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Is prior learning assessment coming of age?

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Fain, P. (2012) New momentum of an old idea Inside Higher Education, November 12 This excellent article discusses new developments in prior learning assessment: 'The...

Does the U.S. accreditation system discriminate against online learning?

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Vedder, R. (2012) The Unholy Alliance Against Online Learning, Bloomberg, October 29 Yes, says Richard Vedder, professor of economics at the University of Ohio. He...

COHERE conference on blended learning

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I was privileged to be the key speaker at a conference organized by Canada's Collaboration for Online Higher Education and Research (COHERE) and the...

Daniel’s comprehensive review of MOOC developments

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Daniel, J. (2012) Making sense of MOOCs: Musings in a maze of myth, paradox and possibility Seoul: Korean National Open University This is the most...

The challenge of converting MOOCs (or anything else) into college credits

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Kolowich, S. (2012) The online pecking order Inside Higher Education, August 2 This article takes a careful and detailed look at different ways that students...

What’s right and what’s wrong about Coursera-style MOOCs

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  TED Talks: Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education Daphne Koller, one of the two founders of Coursera, describes some of the key features...

UC Berkeley joins edX

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Public Affairs (2012) UC Berkeley joins Harvard and MIT not-for-profit online learning collaborative Berkeley CA: UC Berkeley Another big name joins the MOOC movement. However,...

“What should we do about MOOCs?” – the Board of Governors discusses

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By accident, a microphone was left switched on at a medium sized state university's Board of Governors meeting last week. In the best tradition...

Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 8: Communicate, communicate, communicate

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© Care2, 2012In this post I stress the importance of ongoing, continuing communication between instructor and students in an online environment, and in particular...

Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 7: Design course structure and learning activities

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In this post the importance of providing students with a structure for learning online and setting appropriate learning activities is discussed. Indeed, I will...