Online Learning
The latest trends in MOOCs
The battle for and against massive open online courses (MOOCs) rages on as we head into summer, with new arguments emerging on both sides of the MOOC divide.…
The 12 Myths of MOOCs
In a recent survey of several hundred educators, only 13 percent of schools today offer MOOCs, but 43 percent plan to offer them by 2016. So if we agree the…
New MOOC ‘Instreamia’ offers language learning with a twist
Scott Rapp and Ryan Rapp are purveyors of a new twist in the MOOC trend, what I’m calling ‘’mini-MOOCs.’’ That is, a startup or professor launching an open online course…
Why the internet will never replace universities
Read any article about online higher education and I guarantee you will come across the much-touted ‘MOOCs’– massive open online courses – as well as references to, perhaps, gamification, crowd-sourcing…
Ethernet daddy: online education poised to transform the world
During an interview at the Ethernet Innovation Summit in Mountain View, California, Ethernet inventor Robert Metcalfe was asked what surprises were on the horizon due to the ever more pervasive…
The ‘Hype Cycle’ of MOOC courses
The backlash from some corners of higher education against the proliferation of massive open online courses (MOOCs) could be an essential step that many other technological innovations had to endure…
Commentary: Daphne Koller and the problem with Coursera
Coursera is a for-profit company that has joined with top universities to deliver free online courses. The “free” part sounds great until we realize the real intent of companies like…
Do students take MOOCs to earn certificates?
A new report released by the University of Edinburgh shows that a majority of students who take the university’s six Coursera massive open online courses (MOOCs) do so simply to…
Commentary: Creative destruction meets higher education
The future will be grim if you run one of the 4,100 colleges or universities in the United States and are unwilling to embrace dramatic change, The Washington Post reports.…
Unspoken concerns about MOOCs
Once a technology exists, there is no going back. MOOCs are here, and schools want to avoid the embarrassment of dusty educational formats, The Society Pages reports. …