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trends in online learning, note section on moocs

This introspective post is provocative in a purposeful way. We are challenged to examine our perspectives and our practice and ask candid questions of ourselves. "Are we willing to "go open" (Mackness, 2015, p.1) ?

Microsoft is now running its online empire with help from its own version of Linux. If you know Microsoft and its long history, this rather straightforward sentence reads almost like a paradox. It invites you to read it again-just to make sure it says what you think it said. Ahhh....the power of open source.

Around 3.2 billion people have access to the Internet. That's amazing, but it's fewer than half of the 7 billion or so people on earth. And while Internet access was once a luxury, it is quickly becoming essential as the world's commerce, educational resources, and entertainment move online.

The History of the Future of Education Technology Claiming your domain. Students - all of us really - should work to build and adopt technologies that we control for ourselves.