Category Archives: MOOC

From Abelard to Apple with Richard DeMillo

Posted on October 15, 2012 by geoffcain

Richard DeMillo (Wikipedia) Today’s presentation in our MOOC, “The Current and Future State of Higher Education” featured Rich DeMillo, according to his introduction, he is “a Distinguished Professor of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the seventh ranked public … Continue reading →

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MOOC Links from NGLC Presentation

Posted on August 1, 2012 by geoffcain

This in from Friend-of-the-Blog, Bosha Struve: If you are interested these were pulled out of the chat window from the webinar… “MOOCs: open onlinecourses as levers for change in higher education.” George Siemens Additional URL’s from Chat: ·         Edward R. … Continue reading →

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Nine Essential MOOC Links

Posted on August 1, 2012 by geoffcain

George Siemens at TEDxNYED. (Wikipedia) A few of us from today’s NGLC presentation “MOOCs: open online courses as levers for change in higher education” by George Siemens on MOOCs were passing around a few URLs, and I thought it would … Continue reading →

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The Real Trouble With Online Education

Posted on July 22, 2012 by geoffcain

E-learning ( London College of Fashion) An editorial piece in the New York Times on July 19th by Mark Edmundson attempts to tell us about “The Trouble with Online Education.” Despite the fact that the author does not appear to have … Continue reading →

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Why MOOCs Work

Posted on July 11, 2012 by geoffcain

Jim Groom as Edupunk (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I have been reading articles lately written by educators who have not participated in MOOCs but nonetheless seem to have some pretty strong opinions about them such as the “What’s the Matter With MOOCs” … Continue reading →

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