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MAY 12, 2020
MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. It is fast becoming a topic of study at universities across the world. Open Curriculum.
Edsurge
APRIL 3, 2020
Most future-of-work studies rightfully concern themselves with the potential impact of automation and artificial intelligence on the job market and society. MOOC catalog site Class Central has reported a 900 percent spike in traffic , and course enrollment has surged at Coursera.
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Learning with 'e's
OCTOBER 29, 2012
Hase and Kenyon’s (2007) conceptualisation of self determined learning - or heutagogy - places the emphasis on non-linear, self-directed forms of learning, and embraces both formal and informal education contexts. 2007) Heutagogy: A Child of Complexity Theory, Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education , 4 (1), 111–118.
Wired Campus
OCTOBER 10, 2015
.” (Of course, it could also be argued that it wasn’t for-profit colleges or other early adopters that disrupted the status quo and made distance education more acceptable to the mainstream of higher education; it was elite institutions that embraced MOOCs.). ” Mr. . He was a co-author, with Mr. Christensen and Curtis W.
Robert Talbert, Ph.D.
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
This is a throwback post, first published in March 2014 (and referring to yet another post all the way back in 2007). First, I know more computer science and computer programming now than I did in 2007. Back in 2007, I was just using Geometers Sketchpad and Derive (anybody remember Derive?), and then somewhat sparingly.
Hack Education
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
” – that’s Sebastian Thrun, best known perhaps for his work at Google on the self-driving car and as a co-founder of the MOOC (massive open online course) startup Udacity. Virtual worlds in 2007, for example. 2007 – the phones in their pockets. The quotation is from 2012.
Edsurge
JANUARY 2, 2020
Ted Dintersmith : There was a massive gush of enthusiasm for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with some conviction it would revolutionize higher education. Many colleges rushed to put in place their MOOC offerings, hoping to provide meaningful free or low-cost education to a “massive” number of students. What never panned out?
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