Categotry Archives: Social Networking

MITx: a game changer!

The Open CourseWare movement began in 2002 when MIT began offering its courses for free online. Since then, the Open CourseWare offerings have increased significantly, and the effects of that growth have spawned calls for credentialing of learning achieved via OCW.  This year has seen some pretty spectacular progress towards this with the founding of OERU, Badges for Learning, and… (more…)

New Zealand’s ePortfolio system

Yes, you read that title correctly.  The New Zealand Ministry of Education saw so many benefits in having a nationally sponsored system that, in collaboration with Catalyst, they developed an ePortfolio system and offered it to every school in New Zealand.  They even host it for the schools.  Aside from the benefits that ePortfolios bring to teaching and learning, a… (more…)

Assessing Steve Jobs

This week Steve Jobs resigned.  With the numerous articles written regarding his impact on the world as we know it, I thought it was an opportune time to discuss college degrees, open educational resources, the internet, assessment for prior learning, e-portfolios, and personal learning environments *whew*.  Yes, they are all connected and in connecting them all it’s easy to see… (more…)