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Thrun tries moocs for 18 months then decides Udacity should be doing small vocational courses instead.

Useful reference on using Fusion Tables

 

"A universally frustrating experience for undergraduates is the struggle to determine the prerequisites they need to graduate in their chosen fields. But help is close at hand."

Free Moodle courses

"Einztein, a non-profit online education search guide, launches the public beta of its service today, with a curated collection of more than 2,000 complete online courses across 35 subject areas."

How to embed a website into a Moodle course.

Looks like some of this could be good for Noeline Wright's pilot paper

checkboxes for a set of design criteria for your online course.

Opening keynote for West Yorkshire Life Long Learning Network's XCRI dissemination event, held 2009-03-27 in Leeds. Presented by Professor Mark Stubbs, Head of Learning & Research Technologies, MMU XCRI allows the exchange of information about courses between institutions and organisations using a standard.

The OU does Personal Learning Environments PLEs as a supported project / unit. "This course introduces the main concepts and technologies behind Responsive Open Learning Environments (ROLE). The ROLE project provides tools and services that enable learners to build their own technology-enhanced learning environment based on their needs and preferences."

This course introduces the main concepts and technologies behind Responsive Open Learning Environments (ROLE). The ROLE project provides tools and services that enable learners to build their own technology-enhanced learning environment based on their needs and preferences.

Flexible course running out of Strathclyde

Do/might PLPs allow learners to identify their route through learning (especially on open courses)?

Very good article about achieving what is possible and what the cost of closedown is to our students. Read beyond the headline!

Another insightful post from Jim Groom on moocs and personal agency in a digital world.

Don't just claim massive enrolments, justify the completions. A case study in very poor retention in a Coursera course. The comments suggest that Open is key and that there is no evidence that Massive adds any qualitative value in MOOCS.

"This page features innovative uses of online collaboration tools (OCTs) for teaching and course management. You can browse the full list or use the search criteria to find the examples most relevant to you. Click on any title for a full description or use the Links to watch short videos of faculty describing their teaching strategies and see examples. For a summary of practical recommendations for effectively implementing OCTs in one's teaching, see CRLT's Occasional Paper No. 31: Teaching in the Cloud: Leveraging Online Collaboration Tools to Enhance Student Engagement."

Coursera now passing student details to employers (with the students permission - opt in). Allows people to seek work through the courses they have done.