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Interview with Danny King of Accredible and David Blake of Degreed

November 15, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Business of MOOCs, College Credit, Interviews

On today’s podcast, we’re joined by the founders of two different companies: Degreed and Accredible, each of which are dedicated to helping students – including MOOC students –signal their learning through the use of portfolio systems that take different approaches to how students can communicate their traditional and non-traditional educational accomplishments to the world. If […]

Interview with Kyle Courtney – Copyright Advisor for Harvard and HarvardX

October 25, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Interviews

This week Degree of Freedom interview is with Kyle Courtney, Copyright Advisor to Harvard University (including HarvardX). As hinted at yesterday, copyright (and other forms of intellectual property law) represent the biggest legal minefield for massive open online education.  Infringement that might have once been given a pass in the lecture hall now represents enormous […]

Interview with Lynne Harlow, Instructor for MOMA’s Online Course Experimenting with Collage

October 11, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Interviews

This week, another discussion with someone whose work might help square some of the circles confronted by those involved with massive open online classes. The artist Lynne Harlow recently completed teaching a course entitled Experimenting with Collage for the online learning program created by New York’s Museum of Modern Art. MOMA has been at the […]

Interview with Peter Adamson, Creator of the History of Philosophy Podcast

October 4, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Interviews, Philosophy

Continuing discussions with successful educators working in areas that might influence the direction of massive open learning, today’s interview is with Peter Adamson, the man behind one of the world’s most ambitious educational podcasts: History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps. History of Philosophy (or HoP to we fans) is attempting to cover the entire philosophical […]

Interview with Eric Robison – CEO of Lynda.com

September 27, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Interviews

As I noted yesterday, many of the problems we associated with MOOCs may already have solutions (or at least precedents to consider) that come from other realms of online learning. For instance, what business models might MOOC vendors ultimately embrace, and can these models provide the revenue needed to sustain and grow? One way to […]

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