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Getting Back to MOOCs

September 11, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project

With the Essential Guide to MOOCs just a few weeks away from publication, I recently posted answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about massive open learning at the MIT Press website. That Q&A session is reproduced below. Also, if you’re in the market to take a free course or two, WGBH asked […]

Debt-Free U

September 8, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Cost of College

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Book/Film Reviews

This post marks the end of my summer book review series, which signals a wrapping up of Monday discussions regarding the high cost of college that began earlier in the year. Not that there isn’t a lot more to say about why the price tag associated with higher education has shot through the stratosphere, or […]

My HarvardX “Embed”

September 4, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project, MOOC Providers, Testing and Assessment

As some of you already know, I’ve recently started a six-month engagement as the inaugural Visiting Fellow at HarvardX. During that time, I’ll be focusing on how to improve assessment within HarvardX’s growing catalog of online learning experiences (which I’ve already learned should not all be described under the term “courses”). And my mandate (and […]

Returning to/Getting into College

September 2, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Cost of College

Having spent the last week dodging moving trucks parked next to weepy parents, it looks as though the 2014-2015 academic year has officially commenced. With the new season, I plan to wrap up my Monday cost-of-college blog series shortly, although the experiment I’ve been running in the newsletter regarding how to pay for college seems […]

Learning by Doing

August 25, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Online Learning, Philosophy, Testing and Assessment

Well my break from blogging was not accompanied by a break from thinking about the subject of learning, especially that mix of real world and virtual learning experiences that might ultimately lead to a genuine rewriting of the rules of education. The first experience which triggered this line of thought came from a visit to […]

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