Eindelijk begint in Nederland ook de discussie op het gebied van MOOCs op gang te komen. Afgelopen zaterdag stond er in de Opinie & Debat bijlage van de NRC een artikel (alleen toegankelijk met NRC-account) van prof. José van Dijck (UvA) getiteld “D… more »
Archives for: "December 2012"
The Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission has organised a consultation on "Opening up Education - a proposal for a European Initiative to enhance education and skills development through new technologies". From 13 Augu… more »
JISC has presented 15 reusable technology solutions for OER. This was part of the OER Rapid Innovation Strand. In the original call they specifically addressed these points:
how to create rich machine-readable resources that contribute to the global… more »
One of the best things of the Online Educa Berlin Conference this year was the debat on Thursday. It was a Britisch style debate with 2 speakers for the motion and two speakers against it.
The motion:
The House believes that a ban on diplomas and degr… more »
Afgelopen dinsdag was ik aanwezig op het Nationale Hoger Onderwijs Congres in WTC Rotterdam. Henk Schmidt, Rector Magnificus van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, gaf een powertalk over een ambitieuzer studieklimaat.
Net zoals op de meeste andere Nede… more »
The Babson Survey Research Group released a report on OER usage in US higher education, “Growing the Curriculum: Open Education Resources in U.S. Higher Education”. The report is based on three different surveys among faculty and academic leaders, and i… more »
Yesterday there was an interesting session on MOOCs. Hannes Klöpper, co-founder of iversity, made a good observation about the 4 distinct factors for the succes of MOOCs:
New ways of using video
Social community build around the course
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