#futuring today on #FTTE Forum: #MOOCs with @edX's @agarwaledu

…Greetings from @BryanAlexander to Future Trends Forum friends! (+ related link collection for reference and background reading)

This week we're returning to the topic of MOOCs, with the guidance of one of the world leaders in that field.  On Thursday, October 4th, from 2-3 pm ET, we'll be joined by Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX and professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Thursday 8/23 on @BryanAlexander's #FTTE Forum: #collaboration & the CIO, with Brad Wheeler

This week  Future Trends Forum returns to the topic of inter-campus collaboration from a chief information officer's perspective via returning Forum guest,  Brad Wheeler, Vice President for IT and Chief Information Officer for Indiana University, as well as the leader of the Unizin collaborative.

#FTTE Forum Thurs 8/9/18…#HAXtheweb & edu too w/ @btopro aka Bryan Ollendyke

…@BryanAlexander writes: 

Greetings, Forum friends, this week we will explore a new technology for learning, one with a lot of potential.  Thursday, August 9th, at 2 pm EST, Bryan Ollendyke, Programmer/Analyst  and the creator of HAX joins us on the podium for an interactive discussion on the HAX project. 

This Thursday on @BryanAlexander's #FTTE Forum: #blendedlearning with Kelly Walsh @EmergingEdTech

…a late Forum reminder. I keep posting these notices to drafts by but then forget to publish the draft. If (when) posting habits become more reliable, I will add other related learning event notices. Please bear with me until then. In the meantime follow Bryan on Facebook, Twitter and by blog.

Greetings, Future Trends Forum friends! This week we will examine blended learning.  On Thursday, August 2nd, from 2-3 pm EST, we'll be joined by Kelly Walsh, Chief Information Officer at The College of Westchester.

🍁OLWeekly, May 11, 2018 week of @OLDaily

[Home] [Top] [Archives] [About] [Options]

OLWeekly 

by Stephen Downes
May 11, 2018

The Gates Foundation And Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Want Your Ideas On The Future Of Education

Fast Company, Jim Shelton, 2018/05/11

---

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have opened a Request for Information (RFI) about work that can help increase student success in math, non-fiction writing, and "executive function (the skill set concerning memory, self-control, attention, and flexible thinking)" (I couldn't help but giggle a bit when I read the third one). "The RFI represents an invitation to researchers and practitioners to deepen public understanding of where the most important, ambitious, and innovative work is being done in a variety of disciplines." I found the submission process a bit off-putting. They note that "All responses generated by this RFI become the property of BMGF and CZI" and they ask for a lot of biographical information up front. all what a to be a closed online form.

Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]

---

Everything Is a Subscription Now and It's Too Much
Justin Pot, How-To Geek, 2018/05/11

---

The conversion from a sales model to a subscription model may well have worked for software vendors, but as the trend has taken hold it is becoming clearer that it is unsustainable. "Netflix. Spotify. Newspapers. Office365. Dropbox. Everything is a subscription now, but how many services can people afford?" This (very) short article suggests that bundles may be the answer ("Microsoft, Google, and Apple seem intent on copying the Amazon Prime model, likely for this reason: they want to be the one subscription their customers pay for." But I can't imagine that this is what customers want.

Web: [Direct Link] [This Post]

---

growing a new blog from a cutting

…metaphorically speaking. I'm bringing an old, idle blog out of retirement. That blog started out as the blog and primary website for iCreate, a Mountairiair NM service organization focusing on community gardening and music/arts education.

On leaving the organization, I turned the Facebook page over to someone else and kept the blog because a) I so liked the design, and b) one else in the organization ever helped with the blog or knew anything about blogging. Not that anyone ever helped with the Facebook page but those are designed with an even lower bar for tech competence than even the simplest of blogs. Eventually -- and quite logically, the local arts council absorbed iCreate. The Facebook page, ICreate NM, remains, mostly music now. All or most of the primary agents are active members of the arts council, and a number of arts council members are active in iCreate.

This Thursday on #FTTE Forum: the ROI of online learning with Lou Pugliese

Greetings, Future Trends Forum friends! This week we're returning to online learning, with a look into its return on investment.  On Friday April 5th, from 2-3 pm EST, we'll be joined by Lou Pugliese, Senior Innovation Fellow & Managing Director of the Technology Innovation Action Lab at Arizona State University.