Online Learning: data caps are a problem; openness is a solution

Filed under Things That Really Get Our Goat (actually, not really; that isn’t one of our blog categories…but pretend). The Chronicle‘s recent article “Caps on Data Use Dim Online Learning’s Bright Future” is missing a big part of the story in open licensing and open media formats. We don’t blame them, because in all the buzz about new-style […]

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Monday Morning Digest: Quality is a Never-Ending Quest

Good Morning! We hope that your Monday morning is bright and sunny (and not, e.g., post-blizzardy). For this week, we look at the quality and value of getting a higher education. Recently, this quest has led to questions of what should count for credit. Some universities continue to add MOOCs (some accredited)  to their repertoire, […]

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A Students’ Bill of Rights — Joining the Conversation

On December 14, 2012, work began on A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age, published today across multiple platforms. The declarations are quite appealing, if generally unsurprising, and in whole the document neatly outlines principles, young and old, that might inspire the politics of teaching and learning in this hyper-connected century. […]

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Monday Morning Digest: Afternoon Edition; online learning is growing up

Happy Monday Everyone! This week we pose two questions, “How will the evolution of online learning and MOOCs affect higher education?” and “How will certification look like for free online courses?” We start off with a look at just how far online learning has come.  According to Tony Bates (see the first link below), online […]

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