I’ve joined another MOOC. Thats nice . . . What’s a MOOC?
A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course. A MOOC can accommodate a large number of individuals (thousands, in some cases), and they are open to anyone who wants to participate. The weekly plan,...
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Today’s edition of Stephen Downes’ Online Daily email contains a link to Sebastian Thrun’s “University 2.0″ video (27:30), in which he explains that he left his tenured position at Stanford University...
View ArticleKindle screen failure reveals repressed memory of earlier technology
Kindle Screen Fail: A permanent cloud of E-ink A dark cloud has settled over my Kindle landscape. Unlike the Kindle Cloud, a service that allows me to access and read my books from the Web using...
View ArticlePruning your social network connections?
Casper, Oscar and me in Luc Peire's "Environment III" (1973), Auckland City Art Gallery Dec. 31, 2011 This post began as a comment on a blog post by Matt Thommes titled “Pruning your social network...
View ArticleMIT and Harvard launch a ‘revolution in education’
edX Press Conference Several high profile open course initiatives have attracted a lot of attention in recent months. These include Stanford Engineering Everywhere, (especially Sebastian Thrun’s...
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