HackEducation‘s Audrey Watters and Philipp Schmidt, co-founder of P2PU join us to discuss the ever emerging role of massive open online classes in education. Hyped by many as the torch for democratizing education, we delve into the reality of how MOOCs really work, including varying delivery models, as well as clarifying who their primary users are today.Jag tyckte mig känna igen Philipp och mycket riktigt, det var mötet med honom jag skrev om efter konferensen Online Educa Berlin 2008.
Videon är mycket intressant (trots lite tekniskt strul) med sitt tema "Massive Open Online Classes and the Future of EDU" och jag får nog lyssna ett par gånger på den. Inledningsvis citeras The Washington Post att:
Bara det är ju intressant. Särskilt med tanke Creelmans blogpost idag där rektor Jörgen Tholin (Högskolan på Gotland) ger uttryck för att distansutbildning inte får stöd av regeringen trots alla framsteg och är orolig eftersom högre utbildning inte nämns i regeringens digitala agenda för Sverige.Virginia’s new high school graduation requirement: One online course
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell signed into law Thursday a bill that will require Virginia high school students to take at least one virtual course to graduate with a standard or advanced diploma.
The new requirement will apply to students who enter ninth grade in 2013-14, said Charles Pyle, spokesman for the Virginia Department of Education. Current high school students are not affected.
Expanding virtual education has been a key part of McDonnell’s education agenda since taking office in 2010.
The online-course requirement will better prepare students for the “job market of the 21st century,” McDonnell spokesman Jeff Caldwell said via e-mail.
Virginia joins several other states, including Idaho and Florida, that have adopted online-course graduation requirements in recent years.
The new law also requires candidates for a standard diploma to earn a credential in career and technical education, such as an industry certification or state license.
