Edsurge
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Udacity helped popularize the idea of offering college-level courses online to anyone for free, a format known as MOOCs (for Massive Open Online Courses). But this week a Udacity official called MOOCs “dead,” leading to questions about what that means for one of the company’s offerings (which still include free MOOCs).
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. Sink or swim. All you need is your imagination.”
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Learning with 'e's
MARCH 6, 2015
Downes was speaking at the ELI 4th International Conference on e-Learning and Distance Education held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. And this was exactly the guiding principle of the earliest MOOCs. cMOOCs still exist of course, but the popular format is now that of the mega-courses run by the likes of consortia such as Coursera and EdX.
Wired Campus
MAY 13, 2015
And now, a MOOC. The University of California at Irvine plans to offer a four-week MOOC based on the FX television series The Strain, which follows the spread of a disease with the “hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism.” Perhaps surprisingly, Ms.
Learning with 'e's
AUGUST 14, 2017
This implies that campus based higher education may not be able to improve at a similar rate, due to its inertia and stagnation. Yes, more students than ever are enrolled on MOOCs (p. 122), but 'completion rates remain dismal'. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
EdX, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that provides online courses, announced last week the creation of 19 “ MicroMasters ” courses, a new type of online educational program. These courses are tailored master’s degree-level classes that can help students hone skills that will be immediately useful in the workplace.
Learning with 'e's
DECEMBER 17, 2015
Our final #EDENchat of 2015 focused on new learning environments, namely MOOCs, flipped classrooms and blended learning methods. Those who participated shared their experiences of MOOCs and flipped learning both as teachers and as learners. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.
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