Last week EdX announced the addition of 15 new members: CAMBRIDGE, MA – May 21, 2013 – EdX, the not-for-profit online learning initiative composed of the leading global institutions of the xConsortium, today announced another doubling of its university… more »
Tag: "mooc"
Two weeks ago the University of Edinburgh released their first report on their experiences gained after having organized 6 MOOC courses via Coursera. In this 34 page report they provide insights on organizing a Coursera MOOC, the success rates, their… more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »