In massive online course offered by Stanford, teams unleash diverse approaches to creativity
Innovative ‘Crash Course’ inspires students around the world to think in new ways. Stanford University Press Release
Posts Tagged ‘MOOCs’
Digital Learning, for the Learners
It was probably inevitable that any group of people who sought, however tentatively, to define “the rights, responsibilities, and possibilities for education in the globally connected world of the present and beyond” would find themselves accused of excluding important parties, of being “top-down,” and of hubris. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
On the role of openness in education: A historical reconstruction
n the context of education, “open(ness)” has become the watermark for a fast growing number of learning materials and associated platforms and practices from a variety of institutions and individuals. Open Educational Resources (OER), Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), and more recently, initiatives such as Coursera are just some of the forms this movement […]
As California Goes?
California is the Fertile Crescent for massive open online course providers, at least the for-profit ones. The state is also shaping up as a testing ground for phase two of the MOOC experiment, which includes fees and a path to college credit, and where public colleges try to use material from MOOCs to help meet […]
UPCEA Partners with ACE to Evaluate MOOCs through Gates Foundation Grant
UPCEA has partnered with the American Council on Education (ACE) to examine the academic potential of massive open online courses (MOOCs). UPCEA will collaborate with ACE to evaluate how MOOCs could integrate into traditional degree completion programs. ACE, through funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will work with UPCEA and Coursera, a leading […]
MOOCS, Online Learning, and the Wrong Conversation
The fact that MOOCS and online courses have sparked new conversations on your campus about teaching and learning is a terrific development. We should be grateful whenever attention is paid to teaching. Inside Higher Ed Full Article
How Does an MITx Course Translate to Community College Students?
Massachusetts community colleges are exploring how an MITx course will work for their students. Center for Digital Education Full Article
UK universities in online launch to challenge US
A partnership of UK universities is launching an online project, challenging US universities that have dominated this emerging market. BBC Full Article
UK universities are wary of getting on board the mooc train
Moocs – massive online open courses – have taken off in America. Why are UK universities holding back? The Guardian Full Article
New Guides Aim to Become the Yelp for MOOC’s
Students looking for massive open online courses, or MOOC’s, have many options, with a growing number of providers and course titles. A handful of Web sites have popped up over the past few months to help students find courses they’re interested in, much as a restaurant-goer might turn to Yelp. Some of the sites let […]
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