This is an off the cuff presentation of the module structure in the Psych course we are developing, which shows some of the possibilities of combining multiple OER into a course designed for institutional reuse. Part II will talk more about the mixability piece. I started this project to in part show how easy this Continue reading

Charter school company Rocketship’s current hybrid model seems like a decent enough idea — move from generalist to specialist teachers in grade school — specialists that understand learning issues in math and literacy at perhaps a deeper level. Adopt a 75/25 blend of classroom teaching with  learning lab activities that are adaptive — customized to their Continue reading

I’m a firm believer in encouraging students use psuedonyms on the web, at least while they find their feet in social media. I wouldn’t want to be haunted by my freshman composition assignments for the rest of my life, and accordingly I don’t think it’s fair (or smart) to encourage freshmen to blog under their own name Continue reading

Cole points me via email to Tyler Cowen today, who continues to argue that what I’ve been calling “Residential Online” is indeed the future: A large number of institutions in the top one hundred will move to a hybrid on-line model for a third or so of their classes and they will do so gradually, Continue reading