10,000 Free Courses Listed in a Massive Open Courses Directory I'm very excited to announce that the OEDb has just launched a massive Free Online Open Courses Directory organizing nearly 10,000 free courses in the liberal arts and sciences. The free courses are available in a variety of formats including full courses, video lectures, audio lectures, text articles, and mixed media. The courses are searchable and cover everything from Adobe Photoshop to 20th Century Literature in the following subject areas: ArtsBusinessEducationEngineering & ComputersLiberal ArtsMathMedicineScience Here are ten that I'd like to take: Learn How To Put On Your Own Webinar – This course is a comprehensive "How To" on webinars. The Most Popular Higher Education Technology Posts of 2012 It’s been an epic year for technology in education. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have taken center stage, sages on the stage are transitioning to guides on the side, big data is guiding course selection and learning has gone social. While the year is coming to a close, technology is only just beginning to drive real change in the higher education community. With the luxury of hindsight, we can look back and see how these topics emerged and which trends will forever define 2012. According to Google Trends, searches for the term "MOOC" exploded in 2012. Not only is technology changing the way we deliver and consume education, it’s also sprawling. One benefit of collecting data is that, as trends emerge, it gives us the opportunity to make educated guesses about what the future holds. Thank you, loyal readers, for making it a great year.
Welcome to CCK11 ~ CCK11 Un resumen de las Universidades que ofrecen cursos gratis en Internet Hemos tratado el tema en varias ocasiones, mostrando los cursos de Stanford, Berkeley y Yale, así como recomendando varios portales que se dedican a este tema (5 portales que ofrecen cursos virtuales gratuitos). La lista es interminable, existiendo un excelente material en Khan Academy, Notre Dame, University of Michigan, University of Cape Town, University of California, Kaplan University, MITx o la enorme lista disponible en ocwconsortium.org, donde están los cursos de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, en español. Ahora comentan en mashable que en coursera.org siguen trabajando para ampliar su oferta asociándose a más universidades, recopilando los mejores cursos de las mejores universidades y ofreciéndolos de forma gratuita en Internet. Princeton, Penn, Michigan y Stanford son las cuatro joyas de su corona, con cursos que ofrecen plazos, evaluaciones, debates y, en algunos casos, documento que podemos mostrar en nuestro CV.
Blackboard Coursesites as MOOC-platform In 2011 Blackboard launched Coursesites. This platform is free for teachers to create course and offer them to students. The CourseSites platform is based on the full Blackboard Learn platform including Collaborate and Mobile Learn. From the beginning Blackboard showed in this platform their commitment to support standards and to be more open. If you are not familiar with Blackboard Learn, this video gives a good overview of the newest features in 9.1.SP10:
About — Connectivism Description of Connectivism Connectivism is a learning theory for the digital age. Learning has changed over the last several decades. The theories of behaviourism, cognitivism, and constructivism provide an effect view of learning in many environments. They fall short, however, when learning moves into informal, networked, technology-enabled arena. The integration of cognition and emotions in meaning-making is important. 50 Top Sources Of Free eLearning Courses Whether you are looking for a master’s degree program, computer science classes, a K-12 curriculum, or GED study program, this list gives you a look at 50 websites that promise education for free. From databases that organize over 1,000,000 students throughout 16 universities, to a small library of documents for those interested in history, the opportunities for free online learning continue to expand as the Internet becomes a crucial component in education. 1. UMass Boston Open Courseware The UMass courseware offers a broad range of classes in areas like psychology, biology, early education, political science, history, mathematics, and others. There are no slides, videos, or lecture notes, which makes this open courseware inferior to other universities that offer extensive resources. 2. This website has a variety of video lessons for free. If you prefer reading to watching, this site may not be for you as the lessons are all video based. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
MOOCs – The revolution has begun, says Moody’s A new report by Moody’s Investors Service suggests that while MOOCs’ exploitation of expanded collaborative networks and technological innovation will benefit higher education in the United States as a whole, their long-term effect on the for-profit sector and smaller not-for-profit institutions could be damaging. MOOCs – massive open online courses – have garnered considerable attention since Stanford University’s artificial intelligence course in the autumn 2011 semester attracted nearly 160,000 students. While the course’s completion rate was low (15.6%), the scale of the response excited many in the higher education community – from institutions to venture capital companies. Indeed, the report notes that MOOCs represent a “pivotal development” in the evolution of higher education and have the potential to revolutionise the way a centuries-old industry has operated. Online education’s makeover Elite institutions For-profit institutions Implications But, what does all this mean?