Not Your Father’s MOOCs
“I wish they would just step away from the MOOC terminology, which is, let’s be honest, copying and lending out a videotape …
Why Isn’t the Digital Humanities Community Building Great MOOCs?
In spite of the fact that I’m a mathematician, I’ve been fairly active in the digital humanities (DH) community for a while …
Who Are Our Students? Bridging Local and Global Learning Communities #ELIFocus
Earlier this week I gave a short presentation as part of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s spring online focus session on MOOCs (massive …
MOOCs and Visual Learning: Rock the Monkey Webinar, Tuesday, March 12th
Update: Here’s an archive of the “Rock the Monkey” webinar, featuring visual notes by the one-and-only Peter Durand! Next week (Tuesday at …
Online Learning Ecosystems: What to Make of MOOC Dropout Rates? #cccmroe
The “Circuits and Electronics” MOOC from MIT last summer had over 150,000 registrants, but only 5% of them completed the course. The …
Context Matters: Why Offer a MOOC? #cccmroe
In part one on my series reporting on the “Multidisciplinary Research for Online Education” (MROE) workshop held last week in DC, I …
Where Credit Is Due: Whose MOOC Is It? #cccmroe
In part one on my series reporting on the “Multidisciplinary Research for Online Education” (MROE) workshop held last week in DC, I …
Debating Definitions: What Is a MOOC? #cccmroe
We have the technology to offer open online courses to tens of thousands of students and to design adaptive tutoring systems that …
Moving Pieces in a Coursera Initiative
Since Vanderbilt announced its partnership with Coursera back in September, I’ve been fielding calls and emails from colleagues at other teaching centers …
Thinking about MOOCs: A Link Round-Up
As part of Vanderbilt’s Coursera partnership, I’ve been working this fall to help the half-dozen Coursera faculty here design and build their …