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Barriers to Entry

April 30, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: MOOC Providers, Online Learning Sources

I recently listed the components of a MOOC course to a friend working in edTech who wanted to figure out which pieces he already had in place.  The things I told him he needed included: Video lectures Static document management (for syllabi and other course-related materials) Quizzing Discussion forum management A learning management system to […]

xMOOC vs. cMOOC

April 29, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Online Learning

I only learned recently that I’ve not been enrolled in MOOC classes at all, but have instead been involved with something called an xMOOC. At first I was curious why anyone would want to eliminate the only saving grace of the MOOC acronym (its pronounceability), but apparently two variations are meant to distinguish the type […]

Getting Around

April 27, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project

Well Degree of Freedom has been getting around this week, so I wanted to point you towards: A new entry in the Coursera blog, this one providing recommendations for how students can best manage their time when taking MOOC classes A write-up providing background to the whole Degree of Freedom One Year BA project over […]

The MOOC Experiment

April 26, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Online Learning

One of the benefits of this project getting so much traction is that it gives me the opportunity to engage in conversations with people working in the independent learning space on a daily basis. It’s hard to believe it’s been less than two years since Stanford’s AI course got overenrolled by a hundred thousand students, […]

MOOCs and Peer Grading – Part 2

April 25, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Testing and Assessment

While most professors participating in the MOOC experiment still come from US universities, the student body is global. This international reach is one of the most celebrated virtues of free online learning, providing opportunities for students in nearly every nation to participate and interact in flat, global classrooms.  But this global audience also presents challenges […]

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