There is a disturbing trend in U.S. education toward rigid pacing — “every student will be on page x on day y” — with a goal of controlling the “fidelity to the curriculum” and somehow ensuring quality. I think that’s
End of week 3 in P2PU course
It’s the end of week 3 in our P2PU Entrepreneurial Marketing course. Some things have gone better than expected; others less so. First (and foremost to me :), I’ve learned a ton. Not only about open ed and peer learning,
End of wk one in P2PU Mktg course
With week 1 of the Entrepreneurial Marketing course coming to a close, I thought I’d summarize some observations. – Participation has been strong. A week before the course even started (just after notifying folks who were enrolled), people started posting
Open dictionary update
In case you haven’t checked in on it lately, the Kids Open Dictionary project is going well. We have over 9,200 words defined now. And we’ve started getting some interesting uptake on usage. We’ve had several folks use the glossary
P2PU: Evaluating applications
So I’ve finished going through all the applications for my Entrepreneurial Marketing course and notified everyone of their enrollment status (or at least I hope I have). Having to choose was not easy. Having to send “sorry you didn’t get