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There is no university of the future
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I want to highlight a couple of points from this short
article. First, "There is no one model for the future,
there will be a wide range of different interpretations
from traditional to innovative." This is what was wrong
with Sebastian Thrun's prediction
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that after MOOCs only ten universities would remain. These
new technologies create a proliferation of models,
methodologies, and institutions. Second, and related to
this, traditional credentials, while they may persist, will
be supplemented by a wide range of qualifications. "If the
new credentials are verifiable and trustworthy and
employers accept them then they will become hard currency."
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Teaching Using Adaptive Learning
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I can't watch these at the moment but I can't just pass
them by. So here's a link, for my own reference. "The
entire six-part interview series with McGraw-Hill
Education’s adaptive learning experts is now up on
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb2UcU-aVjN2aPSmGKILK2GHh6MgGswM9"
target="_blank."
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BC Open Educational Technology Collaborative
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I'm not suggesting so much that you join this group (unless
you live in British Columbia) as I am recommending this
document (and Mattermost Linkan
open source software alternative to Slack) as a model for
the formation of your own cooperative with similar
objectives. Or as a model of network-based learning
generally. As the Cape Town Open Education Declaration
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is not limited to just open educational resources. It also
draws upon open technologies that facilitate collaborative,
flexible learning and the open sharing of teaching
practices that empower educators to benefit from the best
ideas of their colleagues."
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Planning for educational change: what is education for?
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We can't, of course, stop having this conversation. "There
was a time, in an previous democracy, where learning how to
interact in your democracy was the most important part of
an education system. When i look through my twitter account
now I start to think that learning to live and thrive with
difference without hate and fear might be a nice thing for
an education system to be for." When I came back from my
hiatus in 2006 this question was top of mind for me, and I
addressed a couple of talks to it: here
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Why Diverse Teams Are Smarter
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This article cites a couple
http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/why-diversity-matters studies
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arguing that ethnic, racial and gender diversity increases
returns and growth in corporations. But the bulk of the
article is intended to show "nonhomogenous teams are simply
smarter." They focus
http://www.apa.org/releases/0406_JPSP_Sommer.pdf more
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argue David Rock and Heidi Grant Halvorson,
they process
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facts more carefully, and they're more
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innovative
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a long article, but well written and tightly argued.
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Art & Design Students Produce Virtual Reality Musical
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These are probably the same people who will be pioneering
this art form professionally in a few years. Hands-on
experience like this is invaluable. "As Michael Chaney, a
professor of film and television and one of the faculty
leads on the project, explained in a video about the
production https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29alwubl6eI"
target="_blank process, 'We consulted with the leading
pioneers in this industry and we ourselves are becoming
pioneers." It's worth visiting the project website
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far better idea of the project than this short article.
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The Durability and Fragility of Knowledge Infrastructures:
Lessons Learned from Astronomy
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Yes, it's a specialized case: "Research reported here draws
upon a long-term study of scientific data practices to ask
questions about the durability and fragility of
infrastructures for data in astronomy." But from what I
observe these trends exist in every discipline (and most
fare worse than astronomy). "Infrastructure is fragile,
even for one of the most durable of sciences –
astronomy. The invisible work necessary to maintain
individual systems, tools, technologies, standards, and
other resources – much of it done by information
professionals – may only become visible upon
breakdown." Why not take a look archive.cgi for the
websites, articles, conferences and other digital artifacts
from our discipline from just ten years ago? It's
astonishing how much has been lost, because nobody's taking
care of it.
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