Category Archives: Openness

The Death and Rebirth of Sakai OAE

Posted on June 16, 2013 by

Last fall, when Indiana University, University of Michigan, UC Berkeley, and Charles Sturt University all pulled out of the Sakai OAE project, it looked like the end for the Sakai community’s next-generation platform effort. The vastly reduced project team, consisting … Continue reading →

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California’s Online Education Bill SB 520 Passes Senate

Posted on June 13, 2013 by

Last week senate bill 520 (SB 520) unanimously passed the California senate, and it is now heading to the assembly for review and, if passed, on to the governor for signature. I have covered the basics of SB520, shared the text of the bill, … Continue reading →

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LMS Market Update: May and June News

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

There have been a number of LMS and Learning Platform announcements over the past month or two that will help shape the market over the next year or more. One trend I’ve described is the transition from an LMS market to … Continue reading →

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MOOCs Beyond Professional Development: Coursera’s Big Announcement in Context

Posted on June 4, 2013 by

One aspect of last week’s Coursera announcement was the acknowledgement that MOOCs to date have primarily served as a mechanism for professional development, not as a mechanism for serving higher education per se. In the Chronicle article:  Daphne Koller, a co-founder … Continue reading →

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MOOC as Courseware: Coursera’s Big Announcement in Context

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

Today’s big news is that Coursera, the largest of the MOOC providers, has signed with 10 public statewide systems. As described by Ry Rivard at Inside Higher Ed: Universities from New Mexico to New York will join Coursera in a … Continue reading →

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