Interventions
Brian Lamb,
Abject,
Jul 18, 2017
Jim Groom and Brian Lamb are working on a position paper challenging traditional models of higher education. This is Lamb's contribution, also in the context of the white paper on NGDLE. "Describing the emerging needs as "interoperability; personalization; analytics, advising, and learning assessment; collaboration; and accessibility and universal design", the white paper promotes "a "Lego" approach to realizing the NGDLE, where NGDLE-conforming components are built that allow individuals and institutions the opportunity to construct learning environments tailored to their requirements and goals." There's a lot of substance in the discussion that follows, but it could be summarized as: that's just learning objects (with all their attendant problems) all over again. "It's hard not to feel we are at a very dangerous inflection point," he writes.
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