E-learn Weblog of Willem van Valkenburg
Blogging about OER, OCW, Blackboard, Mobile, Social Media and other interesting stuff
Archives for: August 2012
Ticer International Summerschool 2012
Aug 24th
Today I was invited to speak at the fourth day of the 2012 Ticer International Summerschool. Ticer stands for Tilburg Innovation Centre for Electronic Resources. Ticer is a business unit of Tilburg University's Library and IT Services.
The theme of the… more »
MOOC on Mobile Learning
Aug 24th
Mark Vinegar is organising a MOOC on Mobile Learning on Blackboard's Coursesites-platform:
Teachers can learn how to infuse their teaching with new mobile learning strategies by participating in the free Mobile Learning MOOC at Coursesites by Blackboar… more »
Webinar OpenData van DIV if you dare
Aug 23rd
Vandaag heb ik deelgenomen aan de eerste live webinar van DIV .. if you dare. Het onderwerp was OpenData en de opname vonden plaats in het TU Delft New Media Centre.
Samen met Iens Boswijk van iens.nl, Theo Klarenbeek van de Belastingdienst, Maarten Lo… more »
Issue of Journal Distance Education about OER
Aug 22nd
Last month there was a special edition of the Journal Distance Education about OER. After a lot of online comments they opened the issue, so everyone can read the articles. The articles in the journal are:
Fostering social inclusion through open educ… more »
What is a mechanical MOOC?
Aug 21st
Yesterday I saw some tweets about a 'Mechanical MOOC' and I really had no idea what to expect. My first association was with Amazon's Mechanical turk, but I couldn't see that in regards to a MOOC.
In the press release it states:
The mechanical MOOC is… more »
Three kinds of MOOCs
Aug 16th
Today I saw this post of Lisa Lane about three kinds of MOOCs:
I think the distinction is a good one and can help us all in the defining a MOOC. Although I'm not really convinced yet of the Task-based type. In some of the task-based examples I also s… more »
DIV...if you dare presents: Join Data!
Aug 16th
Volgende week donderdag neem ik deel aan een webinar van "DIV...if your dare".
Live discussie vanuit de TU Delft over de veranderende rol van data en nieuwe business modellen. Eppo van Nispen (directeur CPNB) neemt u mee in een spannende nieuwe (data… more »
What we're learning from online education
Aug 14th
Interesting TEDtalk of Daphne Koller. She is professor at Stanford and started Coursera:
Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free -- not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn… more »
