[Xmca-l] A new-ish learning platform that may be a way to save adjuncts?

[Annalisa Aguilar]

Hello Xmcars,


A few days ago I learned about this new online learning platform "Academy Of Mine"


I think that it portends what future learning might entail. It may be a way of bypassing the calcified learning patterns that no one seems to be able to escape, thanks to the neoliberalization of higher learning.


This platform is also about doing business in education, but something about it seems more palatable than paying presidents and other administrators several hundred thousand dollar salaries to run a university.


Here is an intro video for the platform, which I think is using wordpress for its online architecture.

https://vimeo.com/92334633

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If you’re going to be offering a course online you’ll need Learning Management System Software (LMS) for your online educational environment. But if you're an ...

This might be a way in particular for adjuncts to "hold on" to their course material, and perhaps at some point monetize their courses in such a way they can create another income stream.


I've not really thought this through, but I think this could be paradigm-changing because Academy of Mine seems to really address the technology difficulties for non-technical instructors and teachers.


I am curious what you think.


I am not affiliated with Academy of Mine, but I have an opportunity to use the platform and am just learnign about it. I was so impressed I thought I would let you all take a look.


It might make possible courses that are hybird in nature, and it could possibly make experimental learning easier to set up, which would allow educators to do the things they have always known works with successful learning experiences, and just walk around the Maginot Line of university hegemonies.


Kind regards,


Annalisa