Of the three areas of employment that have some intersection with MOOCs and free learning, recruitment seems to be the one in which MOOC providers are taking the most direct interest. When I recently talked about screening processes required to hone hundreds or thousands of job applicants down to a manageable stack, that might have […]
MOOCs and Employment – Screening
Employee screening, which encompasses virtually everything that happens between a job opportunity being made available and the final selection of a candidate, is the area of employment I’m most familiar with, given that I spent most of my years in the assessment field selling to employers looking to filter down lists of job candidates. In […]
MOOCs and Employment – Development
Well my kids return to school in a few short hours, which means it’s time to return to a full schedule here at Degree of Freedom. The newsletter will return on Monday with a review of Coursera’s English Common Law course that just completed (you can sign up over to the right). And this Friday […]
Why Philosophy?
Recent discussions of the virtues of “The Course” taught at the undergraduate level may help explain why such material forms the basis of most MOOC classes (as well as other modes of free learning). While these virtues are general, I’d like to end this month on a more parochial note by explaining the significance of […]
Speaking as an Undergraduate
Having justified the virtues of “The Course,” in contrast to other methods of learning, I’d like to now make a similar case stressing the universal value of courses taught at the undergraduate level (the teaching level of most if not all MOOC classes). Speaking broadly – and North Americanly (is that a word?), I first like […]
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