E-learn Weblog of Willem van Valkenburg

The registration has started for two new DelftX courses that start in March and April of 2014. Aeronautical Engineering The first course is Introduction to Aeronautical Engineering: Discover the fascinating world of aviation by investigating aeronaut… more »

Yesterday we organised an informal launch event for our DelftX MOOCs. With the push of the button of the two teachers the courses opened at 13.30 (Delft time). We also made a short video of the event: more »

Tomorrow at 13.30 (Delft time) the first two MOOCs (Solar Energy and Introduction to Water Treatment) of Delftx will start. The last couple of months we have been working hard organise the production process of our MOOCs and helping the faculty with the… more »

This fall I will speak at quiet a lot of conferences. I will speak in Leuven, Athens, Park City, Rotterdam, Nairobi, Amstelveen and Leiden. It is all about Open Education and mostly about MOOCs. September: 19th: DigHum Summerschool I will speak th… more »

In Campus Technology Michelle Fredette has written an interesting article about How to Convert a Classroom Course Into a MOOC. The sheer size and diversity of the student body in a MOOC force faculty to use strategies for planning, teaching, and assess… more »

There is still no clear view on the business models of MOOCs, although Coursera, Udacity and EdX are announcing almost every week new ventures: IMF and edX Join Forces to Pilot Online Economics and Financial Courses (pay for courses) edX and Massach… more »

For our DelftX MOOC Solar Energy we have created an introduction video to promote the course. In this animation the importance of Solar Energy as a sustainable and renewable energy source is explained. This free online education course (start September… more »

Yesterday the enrollment for the first two DelftX MOOCs have started on the Edx platform. The courses being offered are Solar Energy and Introduction to Water Treatment, both of which start on 16 September. These courses provide free online access to th… more »

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 »

Salman Khan, the MIT alumnus and founder of Khan Academy, has shared his experience in creating Khan-style videos (KSV) with EdX Consortium through ?appropriately enough? a Khan-style video. the Khan Academy has created a library of more than 4,000 s… more »