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Here is an obvious question: Why don’t universities host their own MOOCs rather than outsource hosting to third parties like Udacity and Coursera?
As we clearly see with edX — the partnership between Harvard and MIT — many universities already possess considerable marketing power through their own branding, identity, and prestige. Why should the University of [...]
MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, are here — The Next Big Thing in higher education technology development. They appeared rapidly and unexpectedly on the education scene in 2012. The 2012 Horizon Report (Higher Education Edition) did not even mention MOOCs. But just a year later the 2013 Horizon Report identified MOOCs as one of [...]
The 2012 Oxford Kinetics Festival: April Fools’ Day filled with Rube Goldberg machines, monster bicycles, kinetic art, water bottle rockets, lots of chicken dance, a nine foot teeter totter on wheels, Happen Inc’s ToyLab, weather balloon rides for toys, prizes and more! With your help we’ll be even bigger and better in April 2013!
http://www.OxfordKineticsFestival.org
Co-organized by AIMS & Art Professor Jacob Tonski, the 2012 Oxford Kinetics Festival takes place April 1, 12-3pm at Millett Hall on Miami University’s campus in Oxford, Ohio. The festival is a celebration of creativity in motion, from kinetic sculpture to robotics to monster bicycles!
Find out more: http://www.oxfordKineticsFestival.org
The issue of “cloning” in video game production has garnered a lot of attention lately, even surfacing in the New York Times a few days ago. On a basic level, “cloning” describes a situation where the core gameplay mechanics of an original game are copied, repackaged, and sold as a different game with distinct graphics, [...]
Our president here at Miami University, David Hodge, gave his annual address titled “A Culture of Entrepreneurial Spirit” on September 29th this year. It was a good speech, balancing an honest view of the challenges we face with a positive attitude that we will overcome them and be better for it, and how we’re going [...]
Next semester I am teaching a brand new class on “Innovation and Disruptive Thinking” for Miami University, and I’ve been doing a bit of research on the topic to make sure that I hit the learning outcomes with which I think students who take the class should walk away. And, I’ve been fortunate enough to [...]
About a year ago, I started teaching for Armstrong Interactive Media Studies after several discussions with co-directors Glenn Platt and Peg Faimon. Read on the website (you’re already here–so why not?) for a better description, but AIMS is a cross disciplinary center that incorporates digital trends and innovations disrupting traditional disciplines, and emphasizes a team-based, [...]
Richard Elaver
Bio-digital Design
7pm, Thursday, Sept 22
Room 100, Art Building
Growing objects
Starting with computation and natural mutation as sources for design development, my work integrates mathematical structures that replicate variance in nature. Each form is built through an unfolding expression of potential, revealing semi-determinant authorship through similarities and deviations, allowing the affordances of unpredictability to be a [...]