Power to the student
The interest in the knowledge economy is growing worldwide and a result of this trend is the Massive Online Open Course (MOOC), the Indian Express reports. A surge…
MOOCs
Code Watch: MOOCs’ final grade: Inconclusive
I've recently gone back to college. Well, not exactly, but I have been attending a single class via a massive open online course (MOOC). The course I'm taking…
Why do professors spend their precious time in teaching MOOCs when they are not getting paid for that?
Some universities count Coursera teaching toward regular teaching obligations. In other words, the university pays the teacher to teach on Coursera. Why do this? To officially be a…
2013 in MOOCs: Which event best defined the quest to solve education?
As we say goodbye to 2013, the year after The Year of the MOOC, I remain unable to adequately define the acronym that graces this blog’s header. This…
White House advisers push for accreditation flexibility
Online college degrees won't become more commonplace unless and until state agencies and accreditation organizations pledge to be more flexible in defining what counts as a credit-bearing course,…
MOOCs: Inflated expectations, early disappointments
Massive open online courses–online platforms offering courses and educational materials to very large numbers of people–captured our imagination in the Fall of 2011 when, unexpectedly, a free online…
Lessons from the CEO of the first ever MOOC
There has been much press for the massive open online courses or MOOCs, including in my series of interviews to date with Sebastian Thrun and Daphne Koller, CEOs…
Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2013, No. 1: MOOC skepticism
MOOCs so dominated the national conversation this year that they deserve two spots on our list. And while there have been some successes, such as a MOOC offered…
Top 10 ed-tech stories of 2013, No. 2: MOOC business models
In this special all-digital publication, the editors of eCampus News highlight what we think are the 10 most significant higher-education technology stories of 2013.
MOOCs and STEM teaching methods
I’m pleased to announce that the Center for Teaching will be part of a $750,000, three-year, multi-institution National Science Foundation WIDER grant supporting the creation of two massive…