Georgia Tech’s Computer Science MOOC: The super-cheap master’s degree that could change American higher education. – Slate Magazine: “How Georgia Tech’s new, super-cheap online master’s degree could radically change American higher education.”
Month: August 2013
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Google Forms for Teachers- Diigo
Big History Project released for K12
Big History Project: ” Yesterday the Bill Gates supported Big History Project opened the free online class for K12 education. It’s an attempt to tell a compressed history of the world since the Big Bang through what historian David Christian calls Thresholds, major transition in the universe (e.g., creation of stars) and on earth (e.g,, appearance of agriculture). It’s unique in it’s approach to history in that it breaks the eurocentric humancentric traditional approaches. Christian endeavors to bring history to science. It is symptomatic of a society trying to find ways to continually condense the huge amount of knowledge that are being generated and communicated on a daily basis (See Big Data ).”
Moving education into the digital age: the contribution of teachers’ professional development – Twining – 2013 – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
Facebook use ‘makes people feel worse about themselves’ – BBC
Facebook use ‘makes people feel worse about themselves’: “Using Facebook can reduce young adults’ sense of well-being and satisfaction with life, a study has found.“