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MOOCs and Time – Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Learning

April 1, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Time

I’ve been thinking a lot about time over the last several weeks (and not just because my kids have been yammering on since January about the new Dr. Who episodes that started last Saturday). For time is one of those key elements to learning that needs special attention in this age of new, technology-driven supplements […]

Updates – HuffPo and Coursera Blogs

March 30, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: MOOC Providers

First off, my latest Huffington Post piece is up, highlighting some of the “Sources for Courses” discussion that’s been going on here on the blog all week. Secondly, the folks at Coursera have been kind enough to let me post to their blog on a semi-regular basis.  Since Degree of Freedom is looking at MOOCs […]

Sources for More Courses

March 29, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: MOOC Providers, Online Learning Sources

Before leaving the topic of sources for free learning, I wanted to highlight some other options you can look into if you’re trying to put together your own college education (or are just interested in exploring more ways to educate yourself a no cost). Canvas.net is another organization offering access to free classes on a […]

Sources for Courses – iTunes U

March 28, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: MOOC Providers, Online Learning Sources

As I mentioned previously, I am including classes from iTunes U in my Degree of Freedom lineup, despite the fact that they are often not listed when people talk about Massive Online Courses. While not everyone might agree with this choice, Apple’s iTunes U service brings some serious game to the field of free college-level […]

MOOC Providers – Udacity

March 27, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: MOOC Providers, Online Learning Sources

Whenever MOOCs get mentioned in the media, the “Big Three” names always invoked are Coursera (reviewed on Monday), edX (which we explored yesterday) and Udacity, the third big player in this space which I’d like to take a look at today. Like Coursera, Udacity was founded by players in the original Stanford experiment in massive […]

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