New video released: a conversation with philosophers Richard Holton and Peter Suber on open access

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New video released: a conversation with philosophers Richard Holton and Peter Suber on open access

Potato flowers

Potato flowers, a photo by markfchristopher on Flickr.

We are doing the tyre stack this year for our potato crop and they seem to be happy.

The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands

So much to enjoy. http://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryCC1V1Cate

some notes from talk by John Baker #CFHE12

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JohnBaker, Desire2Learn
Founder, President, and CEO, John Baker Recording
Tuesday, October 30, 11:00 AM EDT (Current offset: UTC/GMT -4 hours)
Presentation Title: The Desire2Learn Story: Problem Finding, Passion, Perseverance (Note: this was rescheduled from week 3)


* 80% of Students doing online courses are on campus.


* John is a keen on Problem Finding and finding solutions.


Innovation 40% team is R&D.


* All work areas have whiteboard walls


* As CEO John was told responsible for creating a inspiring work place.


* Video lawsuit against Blackboard being entirely transparent brought together as a company.


* Don't want to loose the other parts of education such as sport.


* Enduring tech partner with education.


* Accepted 80million of venture capital to help innovate.


* local presence local teams on the ground.


* Where to go with Assessment


* Higher ed partner with industry

* E portfolio making these real and peer assessments to drop box

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