E-learn Weblog of Willem van Valkenburg
Blogging about OER, OCW, Blackboard, Mobile, Social Media and other interesting stuff
Tags: coursesites
CourseSites MOOC Catalog
Mar 21st
This week Blackboard announced the CourseSites MOOC Catalog:
Empowering Learning Through Community
Blackboard is pleased to support open education opportunities and massive open online courses (MOOCs) through CourseSites by Blackboard, a free, hoste… more »
Blackboard Coursesites as MOOC-platform
Dec 23rd
In 2011 Blackboard launched Coursesites. This platform is free for teachers to create course and offer them to students. The CourseSites platform is based on the full Blackboard Learn platform including Blackboard Collaborate and Mobile. They are runnin… more »
Do we need another MOOC platform?
Dec 16th
2012 is the year of the MOOC. Audrey Watters has written an very good overview of MOOCs in 2012. In the last year we got the announcements of new platforms to deliver MOOCs. This week the 12 UK universities announced another new platform.
I made a lis… more »
MOOC on Mobile Learning
Aug 24th
Mark Vinegar is organising a MOOC on Mobile Learning on Blackboard's Coursesites-platform:
Teachers can learn how to infuse their teaching with new mobile learning strategies by participating in the free Mobile Learning MOOC at Coursesites by Blackboar… more »
Verschillende typen MOOCs
Jun 17th
Curt Bonk heeft een interessante blog over verschillende type MOOCs. Met de MOOCs die er nu zijn, zie je verschillende doelen, doelgroepen en achterliggende redenen om dit te doen. Hij (samen met Jay Cross) onderscheidt hier verschillende types. Wat hie… more »
MOOCs round-up
May 6th
Due to the introduction of edX and the start of the MOOC of Coursesites quiet a lot of interesting articles have appeared about MOOCs this last week. Here is a selection:
Doug Holton - What’s the “problem” with MOOCs? This article is about improving… more »
OpenCourse hosted by Blackboard
Apr 24th
Yesterday Blackboard announced the first Free, Open Course on their CourseSites platform:
<p >Please join us in CourseSites for a unique opportunity to learn with Dr. Bonk -- and from each other -- in our first open course focused on increasing s… more »
