Anya Kamenetz (known for her book DIY U and free-to-download The Edupunks’ Guide to a DIY Credential, among other things) has just written a piece for NPR on competency-based degrees, a subject near enough to our hearts and a core initiative for some of our partners. The occasion of her article is a just-out report from the American […]
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As we continue to try out Discourse as our discussion forums software, we welcome feedback! Here are the latest updates: So far: 23 users; 23 topics; 82 posts; 36 likes. To learn where that all fits into the grand scheme of things, see the Tweet embedded below. Our impressions and early feedback from the community […]
We call our program “self-paced”, but we do not often mention that, in many respects, it is “self-directed” as well. Although we lay out pathways and course structures and choose particular resources, how you use any of those tools — and why — is ultimately up to you. How you find your way around these […]
“How do I get started?” That is easily the top question we receive, and one that we have been slow to address comprehensively — but consistency and integration of components, clarity of purpose and offerings, and continuing evaluation of the end-user experience will be key. In the mean time, we have taken a small but (we […]
When we started our discussion forums nearly three years ago, we thought ourselves pretty clever. The process is straightforward, n’est-ce pas? Vet the options, imagine the use cases, and construct the perfect environment. So that is what we did. We narrowed down a list of a half-dozen competitors to two or three that best fit […]
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