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Ted O'Neill

At Educause, a discussion about OER | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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shared by Ted O'Neill on 08 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • The missing piece is a caveat in Coursera’s terms of service that prohibits the use of Coursera’s MOOCs for anything but informal education.
  • “You may not take any Online Course offered by Coursera,” stipulate the terms, “or use any Letter of Completion as part of any tuition-based or for-credit certification or program for any college, university, or other academic institution without the express written permission from Coursera.”
  • The nonprofit MOOC provider, edX, has made "openness" a major part of its PR message, often to position itself as the more collaborative and less money-oriented player in the market. But edX's terms of service also place limits on the extent to which outsiders can avail themselves of edX content. "Unless otherwise expressly stated on the Site, the texts, exams, video, images and other instructional materials provided with the courses offered on this Site are for your personal use in connection with those courses only," read the site's legal notice.
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  • In any case, the same pool of chief academic officers was largely confident that OER had the potential to save their institutions money -- 65 percent said it could.
  • That sort of faith is unusual for a relatively new type of academic resource, especially one with such an ambiguous definition, said Seaman.
Ted O'Neill

MOOC Provider edX Partners with Community Colleges to Improve Workforce Readiness - Forbes - 0 views

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shared by Ted O'Neill on 21 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • 1) Due to budget constraints, community colleges often do not have access to excellent online content
    • Ted O'Neill
      Ted O'Neill on 21 Apr 13
       
      So is this the answer? Or, is adequate funding the answer. Or, OER as David Wiley is doing with community colleges.
  • 2) community colleges are often “commuter schools” where part-time students travel to the campus for classes and then go home. In the latter scenario, there’s far less opportunity for students to interact with the content and each other.
    • Ted O'Neill
      Ted O'Neill on 21 Apr 13
       
      I suppose online interaction is better than none at all, but the affordances of on campus interaction are not the same. Perpetuating the tiered university system.
    • Ted O'Neill
      Ted O'Neill on 21 Apr 13
       
      Also, why are they not on campus? Because they are working. MOOCs take time.
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