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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

I think such courses aren’t open in the sense that they limit access based on the ability to pay. Still such courses can offer considerably wider access to higher education than the traditional model. There is a deep and vested interest in maintaining the course as the definitive container for learning.

MOOC 89
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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful. If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed.

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Higher education technology predictions for 2014

Mark Smithers

I think such courses aren’t open in the sense that they limit access based on the ability to pay. Still such courses can offer considerably wider access to higher education than the traditional model. There is a deep and vested interest in maintaining the course as the definitive container for learning.

MOOC 32