Tag Archives: Sebastian Thrun

California SB 520 Currently Misses the Mark, but Not By Much

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Michael Feldstein

Phil has done a great job of covering the news of California’s new bill (or stub of a bill, really) that would create a state-wide system of third-party online courses that would be available to students who would otherwise be … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!) | Tagged California, Lumen Learning, Massive open online course, National Center for Academic Transformation, Sebastian Thrun | 7 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

Re:Booting CA Higher Education: My First Thoughts

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Michael Feldstein

As expected, the 20 Million Minds-sponsored event was fascinating and information-packed. Kudos to the foundation for setting up such a rich and, I think, important meeting. In fact, I’m still digesting it, and may need to write several posts to … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Education | Tagged 20mmreboot, Audrey Watters, Bob Samuels, Burck Smith, Jerry Brown, Phil Regier, Sebastian Thrun, Straighter Line, western governors university | 5 Comments

Is Coursera Facebook, Amazon, or Pets.com?

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

Before I get started, let me just say that Phil can vouch for the fact that I had already planned to use “Pets.com” in the title of this post before MIT Technology Review used it in their article on Minerva. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Higher Education | Tagged Amazon.com, Chuck-Severence, Coursera, Daphne Koller, e-learning, EdX, ITunes Store, Massive open online course, MOOC, Online Education, Sebastian Thrun, Textbook, Udacity | 5 Comments

Apple and Textbooks, Part 2: Is There a Class In This Text?

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Michael Feldstein

When Apple announced both the release of their iBooks 2 and upgrades to iTunes University, I was curious to see what kind of integration they had between the two. If you do a web search on the subject, you will … Continue reading →