After coming up with the idea of a One Year BA, the next step was to calculate whether it was even possible to fit 30+ MOOC and other free learning courses that would meet the degree requirements of a liberal arts college or university into a twelve month timeframe. There were a fair number of […]
Archives for December 2013
Evidence
I had hoped to start this series on what a One Year BA adds up to yesterday (as well as churn out one more newsletter/course review). But the day was instead spent trying to finish up this portfolio which documents the scope of work that has gone into this project. The portfolio was created using […]
Interview with Robert McGuire, Publisher of MOOC News and Reviews
Today, we will be joined by Robert McGuire, the man behind the online journal MOOC News and Reviews. Recommended stories that have appeared in his journal include: What Do We Know About MOOC Students So Far?: A Look At Recent User Data The Coming MOOC Copyright Problem And Its Impact on Students and Universities Don’t […]
Coming Next
The reason recent columns have been referring to fewer and fewer courses is that the end is in sight for my One Year BA. There are still a couple of units for Science and Cooking to finish (one on Baking, one on Fermentation) not to mention a several labs to complete, and ChinaX is one […]
Hacking Homework
“Hacking” is a verb that’s attached itself to all kinds of nouns these days, generating phrases meant to imply working around standard operating procedures in order to achieve an end result as good or better (and often more quickly) than what you’d get by following the rules. The concept obviously originates in the computer programming […]