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Should Online Courses Go Through ‘Beta Testing’? How One Provider Taps 2,500 Volunteers

Edsurge

Coursera was a pioneer in offering MOOCs, or massive open online courses, in partnership with hundreds of top colleges. While attention around MOOCs has died down, the company seems to have found a business model for free courses with something it calls Specializations. I have to say, a week of beta testing is not nearly enough.”

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“We expect innovation in every organization except for the one we work in.”

The Principal of Change

Recently in a workshop, I asked a participant if I could use their phone and write a tweet from their account to get them some information. When they handed me their iPhone, I realized that it was an iPhone 4, and confirmed that with them. Compared to my iPhone 7, it seemed so small, and to be honest, quite slow.

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The Power, Promise, and Pitfalls of Networks in Learning – Alec Couros Kicks of #ettipad San Diego

EdTechTeacher

Alec has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as openness in education, networked learning, social media in education, digital citizenship, and critical media literacy. One day, Alec says that he tweeted out that he was thinking of starting a MOOC. They really do change things.

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