Baiji - Yangtze river dolphin: Govind's and Scott's correspondence at WUaS about MOOCs +, "As MOOC Debate Simmers at San Jose State, American U. Calls a Halt", "Coursera leaps another online learning hurdle, partners with Chegg and 5 publishers to give students free textbooks", "Debate Over MOOCs Reaches Harvard" online article ... seems to inaccessible behind a pay wall ... and not yet available at the DPLA - http://dp.la/ - (and WUaS's Library Resources can't yet afford library subscriptions such as the Chronicle of Higher Education

Govind's and Scott's correspondence at WUaS about MOOCs + ...



Scott:

http://chronicle.com/article/As-MOOC-Debate-Simmers-at-San/139147/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en

Govind



Govind, and Universitians,

Fascinating again and thanks ... "As MOOC Debate Simmers at San Jose State, American U. Calls a Halt" ... http://chronicle.com/article/As-MOOC-Debate-Simmers-at-San/139147/ ...

WUaS would like to offer the complement / contrast to MOOC's by engaging the Conference Method per Reed College - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning - in a Google + group video Hangout - http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/.

And, in terms of faculty, WUaS would like to begin to hire graduate student instructors to teach via the Conference Method in concert with MIT faculty in these MIT OCW video and audio - http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/ - eventually hiring, as WUaS's finances improve, Professors to teach undergraduates like Reed does.

What this article also implies is that the SJSU / Udacity collaboration with credit for online classes is still in effect ... which is great precedent for WUaS seeking California State approval for online education with the the legislature and BPPE. 

WUaS monthly business meeting meets this Saturday at 9 am PT in a Google + group video Hangout.

Best,
Scott



Scott, WorldUnivandSch:

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/08/coursera-leaps-another-online-learning-hurdle-partners-with-chegg-and-6-publishers-to-give-students-free-textbooks/?fromcat=all

Govind



Govind,
Fascinating ... "Coursera leaps another online learning hurdle, partners with Chegg and 5 publishers to give students free textbooks" ... http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/08/coursera-leaps-another-online-learning-hurdle-partners-with-chegg-and-6-publishers-to-give-students-free-textbooks/ ... and Coursera seems to be able to afford providing free textbooks to students ... Who knows whether Coursera will always be free and they don't yet offer degrees.

Creative Commons' licensed WUaS's MIT OCW-centricity - http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/audio-video-courses/ - prescribes the reading lists that WUaS's bookstore plans to carry and would be necessary for overachieving students to buy.

WUaS students will have to decide whether they want to buy 32 courses of books, and related knowledge generation, for a free MIT-centric WUaS education.

Will look to add this to WUaS.

Best,
Scott



Scott:

I don't think there has been a week where I've so many MOOC-related items cross my inbox!

http://chronicle.com/article/Debate-Over-MOOCs-Reaches/139179/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Govind



Govind,

Thanks, again ... "Debate Over MOOCs Reaches Harvard" ... http://chronicle.com/article/Debate-Over-MOOCs-Reaches/139179/ ... seems to inaccessible behind a pay wall ... and not yet available at the DPLA - http://dp.la/ - (and WUaS's Library Resources can't yet afford library subscriptions such as the Chronicle of Higher Education ... http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).

Looking forward to seeing you at business meeting tomorrow in a Google + Hangout.

Regards,
Scott








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At the bottom of each of the above emails from Govind was my blog post: