on a world with only 10 universities
on the napsterization of education
on the effects of risk aversion in cinema (and education)
May is Education Innovation Month in Calgary
Apparently.
- May 1-3: EdInnovation
- May 8-10: Innovators, Designers & Researchers: Leading a New Knowledge Network Conference 2013
- May 15-16: Collaborating for Learning
Wow. Wonder if I'll be able to hit all three...
on MOOCs as the most important Education Technology in the last 200 years.
Matt Henderson: Teaching Ourselves to Last Forever
After some ranting on Twitter about the latest mindless inanity from my illustrious Member of Parliament, Matt Henderson mentioned that he ran for MP in the last election, with his high school class running his campaign.
How awesome is that? Pretty fracking awesome.
the future of education, ca 1910
This is how education was predicted to advance by the year 2000, as seen from 1910.
Villemard, 1910
À l' École
from visions de l'an 2000, via photozz
Turn that crank! Absorb those LORs! OERs for everyone!
Mythinformation
>Of course, the same society now said to be undergoing a computer revolution has long since gotten used to "revolutions" in laundry detergents, underarm deodorants, floor waxes, and other consumer products. Exhausted in Madison Avenue advertising slogans, the image had lost much of its punch.
- Langdon Winner. The Whale and the Reactor. 1986.