Tag Archives: MOOCs

Coursera Blog • An Experimental “Meta-MOOC” Shaping the Future of Higher Education

When Professor Cathy Davidson of Duke University agreed to teach a Coursera course on the “History and Future of (Mostly) Higher Education,” which will launch on January 27, 2014, she was determined to see how the course itself could help … Continue reading

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Udacity, Coursera: Should celebrities teach MOOCs?

Free online courses do big numbers these days. So-called MOOCs, or massive open online courses, typically get tens of thousands of sign-ups to watch video lectures delivered by tweedy academics, some more photogenic than others. But imagine how many students … Continue reading

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Despite new studies, flipping the classroom still enjoys widespread support | Inside Higher Ed

…”Our goal is to better understand the conditions under which flipped classrooms lead to better student outcomes”… via Despite new studies, flipping the classroom still enjoys widespread support | Inside Higher Ed.

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Harvard Faculty Request Faculty Oversight of HarvardX Their Usage of edX |e-Literate

Interesting reaction by Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences especially in light of the letter from the San Jose Philosophy Faculty directed to a member of the Harvard FAS. Harvard Faculty Request Faculty Oversight of HarvardX Their Usage of edX … Continue reading

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U. of California faculty union says MOOCs undermine professors’ intellectual property | Inside Higher Ed

What’s really interesting to me about this article is that the issue of competing interests of faculty as individuals and as a collective is raised, but not really explored. We need an account of something like group autonomy. U. of … Continue reading

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Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012: MOOCs

Maybe the most informative article I’ve read on MOOCs, passed along to me by CSID’s own Keith Brown. It also includes a sort of ‘secret history’ of MOOCs. Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012: MOOCs.

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