812 - Cool Tools!; TED Ed - Open Content; Massive Learning?
February 3, 2014 Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Feb. 3, 2014.
#812 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
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1. Cool Tools! An Awesome Book.
2. TED Ed - YouTube Plus Content Plus Design.
3. MASSIVE Learning - Scaling Learning with MOOCs?
1. Cool Tools! An Awesome Book: Kevin Kelly has written a book that I totally love called “Cool Tools”. It is a blend of the old Whole Earth Catalogue that he helped produce decades ago and a column that Kevin writes by the same name that has incredible tools, which I order on a regular basis.
“Cool Tools” lists thousands of tools, gadgets, kits and other resources that help one build, fix, extend and design things - digital, electronic, mechanical and more. Each tool is described and is listed without payment from the manufacturers. I ended up with a list of a 30 more things that I will purchase over the coming months. “Cool Tools” is large and heavy, but please check it out for yourself or a friend. Details at: http://amzn.com/1940689007
2. TED Ed - YouTube Plus Content Plus Design. I was presenting at a conference in Tampa last week and heard a keynote by the creators of TED Ed, a new system that will combine video from YouTube with instructional content and open resources. They are already developing content that is appropriate at the K-12 and Higher Education levels. The power and reach of TED to the open learning space is so exciting. Several of the CLOs with me in Florida were deeply intrigued about how TED Ed might be adapted to corporate learning. Check out the website and look at the tools and approaches they are building: http://ed.ted.com/ The MASIE Center will be experimenting with TED Ed in the coming months and I will share our findings along the way.
3. MASSIVE Learning - Scaling Learning with MOOCs? In my conversations with corporate learning leaders, they are deeply interested in new approaches to deliver targeted, MASSIVE offerings. Can a MOOC be adapted to achieve MASSIVE scale?
In much of corporate learning, we have traditions for the SCOPE and REACH of a course or class. Our face-to-face classrooms often mirror school size, with 20 to 40 students as the norm. Our leadership programs, even when moved to an MBA institution, often cap at about 50 to 60 students. And, while a webinar might reach thousands and an eLearning module could be consumed by an uncapped number, we don’t have confidence that these forms are really MASSIVE in reach.
What if we can adapt the MOOC model to allow a MASSIVE number of workers to participate in a program that is compelling, collaborative and that does not need significant faculty/facilitator presence or intervention? We will be exploring this at our new MOOCs & Corporate Learning: Symposium and LAB in Saratoga Springs in April. Details at http://www.learningmoocs.com
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2014
email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie
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* Learning Directions Briefings.
* MOOCs and Corporate Learning: Symposium and LAB.
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