Technology, Transparency and MOOCs
MOOCs have introduced a greater level of transparency in online higher education. They offer students a chance to evaluate and compare institutions to a degree previously unheard of in higher ed. […]
Author Archives: Keith Hampson
Five Big Issues: Hanover Research
Sometimes the best way to understand what’s going on in higher education, or any field for that matter, is to ask a research firm. Because they work with a range […]
Commerce, “Free”, and Important People Discover Ed-Tech :: Week’s Most Interesting 01.31.2013
Hand-picked selections of articles, reports, blog posts and events from the last seven days (or so). 1 :: Free (Hopefully) According to the now well established concept of the Long Tail, popularised by […]
This Is Business Model Innovation for New Growth
This Is Business Model Innovation for New Growth from Marc Sniukas A design thinking oriented approach to business model innovation. See on de.slideshare.net
Design Thinking, Great Edu Ads of 2012, and More :: Week’s Most Interesting 01.17.2013
Hand-picked selections of articles, reports, blog posts and events from the last seven days (or so).
Creative Types, Experiential Recruiting, and More :: Week’s Most Interesting :: 01.11.2013
Hand-picked selections of articles, reports, blog posts and events from the last seven days (or so).
Digital Content (Finally) Gets Serious. An Interview with Dr. John Boersma
If there’s a weak link in digital higher education, it’s instructional media. Too often college students are presented with repurposed text, cheaply and quickly produced by people with limited skills, time and incentives. This is using the Internet as a distribution mechanism – nothing more.
A new company, Adapt Courseware, is taking a different approach to instructional media, though. I see great promise. I asked CEO John Boersma to provide some details.
Education Business Plan Competition
120,000.00 in total prize funds Application due by January 11, 2013 Have an idea to improve education? The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition can help make it happen. As the […]
Productivity, MOOCs, and the Information Gap: Week’s Most Interesting :: 01.04.2012
Hand-picked selections of articles, reports, blog posts and events from the last seven days (or so).
Post-Holiday Music
Bill Evans, Peace Piece (1958) from “Everybody Digs Bill Evans”. Ideal for late night work.
Week’s Most Interesting :: 12.26.12
Hand-picked selections of articles, reports, blog posts and events from the last seven days (or so). :: Learning New Lessons I’ve been in the digital higher education arena long enough […]
Week’s Most Interesting :: 12.19.12
Hand-picked selections of articles, reports, blog posts and events from the last seven days (or so). College’s Greatest Challenges “The Lawlor Group recently conducted a survey of key thought leaders […]
“Connecting” :: Interaction Design
There are few, if any, areas of modern life that are more in need of the influence of high quality design than education. Oddly, there are few areas of life less influenced by the best thinking about design than education. Let’s start talking about it. This 18 minute film touches on some of the ways that interaction design connects people and technology, and people to people.
