I never thought I’d see a screencast in a screencast, but that is just what I got watching this fabulous presentation about using screencasts, podcasts, blogs, etc. in support of education. Any time you come away with brand new ideas about how to be a better teacher, more efficiently, you have to share…
Monthly Archives: October 2005
Moderation in All Things – Including Innovation and Creativity
Great quote from a short piece called Innovative User Interfaces:
Whether building the killer app or defining a new market, the message should be clear: innovate only where necessary, avoid being overly creative, and be aware of the technical limitations facing your product. Corporations that successfully balance innovation with standard, usable feature-sets will set themselves apart from the pack and greatly increase their survival rate.
Education as a Service or as a Right
Interesting thought from a paper mentioned in the UNESCO IIEP forum on open educational resources:
An important debate is currently taking place within universities but also among researchers, diplomats and governmental sectors all over the world. Can education be considered as a commercial service and, as a result, regulated by the World Trade Organization (WTO)? If the reply is positive, does this mean that the rules and principles of GATS (the General Agreement on Trade in Services) apply to education or should it be considered as a public service? What are the implications of the answer to this question? And if the idea of public service is retained, what are the principles that must guide the organization, content and policies for higher education in developing countries in general?
The Objectives and Institutionalism of the Global University System was written by the former Director of the Division of Higher Ed of UNESCO.