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MOOC Infographics

March 13, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Business of MOOCs, Online Learning, Research, Testing and Assessment

Every few weeks, someone seems to reach out and let me know about an interesting MOOC infographic that highlights important information (facts, stats, etc.) regarding some aspect of massive open online learning. I’ve let them collect, waiting for a day when other obligations takes precedent over generating new material for the blog.   And with tomorrow’s […]

DML Research Hub – Not Just MOOCs

March 11, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Online Learning

Well it was a great time at last week’s Digital Media and Learning/ DML Research Hub  conference in Boston. Not only did I run into one of my professors at the event (Pia Sörensen from edX’s Science and Cooking), but I also had the chance to hang out (albeit too briefly) with Jim Groom, the […]

Slacking

March 5, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project, Independent Learners, Online Learning

A funny thing happened as I attempted to turn from a fanatic to a leisurely learner. My original thought was that once I was done taking eight courses every three months as part of last year’s Degree of Freedom project, I would still continue to take a couple of courses at leisure, with time now […]

The MOOCLaughlin Group

March 3, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project

When it becomes made available, I’m planning to post footage of talks and presentations I’ve participated in, starting with the video below of a discussion that took place a couple of weekends ago during MIT’s 2014 Tech Conference. This was a panel discussion entitled “Disrupting Education,” although the disruption we all focused on begins with M […]

Interview with HarvardX Researcher Justin Reich

February 28, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Interviews, Research

Today’s podcast guest is Justin Reich, Richard L. Menschel HarvardX Research Fellow, a Fellow at the Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and a visiting lecturer in the Scheller Teacher Education Program at MIT. Justin was that guy some of you saw on stage when Harvard released its research findings back in January.  And […]

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