Monthly Archives: September 2012

One of the fundamental differences between OCW and xMOOCs is that xMOOCs can be assessed on quality of instruction. From a longer paper by Sir John Daniel that is well worth the read: “We also agree with Bates that current … Continue reading →

One additional point about the Circuits and Electronics course stats I cited yesterday. Most of the talk about MOOC-scale has been about the number of sign-ups. But that’s the wrong end of the problem. What we care about is cost … Continue reading →

From IHE today: The age distribution of students who stuck it out with Circuits & Electronics favored what higher ed would call “nontraditional” students: Half of them were 26 years old or older. About 45 percent were traditional college-aged students, … Continue reading →

It occurs to me that there are two types of “unbundling” of education, and for the most part people focus on the wrong one. The first type, which we will call vertical unbundling, is the one that the educational futurists … Continue reading →

At some point I want to summarize (and perhaps convince you all to read) Chris Hayes’s provocative book on meritocracy and its attendant myths, but for the moment I want to run ahead and just put this out there. Meritocracy, … Continue reading →