Why MOOCs are only part of the answer for higher education
OK, except for the next post, which will be a list of publications on MOOCs for graduate students studying the topic, and a scenario for...
Why the fuss about MOOCs? Political, social and economic drivers
The end of MOOCs
This is the last part of my chapter on MOOCs for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. In...
Strengths and weaknesses of MOOCs: Part 3, branding and cost
The story so far
This is the fifth in a series of posts from my open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. I have already...
The strengths and weaknesses of MOOCs: Part 2: learning and assessment
The writing of my book, Teaching in a Digital Age, has been interrupted for nearly two weeks by my trip to England for the...
The dissemination of research in online learning: a lesson from the EDEN Research Workshop
The EDEN Research Workshop
I'm afraid I have sadly neglected my blog over the last two weeks, as I was heavily engaged as the rapporteur...
The strengths and weaknesses of MOOCs: Part I
How many times has an author cried: 'Oh, God, I wish I'd never started on this!'? Well, I wanted to have a short section...
Comparing xMOOCs and cMOOCs: philosophy and practice
The story so far
For my open textbook Teaching in a Digital Age, I am writing a chapter on different design models for teaching and learning....
What is a MOOC?
MOOCs as a design model
I have already covered seven different design models for teaching and learning in Chapter 6 of my open textbook, Teaching in...
More on MOOCs, communities of practice, and artificial intelligence
Sometimes blogging can be a lonely activity, sending an arrow into the air to land I know not where. But sometimes I am privileged to...
The role of communities of practice in a digital age
The story so far
I have published the first five chapters of my open textbook, 'Teaching in a Digital Age'. I am now working on Chapter...