery store with a good friend who happens to be a chemist. Struggling to choose between the many different types of tomatoes in front of you, you pick one up, turn to your friend, and ask her if she thinks the tomato is organic. Your friend simply chuckles and replies, "Of course it's organic!" without even looking at how the fruit was grown. Why the amused reaction? So who is correct? Scientific theories The term theory also has two meanings, and this double meaning often leads to confusion. All scientific disciplines have well-established, fundamental theories. So how are these fundamental theories developed, and why are they considered so well supported? Comprehension Checkpoint A theory is simply an educated guess made by a scientist. The development of a scientific theory: Evolution and natural selection The theory of evolution by natural selection is sometimes maligned as Charles Darwin's speculation on the origin of modern life forms. Summary
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Lecturas esenciales para los profesionales en eLearning: Nuevas inspiraciones y Clásicos | E-Learning, Formación, Aprendizaje y Gestión del Conocimiento con TIC en pequeñas dosis. Macmillan Knows Publishing Is Doomed, So It’s Funding the Future Even if the dominant players in a staid, legacy industry see the writing on the wall -- that the Internet will eventually kill them -- it's not easy for them to do much about it. Some publishers are merely waiting for Amazon to put them out of business. (See "We're in Amazon's sights and they're going to kill us.") Others have taken to suing startups which threaten their business model. (See: Publishers accuse textbook replacement service Boundless of copyright infringement.) Macmillan Publishing has taken an entirely different route altogether. Build a business that will undermine our own. The publishing giant has given Williams a sum greater than $100 million (he won't say exactly how much) to acquire ed-tech startups that will eventually be the future of Macmillan. He's buying companies that will help Macmillan survive as a business once textbooks go away completely. When Williams sold his ed-tech company Questia to Cengage in 2010, he told himself he'd never go back to ed-tech.
4 Ways To Stop Being Scared Of Online Learning We live in the Digital Age in which many of us spend a great deal of time each day using technology. Most of us are connected via a mobile device of some sort as we move through our daily routine, and we make use of electronic communication options, such as email, social media, and text messaging. There is an increasing number of us who are telecommuting, working our full-time jobs from home. We have even defined ourselves as “digital natives” or “digital immigrants” to help explain this brave new world. Within this context, education has embraced the move into technology as much as possible. Within this context, my colleagues and I have noticed something interesting: Our online students seem even more intimidated by e-learning than in the past. Preterm Information With technology often comes the ability for students to self-enroll in classes. Therefore, one of the most helpful steps faculty can take is to provide preterm information. Relevant, Functioning Content Constant Outreach
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Educators as Social Networked Learners This fall, I am getting the opportunity to design and teach a graduate course for Boise State University’s Education Technology Program entitled, Social Networked Learning. The majority of students in the program are K-12 in-service teachers who are seeking ways to enhance their teaching with integrated and emerging technologies. I am so excited about what students are producing for this course and in terms of meeting this goal that I wanted to share information about the course, a sampling of course activities, and example student work. Course Description This course explores collaborative and emergent pedagogies, tools, and theory related to the use of social networks in learning environments. The ideas, content, and exercises presented in this course are driven by two basic tenets: Today’s personal, social, political, economic worlds are all affected by digital media and networked publics. Learning Goals