Accessibility Meeting MOOC Secondary 
Edsurge
OCTOBER 1, 2020
To increase equity, you should set up your asynchronous learning environments to maximize accessibility. For example, most of the enrolled students in fully asynchronous MOOCs are adults, and even in this context, completion can be challenging. Using headings and image captions can aid student comprehension and break up long text.
A Principal's Reflections
JANUARY 31, 2016
Learning has fundamentally changed with the evolution of the Internet and other technologies that allow for ubiquitous access to information and knowledge. There is no excuse not to secure funds to better meet the needs of all learners or those with specialized interests.
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Edsurge
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Avida is the husband of Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller, and one of the first board members of the company that helped put the spotlight on massive online open courses, or MOOCs. That, Avida says, gives his tool a leg up in terms of being more accessible to a wider audience. But they are not done with higher education yet.
The Principal of Change
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
The notion of “Genius Hour,” which is an idea that has spread throughout schools all over the world, came about because educators noticed what was going on outside of schools and modified those ideas to meet their students’ needs. The power of the Internet is that we have access to so much information from schools and other organizations.
Bryan Alexander
JANUARY 24, 2016
I hoped to move on from there to what I called “approaches”, ways of using tech that didn’t depend on a specific platform – i.e., gaming and gamification, blended learning, distance learning, MOOCs, mobile, and digital literacy. Discussion went in some interesting angles, such as secondary education.
Wired Campus
APRIL 30, 2015
Freedman: I love where you started with the criticism of the MOOCs. I mean, MOOCs aren’t learning platforms, they’re distribution platforms. Course might meet once a week for three hours, might meet once a week for an hour, maybe it meets every other week. So I think you’re focused on the right place.
A Principal's Reflections
JUNE 25, 2013
OER ranges from highly structured college courses (MOOCs) to less structured curricula from colleges and other institutes of learning (OpenCourseWare a/k/a OCW), to free online textbooks, and everything in between. It is gratifying that MIT is willing and able to meet needs like these. I plan to share it with my peers in New Jersey.
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