The Real Revolution in Online Education Isn’t MOOCs
Online competency-based education is the key to filling in the skills gaps in the workforce, according to this article. Modular learning will take the place of courses . . .
Browsing: MOOCs
MOOC physics students outperform campus students
This guy teaches both a campus and MOOC course on physics. He is no amateur,…
Free online courses for professionals
Editor’s note: This list is based on Coursera data but features some interesting courses that will be starting late August and September.
Online education has become a joke
Editor’s note: Great post by Roger Schank that highlights how bad what we currently call online learning has become.
Lessons from MOOCs for corporate learning
Editor’s note: Towards Maturity’s latest report lifts the lid on how corporates are using – and plan to use – massive open online courses.
Three short video reviews of the CIPD L&D Show 2014
Here are three short video reviews of the conference sessions we attended at the CIPD…
MOOCs for organisational learning – conversation with Kevin Werbach
Editor’s note: Interview with Kevin Werbach, an associate professor, The Wharton School, on designing his MOOC on gamification and the future of MOOCs. Practical insights here.
Curated tweets from #chat2lrn MOOC chat
Here are our curated tweets from the chat2lrn Twitter chat on #moocs. [View the…
MOOCs and executive education
Editor’s note: If you want to get a feel for MOOCs and their role in corporate learning then this report is well worth a read.
MOOCs for corporate learning
Editor’s note: Skip to the 35 minute mark of this webinar recording to hear how organisations are using MOOCs.
Why MOOCs might revolutionize your recruiting methods
Editor’s note: Could the L&D team help the recruitment team and could this in turn help develop internal skills? Yes, according to Kevin Wheeler’s article.
The attack on higher ed — and why we should welcome it
Editor’s note; George Siemens ran one of the first MOOCs in 2008. Here he reflects on where we have got to, the mistakes we have made and the future. Corporate MOOCs will be big in 2014, he says.
LSi.io interviews Plan B’s Donald Clark: Universities and humanitarian organizations in the Age of Disruption
Editor’s note: Donald Clark talks through disruption in higher education and the possibilities of MOOCs.
Udacity’s Sebastian Thrun, godfather of free online education, changes course
Editor’s note: The fascinating story of Udacity and what it has become. A must-read to understand the realities of MOOCs – from the business models to numbers of students actually completing courses.
MOOC completion rates
Editor’s note: Great resource shared by @donaldclark which lets you search completion rates for MOOCs.