D'Arcy Norman started an interesting discussion about the false binary of LMS vs. Open. Here some interesting responses:
Sheila MacNeill: Living with the VLE dictator
Peter Reed: The VLE vs 'Whatever'
Amber Thomas: Why VLEs aren’t evil
Mike… more »
Archives for: "September 2014"
Last week, edX announced their new high school initiative: 26 MOOCs specifically geared to the needs and interests of high school students around the world. As edX CEO Anant Agarwal wrote in the announcement:
Studies show that nearly 60 percent of… more »
SURF and the Open Education Special Interest Group published a special report on the didactics of open and online education. SURF organised a ‘pressure cook’ session on the didactics of open and online education on 24 June 2014. The aim of this meeting… more »
An important part of our newly established Delft Extension School is Research and Innovation. Under the leadership of our Dean and Director of Education we have a couple of existing faculty that are involved in this, but we are also hiring new people.… more »
Educause just release a new edition of the 7 Things you should know. This one is about the new directions for the LMS. The abstract: Most of today’s learning management systems were developed in an era when virtually all of higher education was… more »
Op 8 oktober organiseert SURF een seminar over welke platforms je voor MOOCs kan gebruiken. Namens de TU Delft zal Janine Kiers ingaan op het gebruik van EdX: In deze bijeenkomst komen platforms aan de orde die gebruikt kunnen worden voor het aanbieden… more »