Has L&D become its own worst enemy?
Editor’s note: Is talking up new ways of learning and tech just sounding the death knell for L&D?
Browsing: MOOCs
Higher education: The attack of the MOOCs
Editor’s note: The Economist looks at the MOOC market . . .
MOOCs, MIT and magic
Editor’s note: Insights into the development of online learning and a look at the potential shortcomings in current approaches to MOOCs.
As data floods in, massive open online courses evolve
Editor’s note: Interesting to see what MOOC data will tell us about online learning. to quote: ‘Today, education is an anecdotal science, but I think we can turn education into a data-driven science, where you do what you know works.’
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.
Why do students enroll in (but don’t cvomplete) MOOC courses?
Editor’s note: Research into MOOC usage and a look at why students enroll onto them in the first place (it explains the usage).
The realities of MOOCs
Editor’s note: Ben Betts explains the different types of MOOCs and also looks at the one his company has just created.
The skinny on MOOCs in 11 minutes
Editor’s note: Jay Cross links to a 11-minute TV report on how free online courses (MOOCs) are changing traditional education.
UK universities forge open online courses alliance: FutureLearn Consortium will offer uni-branded MOOCs
Editor’s note: 12 UK universities are getting together to form a new company that will offer online courses under the brand name of FutureLearn Ltd. The universities are: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, East Anglia, Exeter, King’s College London, Lancaster, Leeds, Southampton, St Andrews and Warwick, and The Open University.
What price MOOCs?
Editor’s note: Time to get your head around MOOCs – massive open online courses – says Donald Taylor. They will become a part of the learning mix and L&D professionals will need to know about how they work and their commercial models.