an adventure in online learning
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project, Independent Learners, Online Learning
A funny thing happened as I attempted to turn from a fanatic to a leisurely learner. My original thought was that once I was done taking eight courses every three months as part of last year’s Degree of Freedom project, I would still continue to take a couple of courses at leisure, with time now […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Business of MOOCs, Online Learning
I can understand the hesitancy of superimposing a metaphor like the sales funnel onto education, given that it tends to treat individual students as either objects or customers. But if we can get past the educator’s understandable distaste for applying terminology that originates from the world of business to the business of education, I think […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Business of MOOCs, Online Learning
Apologies for the paucity of postings this week, but with the kids off for school vacation and lots of snow on the ground, I decided to go light on the blogging front, although I did want to finish up that thought I started last time with regard to the metaphors we use to describe the […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project, Online Learning
One of my favorite ways of studying historic change is to look at it through the eyes of someone who did not modify his or her position or disposition, regardless of the fact that consensus was dramatically transforming around them. The most dramatic example of this would be Cato the Younger who did not budge […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Business of MOOCs, Online Learning
In both the backlash stories I wrote about last week and responses to my backlash backlash pieces, a certain argument seems to be repeated that asks why schools and investors should be sinking millions into creating educational resources (i.e., MOOCs) that we all know just benefit older, educated, professional (and by implication well-off, middle-class) lifelong […]
Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long? (EdSurge – May 25, 2020)
It’s Time to Get Serious About Teaching Critical Thinking (Inside Higher Education – March 2, 2020)
Why the ‘Best’ Ideas in Education Technology and Reform Don’t Win (EdSurge – February 5, 2020)
Is Education Entering an “Age of Alternatives”? (EdSurge – March 2, 2019)