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Interview with Stephen Downes

December 20, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Interviews

Today, on a very special Degree of Freedom podcast we are joined by Stephen Downes, Senior Researcher for the National Research Council of Canada and one of the people behind the first thing ever called a MOOC. For further reading: Stephen’s Web – The outlet for Stephen’s prolific writing A backgrounder on Downes that appeared […]

The One Year BA! – The Defense

December 19, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project, Independent Learners, Philosophy

Before explaining why I think taking 32+ online courses in twelve months might be the equivalent of a four-year BA’s worth of learning, I’d first like to ask readers to take a blank sheet of paper and write down the names of every course you took while in college. Depending on your age and memory […]

A One Year BA? – The Prosecution

December 18, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: College Credit, Degree of Freedom Project, Time

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 […]

Evidence

December 17, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project

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

December 13, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Interviews

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 […]

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