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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 »
MITx: Flip the funnel
Jun 26th
While a lot of educationalist are talking about flipping the classroom, is MIT working on 'flipping the funnel'. Last friday Anant Agarwal, founder of MITx/edX, did a presentation at the Unesco OER Congress.
Traditional most American elite universities… 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 »
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
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