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The Pragmatic Maxim

December 4, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Online Learning, Philosophy

Time again to take a look at MOOC and other forms of free learning from the perspective of another one of the subjects I’m studying: Pragmatic philosophy. I’ve been learning about Pragmatism through a second attempt at a self-study course, one which is going much more smoothly than the first, probably because excellent resources are […]

MOOCs and Critical Thinking

December 3, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Class Components

Another point Daphne Koller brought up in that Ted video I mentioned yesterday was that MOOCs, especially if they were implemented as part of a flipped classroom, would enable professors to spend less time lecturing and more time helping students master important skills, notably critical thinking. Having spent the last several years trying to figure […]

MOOC Testing – Distractors

December 2, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Testing and Assessment

A friend recently gave a presentation at a local Ted event, and while his was my first interface with the whole bean-bag-chair, Google-Glass, clearly-of-West-Coast-origin Ted experience, it did remind me that I still needed to watch this Ted presentation by Daphne Koller, co-founder of Coursera.  She gave the talk in 2012, back when MOOC-mania was […]

Holiday Break

November 27, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Uncategorized

Taking the rest of the week off to enjoy the holidays (old, new and blended). For those still interested in the backlash against the MOOC backlash, I’ve returned to Huffington Post in hope of trigging a backlash backlash backlash. Meanwhile, for everyone celebrating Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Thanksgivukkah, Kwanznukimas, or whatever “pop-culture portmanteau neologism” you call your […]

MOOCs and the Flipped Classroom

November 26, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Class Components, Online Learning

I suddenly remembered that piece I wanted to write before getting into the whole backlash backlash last week.  So with Thanksgiving break looming, time to take a look at the latest role MOOC makers are hoping their programs will play: supporting the flipping of the classroom. For the few of you reading this who aren’t […]

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