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'The MOOC Moment': New Compilation of Articles Available
May 10th
Inside Higher Ed has released a free compilation of articles about massive open online courses, or MOOCs. The articles aren't today's breaking news, but reflect long-term trends and some of the forward-looking thinking of experts on how MOOCs may change… more »
The pedagogical foundation of MOOCs
May 8th
An interesting journal article of David Glance, Martin Forsey and Myles Riley of the University of Western Australia (UWA):
In 2011, the respective roles of higher education institutions and students worldwide were brought into question by the rise of… more »
Major Players in the MOOC Universe
Apr 30th
The Chronicle has created an Who's who and how are they connected. Although it only US-focused, it gives good insight how the MOOC ecosystem is organised. more »
Taxonomy of MOOCs
Apr 28th
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Currently we talk mostly about xMOOCs. Donald Clark has created a new taxonomy of 8 different types of MOOCs. This taxonomy is based on pedagogy instead of from a institutional perspective:
transferMOOCs Transfer MOOCs… more »
Amherst decided not to join EdX
Apr 24th
Last week there was an interesting news item about Amherst College. The faculty decided not to join the EdX Consortium.
The first interesting thing is that the president didn't want to make the final decision:
Amherst President Carolyn (Biddy) Martin… more »
How Can MOOC Platforms Be More Dynamic?
Apr 22nd
According to Adam Heidebrink MOOC platforms can be more dynamic. In his article he made a comparison of the platforms Coursera, Canvas and EdX. He provides 4 preliminary suggestions:
Integrated real-time discussion
Crowdsourced annotations
Promote… more »
Automated essay grading software developed by EdX
Apr 5th
An interesting new feature that is coming to the EdX platform is the automated essay grading. This features enables the possibility that essays of students are automatically graded. This means that students can get instand feedback on their work.
The E… more »
How to improve retention rate in online education
Apr 1st
Peter Rheinhardt wrote an interesting blog article about the retention in online education and then specifically in MOOCs:
I don?t want to tear down these products or the people who?ve built them, I?m rooting for them all the way. They just need som… more »
Professors and their MOOCs
Mar 27th
The Chronicle has published the result of an survey among professor who have taught a mooc. They invited 184 professors and 104 reacted to the invitation. Although the findings are not scientific. They say "the most enthusiastic of the MOOC professors w… more »
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 »
