Below is an online education parable I have been telling in talks for a few years now. I have finally written it down in order to publish it in my BackBurner column of AECT’s Tech Trends, but thought that autounfocus readers might enjoy it as well.
USU/OCW
I can’t make a “formal announcement” yet, as we’re still working on the official name (probably Open Sustainable Education) and other details, but I can safely say that we now have administrative approval and pilot funding in place for an OpenCourseWare type project (ala MIT) at USU. The USU collection will be specifically strong in … Read more
The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes
Found this fabulous analysis of group size as it relates to group cohesion, satisfaction, etc. via Seb’s weblog. Very nice. I’m interested in how this may change online, or not, and what the role of weak ties is here…