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MITX and HarvardX Research Findings – The “Typical” Student

January 27, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Research

Time to blend some of the data dweebiness you’ve been reading in the first two installments in this series with some of the philosophy dweebiness that can be blamed directly on my One Year BA. In this case, the fusion between these two worlds derived from having been reminded of the relevance of a particular […]

MITX and HarvardX Research Findings – CopyrightX

January 24, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Research

If I had been less of a wuss and chosen to drive through the snow to last Tuesday’s presentation of research findings from HarvardX, and had I made it and been fortunate enough to get to ask a question, the one I would have raised would have been about the results of one specific course […]

MITx and HarvardX Research Findings – 1

January 22, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Research

While nature was dumping mounds of snow on the region (albeit less than promised), Harvard and MIT decided to release a comparable amount of data to the public that provides some important insight that can inform the next round of discussions surrounding MOOCs, discussions that promise to go beyond the inflated expectations that began 2013 […]

Speaking Gigs

January 20, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project

Happy MLK Day to all those taking the day off (which includes me – except for this posting). Just a quick note to any Degree of Freedom readers/listeners interested in getting together letting you know that I’ll be getting out of the house  for a couple of speaking gigs that have come my way since […]

Graduation – Part 2

January 17, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Interviews

Continuing the discussion from last week, here is Part 2 of my graduation podcast that talks about whether or not a One Year BA based entirely on MOOCs and other forms of free learning can be thought of as the equivalent of a four-year degree earned at a residential college or university (and whether or […]

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