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More to Say About MOOCs

August 7, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project

While the number of news outlets running stories on MOOCs is certainly lower today than it was a year ago, there is still plenty more to say about massive open learning. You can hear some of my thoughts in this segment that just ran on WGBH radio earlier today (and will run again this evening): They also […]

Site Update Update/Welcome edX Blog Readers

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

Well that site update you’ve seen unfolding over the last couple of weeks is almost complete and apologies for any downtime or other glitches you may have encountered during that period. The last remaining issue seems to have to do with comments not being accepted, which I hope to have resolved by the end of […]

Site Changes

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

As keen-eyed readers will have no-doubt observed, this site is going through some changes that I expect to be completed by the end of the week. First off, none of the content on the site is going away, nor do I plan to change my current schedule of 2-3 blog postings a week and 2-4 […]

MOOCS – The Book (Cover)

April 23, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project

Check out what arrived in the (e)mail! OK, it’s just a cover design (the pages going behind that cover are still going through editorial and layout).  But the existence of actual cover art means my Senior Thesis is likely to be hitting the streets as planned this fall.  For those who asked about a pub […]

Welcome PEL/EdSurge Readers

April 21, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project

Taking a break from the usual Monday discussion of what free learning might mean to today’s learners (and college tuition payers) to play a little catch up. First, welcome to fellow Partially Examined Life fans that may have discovered this site after some of the Twittering that took place following last week’s valentine to Seth, […]

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