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What I Learned at Fullerton College

February 3, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Independent Learners

The most intriguing aspect of last week’s trip to California was the contrast between the discussions I had “up north” with inventors, innovators and pioneers in new educational technologies (including MOOCs) and the students I encountered at a real-world school (Fullerton College – the Southern California Community College where I spoke at their 100th anniversary […]

My Visit to Coursera

January 30, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: MOOC Providers

I’m on a West Coast swing this week that will finish with a talk at Fullerton College for their 100th Anniversary Futures Conference (seats are still available for anyone in the area). The trip got off to the right start with a cup of coffee with one of the founders of Accredible (the folks behind […]

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 […]

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