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Patrice Prusko

Top universities embrace MOOCs, but opinion is divided - University World News - 0 views

  • failings in the MOOC format around sustainability, quality, equality, equity, financial viability, learning quality and accreditation.
  • lacks novelty
  • weaknesses around access, content, quality, accreditation, pedagogy, poor engagement with weaker learners, and exclusion of learners without networking skills
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  • The burning issues for MOOCs are a viable business model and accreditation of learning.
  • networking, reputational and learning skills that MOOC environments require for successful learning.
  • Online autonomy, group formation and inclusion-exclusion feelings among learners are a vital dynamic in MOOC learning, and are probably insufficiently understood.”
  • potential disruptions in higher education; and technology solutions for accreditation, assessment and authentication.
  • using MOOCs to preserve or increase earnings from overseas learners, and in commercial CPD
  • adaptive learning driven by learner analytics; badging and accreditation technology; and authentication technology that would leverage robust and proven peer assessment methods
Patrice Prusko

MOOCs make waves in higher education worldwide - University World News - 0 views

  • “Alternatively MOOCs, with their high demands for connectivity, online literacy and English language skills, may be excluding developing world students and privileging learners from the most highly developed educational environments.”
Patrice Prusko

Coursera nabs $43M to bring online education to emerging markets | VentureBeat - 0 views

  • he American Council on Education (ACE) has approved a handful of Coursera courses for credit. On this front, Coursera is speeding ahead of its competitors, which include Udacity and EdX.
  • Coursera in the developing world and will target specific universities. She is particularly passionate about bringing online education to young women.
  • The team will also continue to partner with more traditional publishers, which are experimenting with offering digital textbooks
Patrice Prusko

Using "Traditional" Online Education to Launch MOOCs: A Q&A With Colorado State's Dista... - 0 views

  • we’re a Research I land-grant university, and our mission at its core is to extend education to populations that wouldn’t normally have such access, so it really fits in with our model with how we were conceived as an institution to offer something free or low cost to students either in Colorado or beyond.
rvanderlan

Using MOOCs in Classroom: Interactive Online Learning on Campus | Ithaka S+R - 3 views

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    Published July 10, 2014 Rebecca Griffiths, Matthew Chingos, Christine Mulhern, Richard Spies Online technologies show promise for educating more people in innovative ways that can lower costs for universities and colleges, but how can higher education leaders move forward, confident in their choices about how best to integrate these technologies on their campuses?
rvanderlan

Athabasca University Press - Teaching Crowds: Learning and Social Media - 1 views

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    Within the rapidly expanding field of educational technology, learners and educators must confront a seemingly overwhelming selection of tools designed to deliver and facilitate both online and blended learning. Many of these tools assume that learning is configured and delivered in closed contexts, through learning management systems (LMS).
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