How MOOCs are derailing Open Education: George Siemens ICDE World Conference keynote
Published 22.03.13A pioneer of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), George Siemens of Athabasca University, Canada, is one of the impressive list of keynote speakers confirmed for ICDE's World Conference to be hosted by Tianjin Open University, China, 16-18 October 2013. Siemens contends that the most prominent MOOCs are failing the ideals of the Open Education movement.
OpenupEd - a pan-European MOOCs initiative
Published 25.04.13Partners in eleven countries have launched the first pan-European MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) initiative. The initiative is led by the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU) and includes many ICDE member institutions. It receives support from the European Commission.
World Bank EduTech: MOOCs and developing countries
Published 26.04.13The new phenomenon of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has generated a lot of interest and excitement, but most of these initiatives stem from North America and other rich-world contexts. The World Bank EduTech blog and World Bank infoDev/ UNESCO supported Educational Technology Debate are working to bring onboard other perspectives.
Overview of MOOCs
Published 03.10.12MOOCs have been on everyone’s lips for the past several months, reflecting the recent development of impressive disruptive initiatives as COURSERA, UDACITY, edX and more.
Open Praxis, first issue published on 15 January
Published 15.01.13The first issue of the relaunched Open Praxis was published today Tuesday 15 January. ICDE congratulates the editor and the editorial team at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain!
Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States
Published 15.01.13Babson Study: Over 6.7 Million Students Learning Online - Most institutions remain undecided about MOOCs
Call for Papers - MERLOT
Published 08.11.12The MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT) has just released a Call for Papers for a special issue on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), to be published in June 2013.
MOOCs innovator addresses the SLOAN C Conference in Florida, US
Published 05.11.12The yearly Sloan Consortium conference attracted participants mostly from the US but also from many countries in the world.
Innovating Pedagogy 2012: New report from Open University, UK
Published 03.10.12ICDE member institution, the Open University UK, has recently published a report entitled Innovating Pedagogy that addresses new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world to guide educators and policy makers in making informed decisions about curriculum design, course development and teaching strategies.