Recipes
Minestrone Soup
Minestrone Soup […]
Posts
Distance Learning
The View from Inside Online Learning
As online learning has grown and matured, there is evidence that while it allows some students who would otherwise be unable to access education to pursue their studies, in the case of other students the […]
Data Analytics Research
Students under Surveillance
An article by Lois Beckett in The Guardian provides a good overview of the state of surveillance of students in US schools. The articles describes the rise in the surveillance of communications on school-provided email […]
Data Analytics Research
Social Cooling
With the growing availability of tools for automatically and quickly processing data and then sharing such data widely, there is also growing concern about intrusions into individual lives. The proliferation of video cameras in both […]
Self-Directed Learning
Resources for Self-Directed Learning
To engage fully in self-directed learning activities learners must have access to vast quantities of high quality learning resources and opportunities. The digital revolution has contributed to enormous advances in making learning resources available to […]
Data Analytics Research
Data Ethics Self-Assessment
With the growing use of data for research and applications in virtually all sectors of society, there is increasing concern about the ethical dimensions of decisions made by researchers and collaborators as they gather, process, […]
Data Analytics Research
Facial Recognition – Balancing Pros and Cons
As facial recognition technology improves and becomes more pervasive, it has raised a number of concerns about uses that will impinge on privacy and liberty. These concerns are certainly justified particularly in certain political contexts. […]
Distance Learning
Approaches to Community in Online Learning
One of the challenges for online learning programs is developing a sense of community and connection among the students and the faculty. Social connections can arise spontaneously when education takes place in a physical space […]
Self-Directed Learning
Self-Directed Learning: Control and Resources
In an essay available in the the Informal Education Archives (INFED), Stephen Brookfield examines two important characteristics of self-directed learning: authentic control for the learner and access to social conditions that make learning resources truly […]
Distance Learning
Investment, Creativity, and Brand
The University of Michigan has announced that it will invest $50 million to create a Center for Academic Innovation, which will include curricular innovation through new online and hybrid offerings, educational data, and software tools […]