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Christopher Sessums

Harvard Asks Alumni to Donate Time to Free Online Course - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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MOOC alumni higher education

shared by Christopher Sessums on 24 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • it asked alumni who had taken the course at the university to volunteer as online mentors and discussion group managers.
  • About 10 of Dr. Nagy’s former teaching fellows in the class will direct discussions, with help from a larger, still-undetermined number of former students. Both groups will work unpaid; the e-mail to alumni said the work would require three to five hours a week.
  • About a dozen recent former students were recruited before Monday’s e-mail was sent, Ms. Filos said. Those who express interest will be screened, “and they have to be brought up to speed on the material,”
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  • Most of the assessments will be done by fellow students, an approach taken in many other MOOCs
  • Christopher Sessums on 24 Jun 13
     
    tying alumni into online courses. bout time!
Christopher Sessums

Top Schools Move to Offer Free Courses Online - WSJ.com - 0 views

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MOOC wsj

shared by Christopher Sessums on 03 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Christopher Sessums on 03 Oct 12
     
    "Twelve top universities Tuesday joined a venture that offers free Internet courses world-wide, in a bet by some of the most prestigious institutions globally on online education."
Christopher Sessums

With 4.5M Users, Instructure Takes On The Courseras & Udacities Of The World With Its O... - 0 views

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onlinelearning onlinecourses opencourseware mooc canvas GO

shared by Christopher Sessums on 02 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Christopher Sessums on 02 Nov 12
     
    "Essentially, the network allows schools to define the structure of their online courses and customize the learning experience. They can choose to offer courses in a scalable, open format (i.e. MOOC-style) or pursue a smaller, more closed model, in which courses are taught on the online platform schools already have up and running - and are tuition-based."
Christopher Sessums

Data from edX's first course offer preliminary insights into online learning - MIT News... - 0 views

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mooc elearning edtech edx research 4406

shared by Christopher Sessums on 21 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • in completing homework assignments, users spent more time on video lectures more than any other resource.
  • during an exam, students referred most to the online textbook, which they virtually ignored when doing homework
  • the discussion forum
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  • were the most active group on the discussion forum
  • 90 percent of the clickstream activity on the forum came from users who viewed existing threads without posting comments
  • students who went on to earn certificates in the course
  • social connection
  • the most popular resource for students completing homework assignments
  • Peer interaction seems to improve a student’s chances of success
  • a relationship between achievement and collaboration
  • students who reported working with another student on a problem offline tended to score almost three points higher than someone working alone
  • those who earned certificates were much more active
  • two-thirds of those who registered dropped off almost immediately
  • those who stuck with the course through the second homework assignment, 40 percent went on to earn a certificate
Christopher Sessums

Massive Open Online Courses -- A Threat Or Opportunity To Universities? - Forbes - 0 views

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MOOC forbes higher education

shared by Christopher Sessums on 08 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Christopher Sessums on 08 Oct 12
     
    "The unbundling of learning, credentials, social interaction, facility access, and assessment will make it possible for institutions to establish new business models. "
Christopher Sessums

Course-Management Companies Challenge MOOC Providers - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of ... - 0 views

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mooc opencourseware blackboard canvas

shared by Christopher Sessums on 02 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Christopher Sessums on 02 Nov 12
     
    "We see this as a democratization of MOOC's-we want to allow anybody to participate in online learning, and we also want them to do it their way"
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