Good Morning and happy Monday! We start off today with a look at the spread of MOOCs. Economic woes have hit everyone, including higher education. MOOCs (and some other unifying ideas) have been slowly but surely becoming a real solution for many colleges and universities. First, Inside Higher Ed‘s article proposes MOOCs and more technology in […]
Read More… from Monday Morning Digest: MOOCs are Spreading like Wildfire
Hello, and happy (Gregorian) new year! It was in September that we last tossed out a students & friends newsletter, and we regret that the October, November, and December issues were all eaten by the office dog. A lovely version of January’s letter went out this morning via our mailing list, which you’re quite welcome […]
We’re taking some time as a staff to celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, so it’s going to be a quiet couple of days behind the scenes at Saylor.org (but the site’s always open!) It’s traditional on this holiday to briefly share what you’re thankful for; briefly, then, we’re thankful for our community of staff, consultants, and, most […]
No, the title isn’t a Zen koan — although, if you do obtain some enlightenment from reading on, we’ll gladly accept credit. Rather, we’d like to pick your minds about something. See, lately, we’ve had a lot more readers find (tweet, share, comment on) The Saylor Journals…and that is awesome. As more people swing around and […]
This post is an in-case-you-missed-it (ICYMI) special. Maybe that’s another way of saying “slow news day”; we won’t quibble, but we do like to think we’re transcript-half-full kind of people. Without further ado, here are some of our stories you may have missed in the past few days… Credit: tomhe via photopin cc by-nc-sa 2.0 […]