I read A New Use for MOOCs: Real-World Problem Solving with interest on many levels: pedagogy, innovative partnerships, leveraging massive groups of people in novel ways. A lot is to be said for the work being done by Zafrin Nurmohamed and Nabeel Gillani and their organization, Coursolve. Coursolve is designed to connect organizations (including not-for-profits) … Continue reading Why I’m bothered by ‘solving real-world problems with MOOCs’
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A new set of lenses
Sometimes I think the experience of learning is rather more like putting on your eyeglasses, or getting a new set of prescription lenses. You see things that you have seen all along but perhaps now a bit more clearly. Or with more definition. That certainly has been my experience during the first two weeks of … Continue reading A new set of lenses
‘Where are’ vs. ‘who are’ the professors. Thoughts on Google Hangouts and #edcmooc
I am catching up on some of the readings and work associated with E-Learning and Digital Cultures and just viewed the recorded version of the end-of-the-week Google Hangout (below) hosted by the organizers of this Coursera course. I wanted to take a moment to comment on my experience - and my aha's about Hangouts as … Continue reading ‘Where are’ vs. ‘who are’ the professors. Thoughts on Google Hangouts and #edcmooc
Hand crafted PLNs
I am going somewhere with this story - so stay with me a minute. I live in Evanston, Illinois - a city just north of Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan. It's a pretty urban suburb. Lots of restaurants and shops. Home of Northwestern University (where I work). If you live and work here, … Continue reading Hand crafted PLNs
An exercise in taming the firehose
Two strategies are becoming favorites for dealing with the information firehose - that feeling that I'm missing something important in the high-pressure stream. One comes from former colleague Jack Vinson, whose post from a year ago suggests that we just reframe the issue. If you are trying to take it all in, you're probably sunk. … Continue reading An exercise in taming the firehose
Jeff Merrell 