Blended Learning: A Disruptive Innovation

Disruptive innovations fundamentally transform a sector by replacing expensive, complicated and inaccessible products or services with much less expensive, simpler and more convenient alternatives.



Blended learning is a disruptive innovation in education that can take many forms. Here, we look at what blended learning is, why it’s spreading, and how it works in real and virtual classrooms. Join the conversation on blended learning and how it might be used in the SUPORT project below - just add your comments.


source: Knewton Blended Learning

[Sources] OpenScout

Thierry Nabeth mentioned OpenScout as one possible source of content for the SUPORT project's e-Learning platform. See their site here. 


OpenScout stands for "Skill based scouting of open user-generated and community-improved content for management education and training". OpenScout is a project co-funded by the European Commission within the eContentplus Programme as a Targeted Project in the area of Educational Content (Grant ECP 2008 EDU 428016). OpenScout started in September 2009 and has a duration of three years.

OpenScout aims at providing an education service in the internet that enables users to easily find, access, use and exchange open content for management education and training.

OpenScout can be used by learners directly but also by training and education institutions that search for learning content to be integrated into their learning offerings.

WP5 Mindmap/Brainstorming

Created using bubbl.us - I (José) will investigate getting a "team" licence so all SUPORT partners can add/modify to the map. For now you can add your comments.

At a minimum I sugest you try "playing" with the map. You can use your mouse to move the map (click, hold and drag) and  you can also zoom in/out (buy using the + and - buttons upper left). 

[Sources] MIT (OCW)

These free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT could serve SUPORT as a possible source of e-Learning material that goes to a deeper level (not quite "bite-sized" as most of these items are "courses"). See a list here that was generated by a search on "innovation".

Note: From now on I'll use the tag [Sources] in the title to highlight items for follow-up (use based on applicability, effectiveness, licence, etc. for SUPORT objectives).

TED Talks: Larry Lessig on laws that choke creativity

Colin raised the question of IPR and usage of YouTube and other publicly available videos, etc. As a framework for further discussion (and SUPORT decisiosn) here is a short (19m) talk by Harvard professor Larry Lessig on copyright issues, creative freedom and marketplace competition.

Use the subtitles function and see this as:
- Larry Lessig o tym, jak prawo krępuje kreatywność
- Larry Lessig behauptet, dass Gesetze die Kreativität einengen
- Larry Lessig dice que la ley está ahogando la creatividad
- Larry Lessig affirme que la loi asphyxie la créativité.

SUPORT Project - OVERVIEW

Welcome!

This blog is intended to be a place to capture ideas, concepts, questions, etc. regarding Work-Package #5 [e-Learning materials; website content] of the SUPORT project. 

It is a "one-stop shopping" location to archive and comment upon items leading to the final creation of the deliverables for this work-package. 

This can be a place to SHARE, REFINE and ultimately CHOOSE the approach, process and work plan that will produce excellent results in this domain.