Abu Dhabi Media Summit panellists say that interactivity and empowerment are key to online learning.
Ben Nelson, founder of new high-end, for-profit online university Minerva, told the Abu Dhabi Media Summit that education companies need the media industry to evolve so that educators can occupy a different sort of role.
“We believe the world of media and technology merged can do a far better job than a small format classroom. [Media companies] should evolve and look at new markets and opportunities to better enable new ways of communication,” he said.
That will enable universities “to pick up where media leaves off.”
Nelson pointed to the University of California’s system offering Psychology 101 to 95,000 students per year. “That’s about a $200m business just for one course at one institution,” he said.
If a media company could “create the greatest psychology course ever” then it could generate billions of dollars across the globe for something that would probably cost less...
Ben Nelson, founder of new high-end, for-profit online university Minerva, told the Abu Dhabi Media Summit that education companies need the media industry to evolve so that educators can occupy a different sort of role.
“We believe the world of media and technology merged can do a far better job than a small format classroom. [Media companies] should evolve and look at new markets and opportunities to better enable new ways of communication,” he said.
That will enable universities “to pick up where media leaves off.”
Nelson pointed to the University of California’s system offering Psychology 101 to 95,000 students per year. “That’s about a $200m business just for one course at one institution,” he said.
If a media company could “create the greatest psychology course ever” then it could generate billions of dollars across the globe for something that would probably cost less...
- 10/23/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Washington -- Actor Martin Sheen pressed senators to expand federal funding for drug courts on Tuesday during testimony before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee. "Our nation's greatest untapped resource is our addicted citizens," Sheen said. "There is no better investment this Congress can make than in drug courts and veterans courts."
Currently operating in all 50 states, drug courts offer drug offenders the chance to enter treatment programs as an alternative to prison sentences. Veterans courts utilize the same model, coordinating with Va medical centers and community resources to get veterans additional help. The first veterans court was called to order in 2008.
Sheen described how he had helped to found one of the earliest drug court systems, called Options, in Berkeley, Calif., in 1996. Today, he said, drug courts handle approximately 120,000 cases a year.
Sheen was joined at the hearing by "Friends" star Matthew Perry, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio and actor Harry Lennix,...
Currently operating in all 50 states, drug courts offer drug offenders the chance to enter treatment programs as an alternative to prison sentences. Veterans courts utilize the same model, coordinating with Va medical centers and community resources to get veterans additional help. The first veterans court was called to order in 2008.
Sheen described how he had helped to found one of the earliest drug court systems, called Options, in Berkeley, Calif., in 1996. Today, he said, drug courts handle approximately 120,000 cases a year.
Sheen was joined at the hearing by "Friends" star Matthew Perry, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio and actor Harry Lennix,...
- 7/19/2011
- by Christina Wilkie
- Huffington Post
Sen. Jon Tester hunts, farms, has seven fingers, and could well determine his party's fate in 2012. So why are liberals at his throat?
Jon Tester, United States senator, is face down in the mud. Earlier today, Tester and his wife, Sharla, drove from Great Falls, Mont., to their home, T-Bone Farms, 80 miles northeast. It's a journey the Testers have been making nearly every weekend since Jon joined the Senate in January 2007. As usual, they followed the Teton River through sloping sandstone canyons and out onto a vast expanse of flat, treeless farmland, with only the occasional man-made interruption: the United Grain silos in Kershaw, the Ace High Casino in Loma, a billboard about chewing tobacco. "Quitting Was Tough," it said, "But I'm Tougher." The trip took 80 minutes.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Double Trouble for the Reid Family
Not everyone, however, enjoyed such a pleasant drive. After turning down Son Lane,...
Jon Tester, United States senator, is face down in the mud. Earlier today, Tester and his wife, Sharla, drove from Great Falls, Mont., to their home, T-Bone Farms, 80 miles northeast. It's a journey the Testers have been making nearly every weekend since Jon joined the Senate in January 2007. As usual, they followed the Teton River through sloping sandstone canyons and out onto a vast expanse of flat, treeless farmland, with only the occasional man-made interruption: the United Grain silos in Kershaw, the Ace High Casino in Loma, a billboard about chewing tobacco. "Quitting Was Tough," it said, "But I'm Tougher." The trip took 80 minutes.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Double Trouble for the Reid Family
Not everyone, however, enjoyed such a pleasant drive. After turning down Son Lane,...
- 5/8/2011
- by Andrew Romano
- The Daily Beast
As the retirements of Jon Kyl and Jim Webb make plain, the era of Senator-for-Life Strom Thurmond is over. David A. Graham reports on what's pushing senators out early-and more possible retirees, from John Ensign to Ben Nelson.
When Arizona Republican Jon Kyl announced that he wouldn't run for a fourth term in the Senate, it wasn't exactly a surprise-he'd been rumored to be considering the move for months. But in the past, the very idea that a senator in his position wouldn't run would have been shocking. Kyl's the second-ranking Republican in a body the Gop has a good chance to recapture in 2012, and with a reputation as an influential and skillful politico with sharp elbows, his prospects for moving up were good.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Gop's Race Backslide
Kyl follows Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-tx), Joe Lieberman (I-ct), Jim Webb (D-va), and Kent Conrad (D-nd...
When Arizona Republican Jon Kyl announced that he wouldn't run for a fourth term in the Senate, it wasn't exactly a surprise-he'd been rumored to be considering the move for months. But in the past, the very idea that a senator in his position wouldn't run would have been shocking. Kyl's the second-ranking Republican in a body the Gop has a good chance to recapture in 2012, and with a reputation as an influential and skillful politico with sharp elbows, his prospects for moving up were good.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Gop's Race Backslide
Kyl follows Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-tx), Joe Lieberman (I-ct), Jim Webb (D-va), and Kent Conrad (D-nd...
- 2/12/2011
- by David A. Graham
- The Daily Beast
Today's historic vote to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell was the result of a behind-the-scenes effort in which gay activists of all stripes banded together-and won the day.
This afternoon 65 senators, including six Republicans, voted to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the law that barred openly gay soldiers from serving their country. In the obligatory appearance, Senate lead sponsor Joe Lieberman thanked Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign (Hrc) and Aubrey Sarvis of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (Sldn). "Part of why this passed," Lieberman said, "is that gay and lesbian citizens took advantage of their First Amendment rights and petitioned our government and throughout the country, speaking to senators where they live about why this law should be changed."
Related story on The Daily Beast: What If McCain and Palin Won?
That must sound pretty great to the establishment lobbyists at Hrc and its longtime ally on this issue,...
This afternoon 65 senators, including six Republicans, voted to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the law that barred openly gay soldiers from serving their country. In the obligatory appearance, Senate lead sponsor Joe Lieberman thanked Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign (Hrc) and Aubrey Sarvis of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (Sldn). "Part of why this passed," Lieberman said, "is that gay and lesbian citizens took advantage of their First Amendment rights and petitioned our government and throughout the country, speaking to senators where they live about why this law should be changed."
Related story on The Daily Beast: What If McCain and Palin Won?
That must sound pretty great to the establishment lobbyists at Hrc and its longtime ally on this issue,...
- 12/18/2010
- by Linda Hirshman
- The Daily Beast
Look, folks, the facts are these. You can get all worked up over that big, looming election, with its Democrats and Republicans and Tea Partiers and obsessively-tracked statistics and infuriating debates about the site of a former Burlington Coat Factory in downtown Manhattan. Or you could pay attention to the election that really matters, the one that will really affect your day to day life: The fall 2010 Internet-tv Election.
This fall, the living room will change forever, and it's up to you to make an educated decision about which choice to make. The candidates:
Apple TV
Moderate to conservative, the tiny Apple TV doesn't do much that's new, but it does everything efficiently and with a minimal monetary investment. At only $99, it's probably the cheapest option--we're not sure about the varying price of Google TV hardware, but they'll probably cost more--but it's also the least capable. Apple TV streams movies,...
This fall, the living room will change forever, and it's up to you to make an educated decision about which choice to make. The candidates:
Apple TV
Moderate to conservative, the tiny Apple TV doesn't do much that's new, but it does everything efficiently and with a minimal monetary investment. At only $99, it's probably the cheapest option--we're not sure about the varying price of Google TV hardware, but they'll probably cost more--but it's also the least capable. Apple TV streams movies,...
- 9/14/2010
- by Dan Nosowitz
- Fast Company
Obama's Deal, the latest Frontline documentary now available on Netflix Watch Instantly, tracks President Obama's historic passage of his health care bill, focusing on the back room dealings, the compromises, and the setbacks along the way. It doesn't offer much in the way of new information, and if you followed the healthcare bill debate -- or even scanned the New York Times from time to time -- there's not much in the documentary that won't be familiar to you. Nevertheless, it's a fascinating doc, not for the details it provides, but for the way it lines up the major events along the way, and allows you to appreciate a lot of the political maneuvering behind the bill's passage. It also lays out some of the tougher, morally and ethically ambiguous choices that had to be made to get it passed.
The compromising behind the bill involved a lot of selling out,...
The compromising behind the bill involved a lot of selling out,...
- 8/10/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
Solicitor General Elena Kagan has been confirmed by the Senate as the Supreme Court’s 112th justice. Congratulations, Elena Kagan! Sixty-three senators voted in favor of President Obama’s nominee, and 37 voted against. As expected, Nebraskan Ben Nelson was the lone Democrat to cast a “nay” ballot. Scott Brown (R-ma), also voted against Kagan, despite his observation that she is “brilliant.” “I believe nominees to the Supreme Court should have previously served on the bench,” he said. Nelson also said that Kagan’s “lack of a judicial record” was his rationale for casting a dissenting vote. Five Republicans—Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, both of Maine, South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham, Indiana’s Dick Lugar, and New Hampshire’s Judd Gregg—joined their Democratic peers in support of Kagan. (Aux barricades!) CNN estimates that the court’s newest justice could be sworn-in by the end of the week. Quite the news cycle!
- 8/5/2010
- Vanity Fair
• Was Apple behind the police raid of the home of the journalist who procured and reported on the iPhone prototype left in a bar? [Yahoo! News] • All 40 Republicans in the Senate voted against allowing debate to begin on the financial-reform bill. Shocker. [Washington Post] • The Republicans were joined in opposition by one Democrat, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who reportedly flipped when a provision (regarding derivatives) that would have helped Nebraska’s favorite son, Warren Buffett, was removed. Related question: if Buffett thinks derivatives are “financial weapons of mass destruction,” as he famously called them, why does he own so many of them? [Huffington Post] • As Goldman Sachs C.E.O. Lloyd Blankfein goes before the Senate to testify today, Senate investigators have turned up evidence that the bank was engaging in even more shady mortgage-related deals than previously thought. [NY Times] • An appeals court has ruled that a massive sex-discrimination lawsuit filed by female employees of Walmart can go forward.
- 4/27/2010
- Vanity Fair
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