Category Archives: Openness

Insight on MOOC student types from ELI Focus Session

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

Michael and I had the privilege of leading off the ELI Online Spring Focus Session on MOOCs (taking place today, Apr 3, and tomorrow). Thanks to Stephen Downes, we have a good set of notes on our presentation “Everything You … Continue reading →

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SUNY and the Expansion of Prior Learning Assessments

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

Last week Steve Kolowich wrote in the Chronicle of Higher Education about the State University of New York (SUNY) system approval of a plan that would target reduced time-to-degree. The State University of New York’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday endorsed an … Continue reading →

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California SB 520 Could Define a New Right Right for Students – Access to Courses

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

I previously shared the text of SB 520, the proposed California legislation that would identify and approve a set of up to 50 online courses that the three public systems would accept as credit for admitted students. In my notes … Continue reading →

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California SB 520 – Text of Proposed Draft Bill for Online Education Platform

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

Thanks to Ry Rivard at Inside Higher Ed, we have a copy of the draft bill as of March 8, 2013. With cooperation of Caffeine-Fueled Transcriptions, Inc, I thought it would be useful to share the full text. Please note … Continue reading →

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Emerging Student Patterns in MOOCs: A (Revised) Graphical View

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

In part 1 of this series of posts on MOOC student patterns, I shared an initial description of four student patterns emerging from Coursera-style MOOCs based on new data from professors. In part 2, I revised the description based on … Continue reading →

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