OLDaily
by Stephen Downes
May 6, 2014
Designing a Dual Layer cMOOC/xMOOC
Matt Crosslin,
EduGeek Journal,
May 6, 2014
Honestly, I don't know why you'd want to design a 'dual layer cMOOC/xMOOC' - but let's listen to the proposal. "At any time that the learners on the cMOOC track need help (or at some point, when the AI data identifies a need), they can be directed towards the appropriate part of the xMOOC track for help. At any time the learners on the xMOOC track start to get comfortable with the idea of interacting with others (or the AI data identifies this), they can move into the cMOOC track." Or - we could just seed the discussion with learning resources on an ongoing basis, as appropriate.
A new talk sketched daily, by fan Stefani Bachetti
Kate Torgovnick May,
TED Blog,
May 6, 2014
I actually like this Tumblr feed featuring a sketch of a new TED talk every weekday (at a certain point the author has to run out of TED talks but that will be a while). I think that what really shows up in these diagrams is the essential similarity between TED talks - the compelling story, the one-line message, a few compelling figures or data sets, the emotional strings. And I am realizing, over time - TED is the Upworthy of academia.
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