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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

It was a powerful gathering of campus leaders and practitioners, organized around a common focus on liberal education. I helped start the conference with a half-day workshop on “How Technology Can Enhance Liberal Education: The State of the Art in 2016.” Preconference workshop.

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Testing and the future of education: Anya Kamenetz on Future Trends Forum #6

Bryan Alexander

Anya contrasted this data-gathering by authorities for monitoring purposes with the idea that education is about learners going through the process of self-authoring. Indeed, Anya stated they educators are “fumbling” on qualitative assessment so far. This works in a low-stakes settings, like a MOOC.

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Three GREAT (and Free) Virtual Conferences Where You Can Attend, Present, or Volunteer!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Labs projects, designed to provide spaces for great conversations around education. as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event. Held over the course of two days (three actual calendar days when including all time zones), there will likely be over 150 presentations. They are part of my Web 2.0 Learning 2.0

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The Free Learning 2.0 Conference: Great Keynotes and Sessions and YOU!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

is a free conference and is held online, in multiple time zones, over the course of five days. as well as a special educational start-up "pitchfire" event. Learning 2.0 It is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on rethinking teaching and learning in the age of the Internet.

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20 years in e-learning

Mark Smithers

In June of this year it was twenty years since I set up my first web server for delivering e-learning courses. I’m using this anniversary to reflect on my experiences in educational technology over the last 20 years. There has been a huge amount of innovation at the edges of higher education. What did we get right?

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20 years in e-learning

Mark Smithers

In June of this year it was twenty years since I set up my first web server for delivering e-learning courses. I’m using this anniversary to reflect on my experiences in educational technology over the last 20 years. There has been a huge amount of innovation at the edges of higher education. What did we get right?

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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

Edsurge

At the height of the buzz around MOOCs and flipped classrooms three years ago, Bridget Ford worried that administrators might try to replace her introductory history course with a batch of videos. She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent.