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Udacity’s Pivot

November 22, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Business of MOOCs, MOOC Providers

While I wanted to first deal with some of the excess backlash that latched itself onto recent changes in direction from the MOOC pioneer Udacity, I also don’t want to pretend that their recent “pivot” means nothing with regard to both the reality and perception of online learning (massive, open or otherwise). First off, it […]

Saylor Foundation Presentation

November 8, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project, MOOC Providers

A schedule conflict has pushed this week’s podcast off until next Friday.  But for those hungry for a multimedia fix, here is a recording of a presentation I gave at the Saylor Foundation earlier this week in which I talk about the origins of the Degree of Freedom project as well as going over discoveries […]

Coursera Learning Hubs

October 31, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Class Components, MOOC Providers

We interrupt this week’s Obviousity Experiment to talk about today’s announcement by Coursera of their new Global Learning Hub program. As they describe in this press release, these new Learning Hubs “will offer people around the world physical spaces where they can access the Internet to take a Coursera course, while learning alongside peers in […]

Welcome iversity

October 3, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: MOOC Providers

Just a short piece today (after such long ones the last couple of days), this one welcoming yet another new player into the MOOC game: Germany’s iversity. European MOOC activity has generated a fair amount of news lately with FutureLearn and now iversity starting to provide alternatives for European universities looking to work with MOOC […]

Welcome FutureLearn

September 24, 2013 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: MOOC Providers

I had mentioned that MOOC news would be coming quickly during the first few months of this academic year.  And while the kickoff of the new UK MOOC provider FutureLearn has been anticipated for quite some time, the announcement of their first set of courses means the US-centric nature of MOOCs is likely to give […]

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