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MIT/Harvard seminar on MOOCs
Mar 9th
Last monday MIT and Harvard organised an seminar on MOOCs. The official title was "Online Learning and the Future of Residential Education". Anka attended the conference on behave of the TU Delft. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman was one of the… more »
What is a mechanical MOOC?
Aug 21st
Yesterday I saw some tweets about a 'Mechanical MOOC' and I really had no idea what to expect. My first association was with Amazon's Mechanical turk, but I couldn't see that in regards to a MOOC.
In the press release it states:
The mechanical MOOC is… more »
edX: the day after
May 3rd
The announcement from MIT and Harvard caused quiet some stir around the globe. It even was mentioned in the Dutch media. Normally they are not interested in Open Education. A couple of observations and questions I have:
Platform Why do all those Open… more »
edX: platform for online education by MIT and Harvard
May 2nd
Today MIT and Harvard announced a new platform edX. This is a platform for online education:
Harvard University and MIT today announced edX, a transformational new partnership in online education. Through edX, the two institutions will collaborate to e… more »
MITx: Online Education van MIT
Dec 21st
Deze week lanceerde MIT iets nieuws, namelijk MITx:
MITx will offer a portfolio of MIT courses through an online interactive learning platform that will:
organize and present course material to enable students to learn at their own pace
fe… more »
OpenCourseWare rockstar Walter Lewin in Nederland
Oct 25th
Deze week is Emeritus hoogleraar Walter Lewin in Nederland. Walter Lewin is een TU Delft alumnus en hij is bekend geworden door internet video's van zijn colleges. Afgelopen mei heb ik hem al ontmoet en gesproken tijdens het OpenCourseWare Consortium Co… more »
Award for professor Walter Lewin
May 10th
Walter Lewin
On Thursday night during the OpenCourseWare Conference Banquet the Awards for OpenCourseWare Excellence were announced:
The Awards for OpenCourseWare Excellence provide annual recognition to outstanding courseware and OpenCourseWare sites created in t… more »
Conferentie voor 10 jaar OpenCourseWare
Dec 9th
Volgend jaar is het 10 jaar geleden dat MIT hun OpenCourseWare lanceerde. Ter gelegenheid hiervan, vindt de jaarlijkse wereldwijde conferenentie van het OpenCourseWare Consortium in Boston (Cambridge officieel) plaats van 4 t/m 6 mei.De deadline voor he… more »
Tweets from the Global OpenCourseWare Consortium Conference
May 8th
Last week the yearly global conference of the OpenCourseWare Consortium happend in Hanoi Vietnam. There were more than 200 participants from all over the world. I must say that it was a great conference. I really enjoyed the sessions i attended and the… more »
TU Delft OCW Seminar
Oct 11th
Last friday TU Delft organised the TU Delft OpenCourseWare Seminar. Because the board meeting of the OpenCourseWare Consortium was held in Delft on Wednesday and Thursday, we had an interesting programme with an international audience. We had visitors f… more »
