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Category Archives: Guest Bloggers
Tear Down This Wall(ed Garden): Canvas App Center to Offer End User Control Over Apps
Instructure took another step this past week to establish Canvas as a true learning platform, moving beyond the traditional bounds of an LMS. The company announced the upcoming release of the Canvas App Center, scheduled for availability at the same time as … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, LMOS, Notable Posts, Openness
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The Most Thorough Summary (to date) of MOOC Completion Rates
How many times have you heard the statement that ‘MOOCs have a completion rate of 10%’ or ‘MOOCs have a completion rate of less than 10%’? The meme seems to have developed a life of its own, but try to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, Notable Posts, Openness
Tagged completion rate, Coursera, EdX, Higher Ed, MOOC, Udacity
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The Most Thorough Description (to date) of University Experience with MOOC
One of the benefits of participating in an interactive event, such as the recent ELI Webinar that Michael and I led yesterday, is that the learning goes both ways. During the webinar, one of the participants shared a link for … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Notable Posts
Tagged Coursera, Duke, MOOC
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The Billion-Dollar Bet on an Adaptive Learning Platform
Update (2/15/13): Per Apollo Group, the billion-dollar investment mentioned in the Chronicle article (quoted below) refers to total infrastructure – not just the learning platform itself. The total infrastructure includes new CRM, portal, and administrative systems. ***** Earlier this week … Continue reading
University of Phoenix Patents Adaptive Activity Stream for Its Learning Platform
The University of Phoenix recently was awarded a patent (#8341148 B1) for an adaptive activity stream related to its online learning platform. From an initial reading of the patent, it appears very broad to me (deja vu all over again). … Continue reading
