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The New TEDBooks App: 3 Cheers, 1 Request, and 1 Critique
TED released a new TedBooks iOS app this week. The app is free, the books are $2.99 and are built on the Atavist platform. The text is accompanied by videos, images, links, and in some cases audio narration.
Parsing the NYTimes Coverage of the Growth of MOOCs
On 7/17 the NYTimes published an analysis piece by Richard Perez-Pena headlined "Top Universities Test the Online Appeal of Free".
"Tubes": A Book for EdTech Infrastructure Geeks
Andrew Blum takes the name of his great book on the physical Internet, the Internet infrastructure, from Senator Ted Stevens' famous quote.
Sleep-Away Camp and Higher Ed: 8 Thoughts
This past weekend we dropped our younger daughter off at sleep-away camp. As we were helping her carry her trunk and meeting her counselors and bunk mates I had the following thoughts:
Why EdTech Conferences Need Some Comic-Con Mojo
What edtech conferences do you attend? My list has included EDUCAUSE, ELI, ELI Learning Technology Leadership, ECAR Symposiums, BbWorld, various NERCOMP events, and a growing number of gatherings contiguous to our edtech ecosystem. So far I have not been to a Sloan-C event or an NMC conference, and I hope to make it out to InstructureCon one of these days.
5 Myths About Blackboard
I'm 100% certain that half of the things that I think and write about Blackboard are wrong, I'm just not sure which half. Blackboard is a hard company to "get" because education is such a diverse business, technology moves so quickly, and Blackboard contains so many people, products and services.
People, Mobile, and the Cloud at BbWorld 2012
What are you taking home as the big story of BbWorld 2012? At this point (Wednesday night) I have 3 main takeaways.
BbWorld 2012: Balancing Tomorrow's Opportunities with Today's Responsibilities
My conclusions from day one of BbWorld, after listening to a range of Blackboard leaders and managers, are as follows: