March 25, 2013
If you like learning, could I recommend analytics?
Bill Jerome,
e-Literate,
March 25, 2013
Quick summary of learning analytics. I like the tack taken, as Bill Jerome begins by emphasizing that there aren't easy analytics to be had (at least, not in learning). "Don’t get me wrong," he writes. "Every student kept in school via an early warning system is an achievement. But it’s not the big promise of learning analytics. It’s an achievement of website analytics very similar to those studied by the commerce sites. The more a user stays engaged with their sites, the more profit they generate. The comparisons to those kinds of analytics pretty much end there. Unfortunately for those looking for the easy path, our outcomes are complex and the inputs aren’t actually that obvious either."
MTOPs: Micro-Targeted Online Programs - (The Anti-MOOC?)
Joshua Kim ,
Inside Higher Ed,
March 25, 2013
No. 8 aha moment: web 2.0 will change everything in online learning
Tony Bates,
online learning, and , distance education resources,
March 25, 2013
Mozilla Releases Long-Discussed Software to Offer ‘Badges’ for Learning
Jake New,
The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog,
March 23, 2013
Dismissive article from the Chronicle about the launch of the Mozilla badge initiative. "Similar to Boy Scout badges that represent pitching a tent or riding a horse, the digital badges denote specific skills that employers might look for, like community service, social networking, or experience with HTML." Among those misrepresented in the article are the Boy Scouts, who don't have badges for "riding a horse" or "pitching a tent," but whose badges for horsemanship and camping actually represent substantial achievements.
The Aussie Coursera? A new homegrown MOOC platform arrives
Bella Counihan,
The Conversation,
March 23, 2013
This newsletter is sent only at the request of subscribers. If you would like to unsubscribe, Click here.
Know a friend who might enjoy this newsletter? Feel free to forward OLDaily to your colleagues. If you received this issue from a friend and would like a free subscription of your own, you can join our mailing list. Click here to subscribe.