an adventure in online learning
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project
Well I’ve got some exciting news to report, as well as some updates on MOOCs, the cost of college, and that continuing analysis on how to afford to send your kids to school in the newsletter. But all of that is going to have to wait a couple of weeks as we enter the dog […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project
While the number of news outlets running stories on MOOCs is certainly lower today than it was a year ago, there is still plenty more to say about massive open learning. You can hear some of my thoughts in this segment that just ran on WGBH radio earlier today (and will run again this evening): They also […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Cost of College
Last week, I began an attempt to reconcile two competing theories over why college costs as much as it does. One theory (the “Bennett Hypothesis”) holds that schools are responsible for the ever-inflating cost of tuition due to their readiness to suck up funds from any source (families, government grants, banks loans, etc.) through ever-escalating […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Uncategorized
For those of you longing for the days when this blog was dedicated primarily to MOOCs, I just published a longish piece on how the “Big Three” MOOC providers (Udacity, Coursera and edX) are differentiating themselves in a market no longer defined as a potential replacement for traditional higher education. Enjoy and I hope to […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Cost of College
Over the last two weeks, I talked about two competing theories regarding why the cost of college has risen faster than any other product or service. One theory, summed up in William Bennett’s Is College Worth It?, lays blame for this hyper-inflation on schools themselves which have taken advantage of huge pots of available money […]
Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long? (EdSurge – May 25, 2020)
It’s Time to Get Serious About Teaching Critical Thinking (Inside Higher Education – March 2, 2020)
Why the ‘Best’ Ideas in Education Technology and Reform Don’t Win (EdSurge – February 5, 2020)
Is Education Entering an “Age of Alternatives”? (EdSurge – March 2, 2019)