Good afternoon and happy Monday! Today, we decided to jump in on your afternoon for a slight change of pace — or, to put it another way, following the unbeaten path. We found some articles from this past week to go with this theme: being public about accreditation; the efforts of Coursera to move into China; […]
Read More… from MMD: The Afternoon Edition: The Unbeaten Path
Another week gone by! As sad as it is to say goodbye to the offices for two whole days, do rest assured that we’ll be keeping our minds squarely on free and open education. The A/C is fixed right in time for the heat wave to have passed, and we’re back on speaking terms with our […]
Read More… from Smorgasbord: A/C, Team Pics, Math Puzzles, MOOC Puzzles, Hanging Out
We made it to the weekend! It was an…interesting…week for the staff here at Saylor.org HQ as we battled first a relentless D.C. heatwave and then a network implosion. Half of our air conditioning gave up on us, driving staff to our upstairs digs — imagine when the best place to be on a day with […]
Read More… from Smorgasbord: Heat, Internet, Humanities, K12, Philanthropy, Economics, and Debt
Good afternoon and happy Monday! Let us help you take a break from the routine (it might even be time to call it a day). This week we are focusing on news about the many different venues for learning. As technology continues to advance, it has helped to further diversify the roads and avenues for […]
Read More… from MMD: The Mini Afternoon Edition: Avenues for Learning
Good afternoon, and happy Monday! After having celebrated our independence over the weekend, we are back from vacation and ready to give you another wonderful edition of MMD. But since it’s the afternoon and we know that your Mondays can get busy very fast, this week’s MMD will be a little brief. For this week, […]
Read More… from MMD: The Mini-Afternoon Edition: Life After Higher Ed.