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MOOCs, Courseware, and the Course as an Artifact

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

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The OpenClass Vision: An Example

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

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OpenClass vs the MOOC

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

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Perhaps ‘Open’ Is a Flag of My Disposition…

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

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A Quick Follow-Up on the OpenClass Post

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

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