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Today we are joined by Michelle Weise, Senior Research Fellow for Higher Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Articles about massive open online courses (MOOCs) would be a lot shorter if shorn of words and phrases containing the word “disruption.”  But disruptive technology and the like are not simply catch phrases, but […] The post Interview with Michelle Weise on MOOC Disruption appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Today we are joined by Russell Beal, “Critical Friend” for the (relatively) new UK MOOC provider FutureLearn. FutureLearn is a spin off from Britain’s Open University (OU), the world’s largest academic provider of distance education.  And in today’s discussion, Russell shares his thoughts about OU, FutureLearn, and what the entrance of new players means for […] The post Interview with Russell Beal of FutureLearn appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Today we are joined by Lindsay Murphy, Education Project Manager for the Saylor Foundation – a non-profit provider of free online college courses. Saylor provides curated courses, meaning they are built using public domain and open access content drawn from the web and other public sources.  You can read a review of an advanced philosophy […] The post Interview with Lindsay Murphy from the Saylor Foundation appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Today we are joined by Tim Mauri, Marketing Manager for US Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery at Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson and Johnson company. Tim is one of the people behind Ethicon’s experiment in online learning that involves releasing a course for medical specialists using the edX platform.  And on today’s show, we talk about the course, […] The post Interview with Tim Mauri of Ethicon appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Today’s podcast guest is Justin Reich, Richard L. Menschel HarvardX Research Fellow, a Fellow at the Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and a visiting lecturer in the Scheller Teacher Education Program at MIT. Justin was that guy some of you saw on stage when Harvard released its research findings back in January.  And […] The post Interview with HarvardX Researcher Justin Reich appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

First off, greetings to visitors from Slate Magazine, and if you’re trying to orient yourself to a project that’s been going on for just over a year, a good place to start is this first blog entry that talks about what I was trying to with my One Year BA program, and some analysis I […] The post Interview with Archie Abrams from Udemy appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Continuing the discussion from last week, here is Part 2 of my graduation podcast that talks about whether or not a One Year BA based entirely on MOOCs and other forms of free learning can be thought of as the equivalent of a four-year degree earned at a residential college or university (and whether or […] The post Graduation – Part 2 appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Well my senior thesis has been turned in and my last class passed, so it’s time to take a break from this week’s break to talk about what the whole Degree of Freedom One Year BA might add up to.  I start today with part of one a two-part podcast (the second half to appear […] The post Graduation – Part 1 appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Today, on a very special Degree of Freedom podcast we are joined by Stephen Downes, Senior Researcher for the National Research Council of Canada and one of the people behind the first thing ever called a MOOC. For further reading: Stephen’s Web – The outlet for Stephen’s prolific writing A backgrounder on Downes that appeared […] The post Interview with Stephen Downes appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Today, we will be joined by Robert McGuire, the man behind the online journal MOOC News and Reviews. Recommended stories that have appeared in his journal include: What Do We Know About MOOC Students So Far?: A Look At Recent User Data The Coming MOOC Copyright Problem And Its Impact on Students and Universities Don’t […] The post Interview with Robert McGuire, Publisher of MOOC News and Reviews appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Today, we will be visited by Peter Bol, Harvard’s Vice Provost for Advances in Learning and one of the professors behind a new  HarvardX courses on the history of China. ChinaX is one of the most ambitious MOOCs to date, one that experiments with – among other things – how a course can be defined […] The post Interview with Peter Bol, Harvard’s Vice Provost for Advances in Learning appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

On today’s podcast, we’re joined by the founders of two different companies: Degreed and Accredible, each of which are dedicated to helping students – including MOOC students –signal their learning through the use of portfolio systems that take different approaches to how students can communicate their traditional and non-traditional educational accomplishments to the world. If […] The post Interview with Danny King of Accredible and David Blake of Degreed appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

This week Degree of Freedom interview is with Kyle Courtney, Copyright Advisor to Harvard University (including HarvardX). As hinted at yesterday, copyright (and other forms of intellectual property law) represent the biggest legal minefield for massive open online education.  Infringement that might have once been given a pass in the lecture hall now represents enormous […] The post Interview with Kyle Courtney – Copyright Advisor for Harvard and HarvardX appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

This week, another discussion with someone whose work might help square some of the circles confronted by those involved with massive open online classes. The artist Lynne Harlow recently completed teaching a course entitled Experimenting with Collage for the online learning program created by New York’s Museum of Modern Art. MOMA has been at the […] The post Interview with Lynne Harlow, Instructor for MOMA’s Online Course Experimenting with Collage appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Continuing discussions with successful educators working in areas that might influence the direction of massive open learning, today’s interview is with Peter Adamson, the man behind one of the world’s most ambitious educational podcasts: History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps. History of Philosophy (or HoP to we fans) is attempting to cover the entire philosophical […] The post Interview with Peter Adamson, Creator of the History of Philosophy Podcast appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

As I noted yesterday, many of the problems we associated with MOOCs may already have solutions (or at least precedents to consider) that come from other realms of online learning. For instance, what business models might MOOC vendors ultimately embrace, and can these models provide the revenue needed to sustain and grow? One way to […] The post Interview with Eric Robison – CEO of Lynda.com appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

On this week’s podcast, I interview David Cox, Harvard Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Computer Science and the man behind MCB80x, a new HarvardX MOOC on the fundamentals of neuroscience. MCB80x starts next month, but buzz about the course has been growing, especially given Professor Cox’s plans to introduce new ways of interacting […] The post Interview with David Cox, Creator of HarvardX’s Fundamentals of Neuroscience MOOC appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

On this week’s podcast, MIT’s Director of Digital Learning Sanjay Sarma joins us to talk about what MOOCs mean both outside and inside the classroom. Professor Sarma is the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as the first person to hold the […] The post Interview with Sanjay Sarma, MIT’s Director of Digital Learning appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

As promised yesterday, today’s podcast interview is with the people behind the newest MOOC provider on the block: Gymnasium from Aquent, one of the world’s leading staffing firms specializing in placing creative professionals. In addition to telling us about why a staffing firm decided to get into the MOOC game, today’s guests, Alison Farmer and […] The post Interview with Alison Farmer and Matthew Grant from Aquent Gymnasium appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Today’s interview is with Cathy Davidson, John Hope Franklin Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University, author of Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform the Way We Live, Work and Learn, and the professor behind the upcoming Coursera MOOC on the history and future of higher education. Professor Davidson […] The post Interview with Cathy Davidson of Duke University appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.