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The most fun I’ve had in open ed in a long time

My first job out of grad school was as the coordinator of Emerson College’s adult degree program. Without a doubt, the highlight of the job was the daily contact with the amazingly motivated and...

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Higher Ed Today appearance

Had the pleasure of appearing last week on a DC cable show, Higher Ed Today, along with Candace Thille of CMU’s OLI.  Thanks, Steven! For your viewing pleasure:

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Second Offering of Python Mechanical MOOC Course to Begin November 26th #mmooc

Innovative model combining open education resources drew 6,000 registrants for first offering CAMBRIDGE, MA, November 8th, 2012 — In August of this year, a group of leading open education projects...

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Will the world’s most popular professor create the world’s most massive...

MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin announces massive open online course through edX. CAMBRIDGE, MA, January 23, 2013 – Walter Lewin, the MIT physics professor who has achieved an unparalleled following...

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Just what I need

Given my ability to keep up on this blog, and the demands of the Mechanical MOOC blog (http://mechanicalmooc.wordpress.com), about the last thing I need is to be responsible for the care and feeding of...

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New free course by human genome pioneer Dr. Eric Lander announced

Massive open online course to share how genetics is transforming our understanding of human biology and disease. CAMBRIDGE, MA, January 30, 2013 — In the 1990′s and early ’00s, Dr. Eric Lander led the...

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Saylor Foundation Executive Director

I recently heard from Alana Harrington that she is leaving her post as Executive Director for the Saylor Foundation.  I’ll be sorry to see her take her leave, as she’s made tremendous contributions to...

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Who really cares about MOOC completion?

This is a really interesting graphic on MOOC completion, showing rates ranging from 20% to 2%.  The data points the researcher (Katy Jordan at OU UK) pulls out are: How big is the typical MOOC? – while...

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Why the “open” in MOOC matters

Jeff Young has a great piece in the Chronicle of Higher Ed today about what he calls the “bandwidth divide” and how most MOOCs require learners to have persistent high-speed internet access.  When we...

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More awful AT&T service

Never fails to amaze me how truly bad AT&Ts approach to customer service really is. Was talking with a coworker the other day, and he mentioned signing up for MIT’s discount with AT&T. I...

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A hima for educational and cultural materials?

I am always interested in ways that the concept of sharing common resources (like open educational resources) does (and does not) translate across cultures.  Especially with the recent work we’ve done...

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This I did not know: Udacity available under open license

From the Udacity Legal page: Udacity hereby grants you a license in and to the Educational Content under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License...

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Maybe not the lead they wanted for the first Coursera Partners conference

Coursera debates future of monetization – The Daily Pennsylvanian Reports from the actual event indicate the discussion is really not centered on monetization, but the article sure is: “I think the...

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NextGenU launch

One of the projects I have been advising, NextGenU, just launched globally.  My congratulations to the team!  Here is the press release: World’s First Free, For Credit, University-Level Training Portal...

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Please help us support pediatric cancer research

As many of you know, my son Daniel is a cancer survivor.  He was diagnosed with a kidney tumor at the age of 2 1/2, underwent surgery to remove the kidney and was treated with chemotherapy for 18...

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A professional transition

With profound gratitude for the opportunities I’ve been given at MIT, I want to share that I have accepted a new position as Operations Director for the OPENPediatrics program at Boston Children’s...

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Another (less profound) transition

As I move to a new professional chapter in my life, I am also moving to a new blogging home, and retiring OpenFiction.  Please follow my (probably occasional) bloggings about my new professional...

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More awful AT&T service

Never fails to amaze me how truly bad AT&Ts approach to customer service really is. Was talking with a coworker the other day, and he mentioned signing up for MIT’s discount with AT&T. I...

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