Tag Archives: Audrey Watters

Re:Booting CA Higher Education: My First Thoughts

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Michael Feldstein

As expected, the 20 Million Minds-sponsored event was fascinating and information-packed. Kudos to the foundation for setting up such a rich and, I think, important meeting. In fact, I’m still digesting it, and may need to write several posts to … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Education | Tagged 20mmreboot, Audrey Watters, Bob Samuels, Burck Smith, Jerry Brown, Phil Regier, Sebastian Thrun, Straighter Line, western governors university | 5 Comments

What Is Machine Learning Good For?

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

A few weeks ago, Audrey Watters wrote a great piece on her concerns about robo-grading of essays. (I tend to take a lot of inspiration from the things that annoy Audrey, in part because they usually annoy me too.) Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Build This, Please, Educational Pattern Languages, Higher Education | Tagged Audrey Watters, Carnegie Mellon University, Elijah Mayfield, Machine learning, robot grader technology | 1 Comment

What Are Ed Tech Entrepreneurs Good For?

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

The recent ASU Education Innovation Summit, which brought together venture capitalists with aspiring ed tech entrepreneurs, created quite a stir in the edublogosphere and the edutwitterverse. A lot of the reaction came from people who were watching from a distance … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Education | Tagged Audrey Test, Audrey Watters, Beth-Harris, Chris Whittle, David-Wiley, ed tech entrepreneur, Educational technology, edunomics, George Siemens, Instructure Inc., Jordan Goldman, Kirsten Winkler, Martin-Dougiamas, Michael-Staton, Mitch Kapur, Phil Hill, Rob Reynolds, Steven-Zucker, Unigo | 7 Comments

Apple and Textbooks, Part 1: The War on Paper

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

Unsurprisingly, there has been a lot of good coverage of the Apple announcements already. I’m partial to Phil Hill’s pre- and post-announcement write-ups here at e-Literate as well as Audrey Watters’ analysis at Hack Education. Nevertheless, I do think there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged Apple-Inc., Audrey Watters, e-textbooks, iBooks Author, iPads, Phil Hill, Steve Jobs | 5 Comments

Amazon’s Kindle Fire: A Different Take

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

e-Literate featured blogger Audrey Watters has a really good write-up of the issues she has found with the Kindle Fire for education on her own blog. I share her concerns. And… I’d like to offer a perspective on some of the … Continue reading →