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How to build your creative confidence

A MOOC on gamification from U Penn (via Coursera). 

An attempt to crowdsource Harvard alums to contribute to the community of a new MOOC.

Great Game from Muzzy Lane--the folks who'll be speaking next week

Chronicle of Higher Ed's results from a survey of MOOC professors.

Contest for stem cell scientists to to sell their research to an unscientific public with a short attention span.

This is an inspring slide-show from an MIT professor on "elements of a successful career of a graduate student". Interestingly, tenacity (or something of a similar kind) has been mentioned multiple times as a desirable quality. 

This author believes that games can be the basis of learning and explores various ways that games promote thinking and motivation.

Future of MOOCs

Interesting approach to the MOOC concept

A look at a nascent, controversial program where students bring their own technologies to school… An interesting quote from the article: "And while district administrators worried initially that poorer students would not own devices, they discovered something of 'an inverse relationship' between family income and the sophistication of their devices, particularly smartphones, said Don Boulware, the district's director of technology services."

Using an algorithm to enhance feedback and engagement.  Classic design. Success really depends on the learning design.