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

Bryan Alexander

Anya Kamenetz was our Future Trends Forum guest on March 15th , and she sparked one of our most energetic discussions to date, focused on testing. One example: eportfolios dropped in one case because doing them decently was seen as too onerous. We can shift from snapshots of learning to a graph, focusing on trends over time.

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

Bryan Alexander

A quick round of introductions revealed some interesting trends: a growing number of liberal arts institutions are launched or growing online learning programs; many sought to find the distinct ways liberal arts institutions, and campuses pursuing liberal education, can use technology.

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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. Other highlights of the last twenty years are the growth of open education, open courses, connected, social and rhizomatic learning. But they should not be expected to design and run the course themselves.

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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. Other highlights of the last twenty years are the growth of open education, open courses, connected, social and rhizomatic learning. But they should not be expected to design and run the course themselves.

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