Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Applying into a Masters course

The learning tools I'll need

This is an awesome overview of concept maps and the theories behind them. I will be using concept maps to fully explore every aspect of my inquiry, so it's a good idea to get a full understanding of their power and how they work.
http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm

Using this software (which I downloaded free), I've created this as a visual teaching tool for use in my Society and Environment (Introduction) tutorial.


Deciding on a Masters by Research topic

My interests circle around questions like:

How will the business of universities remain viable when learning is democratised and MBA's can be studied for free?

This masters could be a MBA. Does it sit within Education?

http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2011/05/education-as-an-app/

How will new media change the ways students undertake tertiary study?


Opportunities for universities to make use of web 2.0 applications


The downside is that I'm not a geek so am not at the forefront of the changing ways new media will be used in study.