New technologies present a much more complex environment for instructors to navigate. Instructors need to balance intense teaching, research and publishing loads with staying abreast of advancements in their respective fields. At least initially, any ne… more »
Archives for: "January 2013"
Yesterday we finalised the project proposal for the OCW4STEM project. Together with my collegue Michel Beerens we have crafted 392 pages and a very big excel sheet with the budget.
The proposal is for the EU Erasmus Life Long Learning programme as an A… more »
Last Monday US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the Open Book Project:
The Open Book Project is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State, the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization and leading education innovato… more »
Inmiddels zijn er drie universiteiten in Nederland die hebben aangekondigd om te starten met MOOCS.
Universiteit Leiden was de eerste met de aankondiging van "European Law" op het Coursera platform (inmiddels meer dan 10.000 deelnemers). De UvA heeft e… more »
"Most predictions are wrong. The small number that turn out to be right are largely luck, but we tend to remember them because they reinforce our naive belief that the future can be predicted."
Every December and January you see lots of prediction of w… more »
Yesterday at the Dies Natalis of the university, the president of TU Delft announced that we will be offering MOOCs this year and that we will announce the platform this next couple of weeks (see recording in Dutch after 1:49:40).
The start of MOOCs is… more »
Vandaag staat er in de Volkskrant een artikel over hoogleraar Jan Derksen die zegt dat hoorcolleges uit de tijd zijn en dat universiteiten zouden moeten 'fuseren met het internet':
"Studenten worden steeds meer gepamperd met 'competentiegericht onder… more »
The OERTest project has released its final results in the form a publication, entitled “Open Learning Recognition: Taking Open Educational Resources a Step Further”. The book is the result of two years of research by 8 European partners, and provides… more »
CETIS has written nine papers about Learning Analytics. The CETIS Analytics Series explores a number of key issues around the potential strategic advantages and insights which the increased attention on, and use of, analytics is bringing to the educatio… more »