News & announcements from November 2012
Online Pedagogy
Friday, November 23rd, 2012More emphasis about online pedagogy has been discussed more. A relatively new online journal, Hybrid Pedagogy, focuses on teaching online, moving beyond the technical aspects of delivering online course content. Connectivism and Connective Knowledge is an open online course that explores the concepts of connectivism and connective knowledge and explore their application as a framework…
MOOCs
Thursday, November 15th, 2012Massive Online Open Courses [MOOCs] have received more attention. An article described the Big Three companies and others describe the training potential. A short video describes MOOCs and their potential. MOOC’s are creating partnerships with colleges to offer college credit for the online courses. More community colleges are entering agreements to use MOOCs, including Massachusetts…
