On Friday April 11, 2008 I attended the FTE Trustee meeting as an invited guest to overview online learning and the FTE online courses. Relevant to that discussion are the following:
New Answers for E Learning - US News and World Report
Number of Students Taking Online Classes Grows - USA Today
Sloan Report - Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning
Course Management Systems
Blog example
EDSUO blog
EDSUO wiki
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Economics of development
From Dani Rodrik's blog a reference to 4 excellent essays -
What should the World Bank know and think about governance?
You can read the four short essays on this question produced by Daron Acemoglu, Frank Fukuyama, Doug North, and myself here. There is much convergence of views in these essays, but also some disagreements. Daron and I disagree in particular on two issues: whether industrial policy makes sense or not (me: yes, Daron: no) and whether institutional reform should adopt a best-practice approach or not (me: no, Daron: yes). I take Doug North's views on the latter question to be much closer to mine than to Daron's--or at least they appeared to be so in the discussion following the presentations.
What should the World Bank know and think about governance?
You can read the four short essays on this question produced by Daron Acemoglu, Frank Fukuyama, Doug North, and myself here. There is much convergence of views in these essays, but also some disagreements. Daron and I disagree in particular on two issues: whether industrial policy makes sense or not (me: yes, Daron: no) and whether institutional reform should adopt a best-practice approach or not (me: no, Daron: yes). I take Doug North's views on the latter question to be much closer to mine than to Daron's--or at least they appeared to be so in the discussion following the presentations.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Capitalism, Morality, and Liberty
I will attend the Liberty Fund colloquium in Denver on “Capitalism, Morality, and Liberty” on April 3-6, 2008.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Liberty Fund - March 17-19
I will be in Indianapolis as an FTE representative for the Liberty Fund “Co-Sponsored Alliance Meeting”, March 17-19, 2008.
This meeting will consist of two Socratic sessions on the morning of the 18th followed by 4 breakout sessions relating to the logistics of Liberty Fund conference.
Socratic Session One
Why Liberty? A Collection of Liberty Fund Essays
On Liberty - JS Mill
The Use of Knowledge in Society - FA Hayek
Capitalism and Freedom
Socratic Session Two
Why Liberty? A Collection of Liberty Fund Essays
A Place of Learning - M Oakeshott
Breakout session one
Discussion Leading
Database Management
Breakout session two
Program design and best practices
Conference guidelines and administration
Breakout session three
Liberty Fund Conference Program
Proposal Development
Breakout session four
Readings and copyrights
Conference evaluation and feedback
This meeting will consist of two Socratic sessions on the morning of the 18th followed by 4 breakout sessions relating to the logistics of Liberty Fund conference.
Socratic Session One
Why Liberty? A Collection of Liberty Fund Essays
On Liberty - JS Mill
The Use of Knowledge in Society - FA Hayek
Capitalism and Freedom
Socratic Session Two
Why Liberty? A Collection of Liberty Fund Essays
A Place of Learning - M Oakeshott
Breakout session one
Discussion Leading
Database Management
Breakout session two
Program design and best practices
Conference guidelines and administration
Breakout session three
Liberty Fund Conference Program
Proposal Development
Breakout session four
Readings and copyrights
Conference evaluation and feedback
Monday, March 10, 2008
Economics of Disasters
On March 6 the FTE was in Tempe for:
The Economics of Disasters workshop. Registration and a continental breakfast began at 8:00am for all our participants. The general program began promptly at 8:30am with an introduction to disasters by Kathy Ratte.
Kathy provided an excellent overview of lesson one in the five lesson curriculum sequence that makes up the FTE Economics of Disasters. During the course of the workshop, participants had the opportunity to engage with the following activities:
Are Disasters Good for the Economy?
Price Gouging Activity
Nobody Knows Everything - Game Slides (Adobe PDF/Powerpoint)
Her presentation was followed by an in depth application of economic reasoning to the topic of disasters by Dr. Daniel Benjamin.
Dan presented the economic impact of disasters and extended the discussion through an analysis of the role of the government in the mitigation of the results of disaster.
The Arizona Council on Economic Education’s goals are to assist teachers in improving their students’ economic and financial literacy and decision making skills, by providing them with content, methodologies and practical tools.
The Economics of Disasters workshop. Registration and a continental breakfast began at 8:00am for all our participants. The general program began promptly at 8:30am with an introduction to disasters by Kathy Ratte.
Kathy provided an excellent overview of lesson one in the five lesson curriculum sequence that makes up the FTE Economics of Disasters. During the course of the workshop, participants had the opportunity to engage with the following activities:
Are Disasters Good for the Economy?
Price Gouging Activity
Nobody Knows Everything - Game Slides (Adobe PDF/Powerpoint)
Her presentation was followed by an in depth application of economic reasoning to the topic of disasters by Dr. Daniel Benjamin.
Dan presented the economic impact of disasters and extended the discussion through an analysis of the role of the government in the mitigation of the results of disaster.
The Arizona Council on Economic Education’s goals are to assist teachers in improving their students’ economic and financial literacy and decision making skills, by providing them with content, methodologies and practical tools.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Your view of the economy in 2008
This is a follow up to a post from last month.
Just how badly is the United States really doing? Take a minute and vote on the survey to your right,then read on.
My colleague James D. Hamilton writes in the March 2, 2008 San Diego Union writes:
Sixty-one percent of Americans believe that the U.S. economy is already experiencing a recession, reported a recent AP/Ipsos poll. People who study the economy for a living are also concerned, but they are not quite as pessimistic. In a survey of economic forecasters by the National Association for Business Economics, 55 percent of the respondents declared that we're not in a recession and are not going to have one this year.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080302/news_lz1e2hamilton.html
Just how badly is the United States really doing? Take a minute and vote on the survey to your right,then read on.
My colleague James D. Hamilton writes in the March 2, 2008 San Diego Union writes:
Sixty-one percent of Americans believe that the U.S. economy is already experiencing a recession, reported a recent AP/Ipsos poll. People who study the economy for a living are also concerned, but they are not quite as pessimistic. In a survey of economic forecasters by the National Association for Business Economics, 55 percent of the respondents declared that we're not in a recession and are not going to have one this year.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080302/news_lz1e2hamilton.html
Sunday, March 2, 2008
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