The choice of courses for junior year of the Degree of Freedom One Year BA project (which will run from July through September) is being driven by the need to focus on my major (which means finding and taking more advanced philosophy courses). And since these are harder to come by in the MOOCiverse (at […]
Catching Everyone Up
It looks like a number of new visitors have been stopping by the site lately, likely a result of the new podcast that has included interviews with some of the most important thought leaders in online education. So in an effort to catch people up on the Degree of Freedom project (and to catch up […]
Interview with Huntington Lambert, Dean of Continuing Education at Harvard
After a week of looking at the internal use of MOOCs within the college campus, we’re joined by Huntington Lambert, Harvard’s new Dean of Continuing Education. Along with programs like Harvard Summer School, the Division of Continuing Education oversees the Harvard Extension School where professors experienced in teaching adult learners have been the source for […]
MOOCs: Room for Criticism
One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about plunging into the MOOC phenom is the willingness of those involved with it to listen to news both good and bad – both praise and criticism – with an open mind. You have to understand that this experience is rather new, having worked in or with a […]
MOOCs and the Global Classroom
While the opportunities, challenges and controversies surrounding MOOCs inside the classroom discussed yesterday are very real, there’s one part of the educational multiverse that views new, free, high-quality online courses as entirely upside: international universities (especially those in the third world). Like their US counterparts, prestigious centers of higher education in places like Europe are […]
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