It is undeniable that we are currently living in the time of the MOOC (Massively Open Online Course, just in case you were catching up on Downton Abbey and missed it). Every day new headlines pop up at Inside Higher Ed and The New York Times discussing the impact of MOOCs, who’s joined forces with …
Education Week recently published an article about the overproduction of elementary school teachers in the nation. The article included data from a handful of states, showing the most recent annual production of elementary school teachers in each as compared to the demand, based on projected openings in school districts. Michigan was one of the states highlighted, …
So much has been said about Right to Work (RTW), that it’s challenging to add anything new to the debate. I’m sure you all know that Right to Work states have • Lower wages and household income • Higher infant mortality rates • 36 percent higher on-the-job fatality rate Economic impact: The Oklahoma story Before …
So it’s been an interesting start to 2013 for the state of MOOCs. First I want to reflect on the recent disaster at Coursera in a course entitled “Fundamentals of Online Education” in which the course was forced to close down after a series of unfortunate events. The irony of the failure of an online …