This week, we’re joined by Dale Stephens, author of Hacking Your Education and the creator of Uncollege the organization dedicated to providing independent learners the resources they need to succeed outside of the framework of traditional institutional education. Remember that these interviews are now available from iTunes as a podcast series that will continue through […]
Degree of Freedom Podcast – Now on iTunes
As course number twelve (Mysteries of Modern Physics – Time taught by the California Institute of Technology’s Sean Carroll) wraps, I wanted to catch readers up on a few bits of Degree and Freedom news happening across the Interwebs. Most importantly, a Degree of Freedom podcast is now available from iTunes. The first episodes include […]
The MOOC Challenge to College Economics
I recall two interesting economic arguments related to traditional higher ed that emerged from reading the writing of Anya Kamentz (author of DIY-U). The first, which kicks off the Fast Company article that originally brought Anya to my attention, talks about college as being more like a string quartet than a factory with regard to […]
DIY-U
I can’t believe I’ve gotten this far into the project without mentioning one of my favorite books written by one of my favorite writers on the subject of free learning: DIY-U whose author is the business/technology/education all-rounder journalist and author Anya Kamenetz. Anya was one of the first people to popularize the notion of free […]
Revisiting MOOC Discussion
During an interview last week with the team behind edX’s Greek Hero class (which will air a week from Friday), I had to sheepishly admit that discussion boards were the element of my MOOC classes to which I’ve dedicated the least time. For the people managing those discussions, the chance to see input from hundreds […]
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