an adventure in online learning
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project, Online Learning, Philosophy, Time
It’s been a few months since I tried my hand at applying some of the subject matter I’ve been studying to issues arising out of the existence of massive open online courses. I previously used course topics such as economics, utilitarianism and entropy as a springboard for discussion of meta-matters related to MOOCs, but today […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Online Learning, Research
I recently finished reading this nifty little book on the subject of crowdsourcing. The term was first created by Jeff Howe in Wired Magazine who used it to describe a series of projects and strategies that involve lots of people pooling their sense organs, intelligence, wisdom, imagination or unused computer cycles to some type of […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Online Learning, Research
I was recently told that MOOC news will be arriving rapidly and furiously this fall, and I’ll try to keep up with communication and analysis of any major developments during this period. Earlier this week, I talked about the significance of the new edX-Google partnership MOOC.org and yesterday I got to see a copy of […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Business of MOOCs, Online Learning
Simultaneous with a new semester starting in brick-and-mortar College-land we’re seeing new MOOC courses begin, coupled with a post-summer reboot of debates from earlier in the year regarding the plusses and minuses of massive online learning. Given that MOOCs still seem to be stuck between the Peak of Inflated Expectations and the Trough of Disillusionment […]
By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: MOOC Providers, Online Learning
I recently received an invitation to relive the experiences of taking one of my favorite MOOC classes, HarvardX’s Ancient Greek Hero, for a second time. During this interview, the team behind the course talked about their hope that people who had completed Greek Hero might want to participate for a second time, highlighting the fact […]
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)