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What Makes a MOOC a MOOC?

ID Reflections

When George Siemens , Dave Cormier and Stephen Downes came up with the concept in 2008, they had a vision of how a “learning design” based on Connectivism could change the face of learning and collaboration. The OER movement was the trigger for the MOOCs then. None of this is new information or insight.

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Uberizing Organizational Learning – Thinking Beyond Courses

ID Reflections

We have to think agile, instant, accessible, contextual, micro-sized, real time… We need to uberize organizational learning. The economy of “surge pricing” defines the cost. So, what do I mean when I talk about uberizing workplace learning? Curate from existing sources – Tap into MOOCs, and other existing OERs.

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Top 40 eLearning Articles and 5 Hot Topics for Early March

eLearning Learning Posts

Customers are turning to lower-cost, third-party providers. The two faces of blended learning - E-learning in the Corporate Sector , March 1, 2010 What is blended learning? But when managing projects, you’re often balancing time, cost, money, scope and team. Organizational Learning (11).