A walk around our neighborhood (of online learning providers)

In case you missed it, on Friday Sylvia at MOOC News & Reviews put out Part 6 of her around the world tour of MOOCs: “MOOCish” Online Ed Resources. It’s not a short read, but it’s conversational and it’s worth your time. She touches on the issues of classifying MOOCs, as well as on what we’ll call […]

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You Need Skills for the “Eat What you Kill” Economy

Formerly the purview of brand ambassadors, artists, and creatives, the contract/gig/freelance — or “eat what you kill” — economy is coming for you. Actually, it may already be here. According to the Intuit study “Twenty Trends that will Shape the Next Decade”, 40% of jobs will be freelance by 2020. Some feel contract work will […]

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We Love Resources: Saylor.org Back to School Apps for Kids

A change of season is upon us, and for the kids that can only mean one thing: back to school. Naturally, ads have been encouraging us to buy the latest tablet (or notebook…remember those?) and dive into education apps for good measure. A recent article, How To Select The Best Educational Apps As Kids Go […]

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Survey of Saylor Summer School- Surviving the Job Market

You may have heard about our Saylor Summer School project, where we decided to run a group of our courses with closer support and more social learning.  And…you may not have enrolled (things happen, we guess…but you missed out). For all of you, here’s the quick version! We have resources available to help you while […]

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