Research from the Michigan Virtual University on a connectivist MOOC
Ferdig, R. et al. (2014) Findings and reflections from the 'K-12 Teaching in the 21st Century' MOOC Lansing MI: Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute
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MOOCs, specializations, and continuing education
Academic Partnerships (2014) Academic Partnerships Launches New Online Global Specializations Credential Dallas, January 21
Gannes, L. (2104) Coursera Offers the Equivalent of a MOOC Major: Specialization Certificates...
A review of a Harvard/MIT research paper on edX MOOCs
Ho, A. et al. (2014) HarvardX and MITx: The First Year of Open Online Courses Fall 2012-Summer 2013 (HarvardX and MITx Working Paper No. 1), January...
Sir John Daniel’s book review of ‘Beyond the MOOC Hype’ by Jeffrey Young
Young, J. (2013) Beyond the MOOC Hype: A Guide to Higher Education’s High-Tech Disruption Washington DC : Chronicle of Higher Education, 92 pp (available through...
Productivity and online learning redux
Summarizing the previous posts
In previous posts (see end of this post), I tried to identify a range of areas where online learning might enable...
Look back in anger? A review of online learning in 2013
Well, where did 2013 go? It seems like only last week I was writing the 2012 review!This year, I did better with my predictions...
Leadership in open and distance education universities
The conference
For 20 years, the Standing Committee of Presidents (SCOP) of the members of the International Council of Distance Education (ICDE) has provided a...
A Franco-Canadian forum on MOOCs
The conference
Last week was a hell of a week. I was at a two-day conference in Lyon, France (jet-lagged most of the time with...
MOOCs, Norway, and the ecology of digital learning
© Ron Niebrugge, 2013 MOOCs are just one species in the online digital forest - and a big and clumsy oneEarlier this week I...
Conference on research into MOOCs
What: MOOCs and Emerging Educational Models: Policy, Practice, and Learning
Aim: to explore the progress and possibilities in the development of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)....