FutureLearn MOOCs; the future of learning?
Editor’s note: Ben Betts take a look at FutureLearn’s first course (the OU powered MOOC).
Browsing: mooc
mylearningworx moves into the workplace
Crowd sourced learning hub mylearningworx has launched a version of its platform for employers. Mylearningworx…
Martin Bean, vice-chancellor Open University, on Futurelearn
Editor’s note: The OU’s free access MOOC platform is going live this month. Martin Bean explains why the OU has developed the platform.
The pedagogy of MOOCs
Editor’s note: Paul Stacey’s article acts more like a ready-reckoner for MOOCs. Read this and you will be up to speed on their development and impact on pedagogy.
Massive open online courses: higher education’s digital moment?
Editor’s note: This Universities UK report looks at how MOOCs are, and will continue, to disrupt higher education. A good read for issues aroumnd MOOCs, what students will be experiencing in education and how MOOCs might work in conjunction with, and for, employers.
Barrier to scale?
Editor’s note: Clark Quinn on the need for mechanisms to ‘handle meaningful activities’ that will lead us to deeper understanding. Something a MOOC potentially cannot offer.
The MOOC honeymoon is over: three takeaways from the Coursera calamity
Editor’s note: thanks to @tonygurr for sharing this insightful on creating online courses. Lots of links to research and some clear messages around designing courses for learners versus putting trading classroom courses online.
Canvas Network – are the LMS and MOOC markets colliding?
Editor’s note: Analysis of market and product developments in the MOOC and LMS markets and what the future could look like.
Aggregation rumination
Editor’s note: Not heard of the term ‘aggregation architecture’ but this post looks into it. The focus is on MOOCs but the thinking could be applied across all learning systems and for all learners.
Teaching to the world from central New Jersey
Editor’s note: A professor reviews running his first massive open online course (MOOC), which attracted 40,000 students from 113 countries.