Tag Archives: Pearson-PLC

MOOCs, Courseware, and the Course as an Artifact

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Michael Feldstein

As Phil mentioned in his last post, he and I had the privilege of participating in a two-day ELI webinar on MOOCs. A majority of the speakers had been involved in implementing MOOCs at their institutions in one way or … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Education, Instructional Design, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged Adrian Sannier, Blended learning, Douglas Fisher, Howard Lurie, Jim Hendler, Massive open online course, MIT, Online Education, Pearson-PLC, San Jose State University, Textbook, Vanderbilt University | 25 Comments

The OpenClass Vision: An Example

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Michael Feldstein

In my last post, I described a vision for combining elements of MOOC-like scale with a more traditional face-to-face classroom experience, as articulated by Pearson’s Adrian Sannier. (Full disclosure: Pearson is a client of MindWires Consulting.) A couple of months … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Education, Instructional Design | Tagged Adrian Sannier, Ariel Anbar, Arizona State University, ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, Frank Drake, Josh Kim, Massive open online course, MOOC, Pearson-PLC, Phil Regier, Piazza, SmartSparrow, xMOOC | 2 Comments

OpenClass vs the MOOC

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Michael Feldstein

When Pearson’s OpenClass was announced about a year and a half ago, the natural question to ask was whether it would disrupt the LMS market. But that was then and this is now. (Full disclosure: Pearson is a client of … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Education, Instructional Design, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged Adrian Sannier, Ariel Anbar, Massive open online course, MindWires Consulting, OpenClass, Pearson-PLC, Sebastian Thrun | 5 Comments

Perhaps ‘Open’ Is a Flag of My Disposition…

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

Anyone who went to EDUCAUSE this year had to come away with the impression that Open is the new black. This product now comes with 50% more openness! That one’s openness is 99.44% pure! It’s easy to get jaded about … Continue reading →

Posted in Openness, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged Blackboard-Inc., OpenClass, Pearson-PLC | 17 Comments

A Quick Follow-Up on the OpenClass Post

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Michael Feldstein

I’m already getting quite a bit of public and private feedback on my earlier post on Pearson’s OpenClass, and it is all over the map in terms of what people seem to think I was trying to say. This was … Continue reading →