Tag Archives: MOOC

SUNY and the Expansion of Prior Learning Assessments

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Phil Hill

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 →

Posted in Digital Democracy, Higher Education, Notable Posts, Openness | Tagged competency-based education, Empire State College, MOOC, Open SUNY, PLA, prior learning assessments, SUNY, SUNY REAL | 6 Comments

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

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Phil Hill

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 →

Posted in Higher Education, Notable Posts, Openness | Tagged California, MOOC, Online Education, Online Student Access Platform, SB520 | 7 Comments

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

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Phil Hill

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 →

Posted in Higher Education, Notable Posts, Openness | Tagged California, MOOC, Online Education, Online Student Access Platform, SB520 | 14 Comments

Proposed California Legislation for Statewide Online Education Courses – The Basics

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Phil Hill

Outside of the Vatican, the big news this week in higher education is the proposed legislation in California that would identify and approve a set of up to 50 online courses that the three public systems would accept as credit … Continue reading →

Posted in Digital Democracy, Higher Education, Notable Posts | Tagged 20 Million Minds Foundation, California, Darrell Steinberg, Dean Florez, higher education, MOOC, Online Education, Udacity | 5 Comments

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

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Phil Hill

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 →