2013 Libraries MOOC 
Edsurge
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Udacity helped popularize the idea of offering college-level courses online to anyone for free, a format known as MOOCs (for Massive Open Online Courses). But this week a Udacity official called MOOCs “dead,” leading to questions about what that means for one of the company’s offerings (which still include free MOOCs).
Edsurge
OCTOBER 4, 2019
But in a new effort announced Thursday, called Coursera for Campus, the company will begin selling access to its complete library of courseware to any college to use, at around $400 per student. Colleges have tried to offer courses built around MOOC materials before—and it hasn’t always gone well. They need to show a story of growth.”
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 26, 2020
I’d already adapted this class in 2013 as one of Coursera’s free online humanities offerings. For me, it was pretty easy to imagine how I’d supplement the online pre-recorded lectures from my MOOC with discussions with Wesleyan students on the Zoom platform. My colleagues report similarly positive experiences.
Edsurge
JULY 30, 2018
Other scholars have applied the McDonaldization framework to a variety of academic institutions and disciplines—to nursing education , academic libraries , and specific U.S. In 2013, Amherst considered experimenting with massive open online courses (also known as MOOCs) by forming a partnership with a nonprofit called edX.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
This unusual school started in Paris in 2013 -- it’s the passion project of French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel, who donated $100-million to the effort. Even MOOCs have a professor, even if it might be one for 100,000 people. One of the first projects that students do would be to recode parts of the C library.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 9, 2013
This is the official call for presentation proposals for the Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference, October 18 - 19, 2013 (in some time zones the conference will conclude on the 20th). How does your library manage digital collections? How does your library manage digital collections? Is your library mobile friendly?
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
JULY 10, 2013
Like MOOCs, only more intimate. :) Because the events are virtual and we don''t have the traditional time/space/travel constraints of a physical event, we''ve boldly gone past the traditional conference model of "vetting and selecting" presenters to inclusion and audience choice. conference on libraries, librarians, and librarianship.
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