Well my senior thesis has been turned in and my last class passed, so it’s time to take a break from this week’s break to talk about what the whole Degree of Freedom One Year BA might add up to. I start today with part of one a two-part podcast (the second half to appear […]
MOOCs and Independent Learners – Fini
I just noticed that this wrap-up piece is actually the 200th posting of the year here at Degree of Freedom. As much fun as round numbers can be, I should mention that while my One Year BA is finishing up, that doesn’t mean this site is going to go dark. I’ve got some final deadlines […]
MOOCs and Independent Learners – 2
When this project began year ago, there were over 400 MOOC courses to choose from and today that number is closer to 600. And if you add to that the number of other means of obtaining free college-level learning (such as curated courses from Saylor.org or lecture-based classes from iTunes U and elsewhere), we are […]
MOOCs and Intependant Learners – 1
Happy New Year all! With this project winding towards the finish line, I’d like to spend the next few days talking not about the people who made the MOOCs but those of us who take them. As I have pointed out a number of times, I began this project as a cautious optimist over what […]
The Trolley Problem
While the sessions of the American Philosophical Society I described yesterday covered work I hadn’t directly studied during my One Year BA (albeit by philosophers I had taken courses on), the last session I attended dealt directly with something first discovered through a MOOC course: The Trolley Problem. For those unfamiliar with it, the Trolley […]
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