November 4, 2008 – 2:27 am
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October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
(This article was published previously on sixslides.com, and is the first in a series of articles on the subject posted there. My sixslides site also features daily research clippings and commentary, weekly video posts, and stories and commentary in our unique Six Slides format.)
Introduction
There has been significant buzz over the last few days about [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Drexel Online Launches New Library and Information Science Concentrations to Increase Educational Career Options for Librarians
Drexel University Online, a pioneer in distance education, has increased its degree offerings with the addition of three new concentrations within the Master’s in Library and Information Science program: Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge Management, School Library Media, and Youth Services. [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Freshmen go to school on drinking
Pennsylvania State University trustees passed a resolution requiring all incoming freshmen systemwide to take AlcoholEdu for College, an online education program about alcoholic beverages and their effects on the body. — GoErie.com, PA
Public Demand Prompts University of Minnesota to Make Online Class on Alcohol Use Available to All Parents
With tragic [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
Department of Education Asks Kids to Critique Schools
Last week, the department launched an online student survey, asking students to log on and give their opinions on the state’s 21st century learning initiative and what they expect from it. The 21st century learning initiative integrates problem solving, critical thinking, communication skills and new technology into basic [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
California university teaches on campus in Second Life
San José State University has opened a campus in the virtual world of Second Life that spans 16 digital acres and was created to add a greater social experience to online education. By using avatar-based students and educators, teachers hope to improve the task of distance learning. — [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
More laws, collaboration required for online safety
Washington state’s attorney general is only half joking when he suggests that perhaps sites like Facebook and MySpace should require members to use a credit card to sign up for access as a way to prove their identity. “We need good age- and identity-verification technology so that it’s much [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
[Forgive me if this is a post that isn't about the stuff I usually write about, but the idea was rumbling around, and here's where I put ideas that rumble around. -- Chris]
This post comes from thinking about the financial crisis of the past week (and next decade) and spending time with some old [...]
October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am
[Cross-posted at Leader-Talk.]
This is an extension of some thinking I was doing in this entry — Citizenship, Workforce and the Ethic of Care.
Nel Noddings writes a great deal about the ethic of care — the idea that our relationships with students should be grounded in “receptivity, relatedness, and responsiveness” — and her work has been [...]
June 18, 2008 – 5:34 pm
They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within.
–Leonard Cohen
The model of education from its earliest times was one of mentorship, starting with hunter-gatherers taking their children out on the hunt 100,000 years ago, all the way up to the teaching methods employed at the university [...]
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