Welcome to your Monday Tuesday Morning digest! There’s a lot of thought on MOOCs this week – the articles below are just a selection of what was floating around last week. If you’re on the Twitters (you should be!), the #MOOC hashtag is starting to gain momentum. Be sure to check it for all the latest news […]
Saylor.org Student Profile: Abdul Jabbar Bozdar
With this bold statement, Abdul Jabbar Bozdar perfectly captured his – and the Saylor Foundation’s – hope for the future of the Open Education Resources movement. Abdul is a 24 year-old Saylor.org student and very enthusiastic about the potential that open online courses have to help level the educational playing field for students across the […]
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5 Tips to Maximize Your Saylor ePortfolio
So you’ve just signed up for a Saylor ePortfolio. Now what? Most of our ePortfolio users register to track their progress through an area of study and to have access to the transcript of their completed courses. But, there’s so much more to our ePortfolio that can give you a rich user experience – even […]
Student Handbook – New Edition Available!
Update (Feb. 2017): Get the latest student handbook version here. Find out about our progress since the years since we shared this post. If you’re looking for the most up-to-date information on participating in the Saylor Discussion Forums, setting up your optional ePortfolio account, or any of the how-to’s behind any of our 200+ free […]
Monday Morning Digest: Progress
A number of articles last week reported on the progress of all the online outfits that we all keep hearing about: Coursera and Udacity reporting on their enrollment numbers; students coping with these new online environments; and an update on the folks who Peter Thiel encouraged to drop out of college to pursue entrepreneurial interests. […]