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 […]

Read More… from A walk around our neighborhood (of online learning providers)

Opinion: Thoughts from Udacity’s Open Education Alliance and edX’s mooc.org announcements

Well, the big news this week is the announcement of the new iPhones 5S and 5C. But this post isn’t about that news at all. Rather, we’re looking at two announcements that, in our little patch of the universe, tie for second place: Udacity’s launch of the Open Ed Alliance and news of the edX/Google […]

Read More… from Opinion: Thoughts from Udacity’s Open Education Alliance and edX’s mooc.org announcements

MMD: (Resources+Pop Culture) + Revolutionary Methods = Great Ways to Learn

Good Morning and happy Monday! This week we’re here to report on some new revolutionary methods of teaching, influenced by an abundance of resources and pop culture. Not only does this hip equation have the potential to attract more students, it also gives us new ways to look at learning. It also reminds us why […]

Read More… from MMD: (Resources+Pop Culture) + Revolutionary Methods = Great Ways to Learn