MOOCs and OA

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There’s an interesting article on MOOCS by James G. Mazoue entitled The MOOC Model: Challenging Traditional Education where he discusses MOOCs.

Here are the keypoints he identifies:

• A turning point will occur in the higher education model when a MOOC-based program of study leads to a degree from an accredited institution — a trend that has already begun to develop.
• Addressing the quality of the learning experience that MOOCs provide is therefore of paramount importance to their credibility and acceptance.
• MOOCs represent a postindustrial model of teaching and learning that has the potential to undermine and replace the business model of institutions that depend on recruiting and retaining students for location-bound, proprietary forms of campus-based learning.

 

 

Great idea for name tags in the library

I love this idea for library name tags that I found on Tame The Web

I love how it goes against the stereotypical idea of librarians as being boring, old-fashioned, fuddy-duddy people!

I think mine would read:

Sophie van der Walt

AKA …

- camper

- amateur cook

- wild life enthusiast

- lover of pina coladas

 

Soccer 2010

With only 28 days to go soccer fever is getting worse here in SA and this ad from EA Sports caught my eye – it’s very busy, busy I love the colours and the vibrancy of it!

Advertising Agency: Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, Netherlands
Creative Directors: Alvaro Sotomayor, Carlo Cavallone
Art Director: Alvaro Sotomayor
Copywriter: Carlo Cavailone
Photographer: Monte Isom
Art Buyer: Caroline Svensson
Account Manager: Frederic Point
Account Director: Jesse Gordon
Producer: Alanda Spence
Styling: Jennifer Koenig
Makeup: Jane Choi, Elizabeth Yoon for Vivian Artists
Hair: Tomo Nakajima for Vivian Artists
Published: April 2010

 

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all!

I’m going to leave for the Easter weekend – simply have to finish my master’s thesis this weekend and then I’m on a well-deserved weeklong break.

See you all in two weeks time!

 

Listen to the solar system

This is not only a gorgeous graphic, but lets you listen to the sounds of the solar system!

(click on the link below to go to the website and listen)

Thanks to Information is Beautiful for posting this.

 

Everytime you make a powerpoint …

This image from I love Charts makes me chuckle every time I see it

If you’re not sure who Edward Tufte is this link will tell you more.

Thanks to The Centered Librarian for reminding me about it

 

An intelligent mess

Next time someone asks me about Web 2.0 and it’s uses in the library I’ll be directing them to the image below (uploaded by Henley: Collective Intelligence v stupidity and I saw it on Stephen’s Lighthouse).

Because honestly, this really is how libraries sometimes plan and manage their web projects …

 

Olympic Logos

I know the Winter Olympics in Vancouver are almost over, but I find it fascinating that using only 5 colours some Olympic (winter and summer) organisers manage to create some stunning logos.

Here are a few of my favorites:

 

Don’t chase social for the sake of being social

Jay Deragon posted a very thought-provoking post on The Relationship Economy talking about how bosses who chase “all things social” without relevant knowledge do not always insure that the chase is aimed at the right things or the right people.

Here are a few of my favorite quotes from his post:

Asking for something you don’t understand and thinking you can find people who understand to deliver you something you don’t understand is a set up to failure.

Hiring people with a “social something” title isn’t the secret sauce that makes your organizational social. Only those with authority, power and control over people can make the changes required for the entire organization to be social.

Before hiring people to use social bosses need to learn what it means to be social. That requires a totally different knowledge and skills set than just using social.

 

Great ad campaign for museum

I really like the new ad campaign from the São Paulo Museum of Art! It features famous painting with a handwritten message to YOU in the painting – the text is really creative and packs a punch:

I saw the failure of a genius. I saw the final years of Vincent Van Gogh. I saw Frenchmen underestimating me. I saw a master die in poverty. I saw a remorseful Europe. I saw millionaires shouting my name at auctions. I saw a new home. I saw adults teaching, I saw children learn. I saw a young building become Brazil’s most visited museum. But, having seen all this, there’s one thing I haven’t seen yet: you. Come. I wish to see you.

I saw paint turn into Impressionism. I saw Renoir painting me. I saw the disappointed banker who ordered me. I saw his disregard while throwing me into a dusty room. I saw years go by. I saw Europe finally acknowledge my value. I saw Brazil embrace me. I saw a new home. I saw that same home turn into the country’s most visited museum. But, having seen all that, there’s one thing I haven’t seen yet: you. Come. I wish to see you.

I saw a photographer before photography was invented. I saw Rembrandt. I saw his brush strokes shaping me. I saw the beginning of a new era. I saw Baroque, I saw Impressionism, I saw Realism. I saw Europe. I saw the world. I saw Brazil. I saw a museum flourish. I saw the dream of a man become the biggest museum in Latin America. But, after seeing all that, there’s one thing I haven’t seen yet: you. Come. I wish to see you.

Advertising Agency: DDB Brazil
Creative Directors: Sergio Valente, Renata Florio, Rodrigo Almeida, Moacyr Netto
Art Director: Rodrigo Bombana
Copywriter: Edson Oda
Account Supervisor: Daniel Malavazzi
Media: Vilma Morais, Maria Angélica Ono
Art Buyer: Clariana da Costa
Graphic Production: Edson Harada
Photographer: Sérgio Prado
Lettering Design: TecaMarttins®
Advertiser’s Supervisor: Paulo Donizete