ETS Talk 64: Massive Open Online Courses
This week, Brad, Chris, and I discuss Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). MOOCs are mostly-structured online experiences around a particular topic. They are generally open for participation by anyone for free, although some students may pay to take a MOOC for credit. The course materials are posted in the open instead of locked inside a learning management system. Likewise, student work is...
Read MoreETS Talk 63: Flipping the Classroom
Flipping the Classroom has gotten a lot of attention recently. The basic idea is that students listen to lectures and otherwise prepare for class on their own time and then use class time for problem sets, debates, discussions, collaborative writing, etc… The components of this idea aren’t new, but technologies such as podcasting, lecture capture, and recorded problem sets (e.g. Khan...
Read MoreETS Talk 62: All about Gamification
This week, Brad Kozlek, Chris Stubbs, and I kick off the new format for ETS Talk. The topic for this episode is Gamification: What is it? How is it different from games? Examples of gamification in education and business environments. High-tech and low-tech examples of adding game-like elements. Reasons that different people find games appealing. “Gaming the rules.” … and...
Read MorePodcast: Interview with ETS’s Audrey Romano on new TLT site
The following podcast is an interview with Audrey Romano, ETS Web site guru, on her role in overseeing the design of the new Teaching and Learning with Technology Web site. Audrey discusses the process of designing a new site and outlines some of the cool new features. New TLT Site...
Read MoreLearning Design Summer Camp Podcast
ETS is holding the first Learning Design Summer Camp August 12-13 at the Pattee-Paterno Library at University Park. The Learning Design Summer Camp is different both in how it is being planned and who will attend. While you think an event on learning design would be exclusive to instructional designers, this event has people from other disciplines attending. And the Summer Camp planning is unique...
Read MorePodcast: Interview with Cole Camplese on teaching, working, living Web 2.0
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Cole Camplese about CI 597, a disruptive technology course. I talked to Cole about this experience and how it helped him in his other job as ETS director, leading a group that is developing disruptive technologies for education. Listen to the podcast here.
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- Art 10: Open Course Content, Mobile Platform December 28, 2012
- ETS Talk 64: Massive Open Online Courses September 29, 2011
- ETS Talk 63: Flipping the Classroom September 16, 2011
- ETS Talk 62: All about Gamification July 8, 2011
- Mobile Media Kit for Campus Instructional Designers June 1, 2011
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