Online Courses (MOOC)

November 25, 2013

Video Games and Learning: MOOC Story

I just finished a great class titled “Video Games and Learning”. K. Squire and C. Steinkuehler from the University of Wisconsin–Madison taught the 6 week course via www.coursera.org to ~40,000 students including me. The class focused on Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) video games.

by Anne Knowles

November 11, 2013

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Side Of A Corporate MOOC (2018 Update)

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are becoming increasingly popular, especially because so many institutions are offering them free of charge. But are they a viable option for your L&D program? In this article, I explore the good, the bad, and the ugly side of a corporate MOOC.

by Christopher Pappas

October 31, 2013

Corporate MOOCs are coming are you ready?

MOOCs—massive open online courses—have shaken up the higher education world in the past few years. Now it’s time to see how they will impact corporate training.

by Stephanie Ivec

September 2, 2013

The Definition of a MOOC

MOOCs are taking the world by storm, but what exactly is a MOOC? In this post, Ryan Tracey adds his voice to the conversation.

by Ryan Tracey

July 13, 2013

University of Washington instructor dives into MOOC spotlight

“I don’t see the MOOC that I teach as a threat to traditional universities or to the discipline, rather just the opposite. It’s the sort of thing a public university should be doing: broadcasting its knowledge.” – Dr. Matt McGarrity

by Andrew Winner

June 3, 2013

The New Yorker article dives into MOOC controversy

The democratization of information would stand to benefit the world. However, does the variety of ideas in the university environment might be an unfortunate casualty of the MOOC revolution?

by Andrew Winner

May 30, 2013

Georgia Tech unveils first all-MOOC computer science degree

How would you like a Master’s degree in a growing field, from a well-regarded university, all for less than $7,000? On first glance, that doesn’t sound too bad at all.

by Andrew Winner

May 14, 2013

What I Learned from Harvard: MOOC Story Wrap-up

Through the final weeks of my Harvard MOOC experience, I learned a few things about setting rigorous expectation in a course, the value of competency-based grading (or “badges,” to fit the trending lingo), and how to plan for a final project that is valuable to students. 

by Joseph Kern

March 24, 2013

Using Data To Ease The Grading Process - An Educator's Perspective

I have become an educator and I am teaching a Spanish MOOC with over 1,000 students! They submit weekly assignments that are to be hand graded, and I alone simply cannot meet the task of grading these assignments. Obviously there is no silver bullet, and no proven technology to automatically grade writing assignments. So, out of necessity, we developed a process to ease our burden as teachers grading assignments.

by Scott Rapp

March 10, 2013

Business Opportunities Around MOOC

MOOC (massive open online courses) become popular more and more. Lots of people are involved in a discussion about MOOC. E-Learning portals publish news and press releases related to MOOC every day. Millions of students learn courses and leave their feedback. One of most popular discussions related to MOOCs is about if is this possible MOOCs replace traditional higher education. 

by Roman Gelembjuk

March 7, 2013

Learning from Harvard: MOOC story, pt5

As I work through Harvard's CS50 MOOC to distill out the best design practices for online courses and MOOCS, this edition dives into the realm of online testing.

by Joseph Kern

January 19, 2013

Learning from Harvard: MOOC story, pt4

This latest installment of my quest to find online best practice from inside Harvard’s CS50x MOOC took a slightly different direction than previous weeks. Now that I’m in the groove of the course, I have been able to reflect less on working with the content and more on working with my peers in the class. And I’ve realized that I’m not a very strong asset to them.

by Joseph Kern