Browsing the latest e-Learning Digest I noticed the link to a BBC article that confirmed that prisoners who engage in educational activities are less likely to reoffend. In particular, ‘Participation in distance learning was found to be the best reduction method.’ It’s nice to have this finding reconfirmed, all the more so for those of us who have taught members of the prison population. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2014
More from the Edge
I’ve posted a couple of times previously about John Brockman‘s Edge (in 2009 and 2012), and just in case you’ve forgotten, the site is brazenly devoted:
To arrive at the edge of the world’s knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves. Continue reading
A word on Stephen Downes
It has just occurred to me that in all my previous posts, I’ve seldom written about, nor mentioned, Stephen Downes, “the world’s most consistent and interesting blogger on online learning” (at least according to Tony Bates, anyway). Continue reading