Michael and I were interviewed by Veronica Diaz for the EDUCAUSE Learning Institute (ELI) podcast series. The theme was looking not at where MOOCs are today, but at where MOOCs might go in the future. The interview is about 13 minutes in length and covers questions such as: Coursera just raised $43m of funding – […]
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SJSU and Udacity: The Obvious Problems and Value of Report
SJSU has announced via an official blog post that they are studying the results of the SJSU Plus program using Udacity. First, news coverage and much commentary have been based on very preliminary and unanalyzed data from a spring 2013 pilot of three SJSU Plus courses with Udacity. We are currently awaiting a more comprehensive […]
SJSU and Udacity: Poor Planning and Support, but Valuable Reviewing of Results
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed for an article in the NY Times about recent pushback against MOOCs. Jonathan Rees, a history professor at Colorado State University at Pueblo, who has written critically about MOOCs, said their spread is likely to lead to a three-tiered world, with a few high-status “super professors” for whom […]
MOOCs Explained: Radio Interview with University of Delaware
Just over a week ago I had the opportunity to participate in a radio interview for the University of Delaware’s local station WVUD, with the Campus Voices interview airing on May 17th. The interview was in advance of Delaware’s summer faculty institute, where I will be speaking in just over a week. I really enjoyed the […]
Upcoming Events for Phil Hill and Michael Feldstein
Michael and I will be speaking at and attending a few events coming up in April. ELI Online Spring Focus Session – Michael and I will jointly kick off the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Online Spring Focus Session “Learning and the MOOC” on April 3 – 4. Our presentation is April 3 from 12:15 – […]
Re:Booting CA Higher Education – Transcript of Phil Hill Presentation
The following is a rough transcript of my presentation at the 20 Million Minds conference on January 7th. Thank you very much, and thanks to everybody for coming to the conference. We seem to be in a unique situation. I had someone remark to me in the hallway discussions leading up to the event that we have […]
Announcing MindWires Consulting
Phil and I are both gearing up for the Rebooting CA Higher Education jamboree, but I wanted to take a moment to briefly (and proudly) announce that the two of us will be starting a new company called MindWires Consulting. As you may know, Phil has been working with Delta Initiative; we expect to continue partner with Delta […]