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| | Today's Top Stories | | 1. | Five Time-Saving Strategies for the Flipped Classroom | | | via Faculty Focus | | | A few months ago, I heard a podcast by Michael Hyatt, a best-selling author and speaker who helps clients excel in their personal and professional lives. This particular podcast focused on how to “create margins” in life to reduce stress and avoid burnout. More
Why This Matters: How does the idea of margins apply to the flipped classroom? Read how a little space can make the flip more sustainable as well as how to build these gaps into flipped models. |
| | 2. | What Do Adult Learners Think of ‘Personalized’ Solutions? | | | via EdSurge | | | Morgan Richards stumbled across Global Freshman Academy (GFA) while raising three kids in Dubai. The 31-year-old American abroad was looking to gather credits toward a bachelors degree she startedbut didn't completeover a decade ago. Richards is an anthropologist, curious about the social and psychological causes of intra-human violence. Between her kids and her full-time job, getting credits seemed impractical. That is, until she found GFA, the partnership between Arizona State University (ASU) and edX. More
Why This Matters: More flexible degree paths have been opening up for non-traditional students, sidestepping many of the barriers to enrolling in courses they previously faced. But do these new models raise questions of quality? EdSurge takes a look from a number of perspectives. |
| | 3. | ADA Web Accessibility | | | via Inside Higher Ed | | | EDUCAUSE has sent out a request that members fill out a DOJ survey seeking conceptual thoughts (not formal notice and comment) on the implementation of standards for web accessibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Such development has been expected for some time. W3C 2.0 AA standards apply under Title I of the ADA, which affects the federal government. The Department of Justice is making its way now through the subsequent Titles which affect higher education, both public and private. More
Why This Matters: Since institutional website offer a portal to campus services in addition to web-based learning itself, it is critical that higher ed establishes a set of standards to make sure online offerings are ADA compliant. |
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| | Blog Quote of the Day | The Problem With Zuckerberg Telepathy
"If the open source community wants to have broader influence in higher education, including a greater number of LMS adoptions of Moodle or Sakai, then I would suggest that there should be more emphasis on outside-in perspectives and “practical openness”, and less emphasis on pure software licensing and development models." Phil Hill, e-Literate |
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Oh god. Someone has already written the “how Pokemon Go will revolutionize education” article |
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