PierreAntoine Ullmo

Tag: learners

  • Committed learners wanted

    Networked public by Anne-Lise Heinrichs https://www.flickr.com/photos/snigl3t/
    Networked public by Anne-Lise Heinrichs https://www.flickr.com/photos/snigl3t/

    How do you measure the success of an innovative learning experience? One of the key indicators is the degree of commitment from learners.

    This is obviously true in the classroom and the number of school dropouts reminds us that this is not easy to achieve. This is also true online, and at least as difficult to achieve as the availability of interactive tools doesn’t mean that they are fully used for this purpose.

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  • In education also, users come first!

    Panel discussion
    Panel discussion with Pierre-Antoine Ullmo, P.A.U. Education, Spain; Johannes Heinlein, EdX, USA; Andrew Ng, Coursera, USA; Simon Nelson, FutureLearn, UK at the EMOOCs 2014 conference.

    The most retweeted tweet of the EMOOCs 2014 conference was from Andrew Ng, co-founder of Coursera: “We hope to get to that future where students that’re so hungry, so eager, so desperate to get an education can get one.” (more…)