Allison Rossett

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My first MOOC

Allison Rossett

This is what she had to say: My first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) experience – from late-January to early-March, 2013 – was both positive and negative. While the instructors provided feedback criteria, they did no monitoring at all. I did not feel as close to my peers as I have felt in other classes. The feedback disappointed.

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Cal State Online Plays Small Ball

Allison Rossett

Other than an extensive RFP process which will invite experienced providers into some aspects of the mix, few details are provided. Cal State Online , which took years to conceive, is now scheduled to pilot in the Fall semester, 2012, and then to launch in Spring, 2013. Does such a list exist? A long slog.

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Whither higher education? To the opera!

Allison Rossett

billion dollars in funding in 2013, according to CB Insights. While the investment numbers for opera are small, some communities are stepping up, as San Diego is now, providing funding while asking for reinvention. Educational technology has a lifeline, perhaps, with its firms attracting 1.25 Reinvention?

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