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My MOOC experience: Weeks 2-3 (of 6)

Erik Marshall — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:03:07 +0000

This is an account of Week 2 and 3 of the MOOC that I am taking, called “A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior.” You can catch my write-up of Week 1 here.

In week 2, which was about money, I watched some of the videos early in the week, but waited until Monday, the deadline, to do the . . . → Read More: My MOOC experience: Weeks 2-3 (of 6)

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My MOOC experience: Week 1 of 6

Erik Marshall — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:58:51 +0000

With all this talk about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), whether they are revolutionizing or destroying higher ed, I decided to dive into one. The pro-MOOC people will argue that we don’t need classrooms, and local colleges are now defunct. The anti-MOOCers claim that these systems are motivated only by profit, and that no meaningful . . . → Read More: My MOOC experience: Week 1 of 6

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RIP Google Reader: What next?

Erik Marshall — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:47:21 +0000

As many of you have heard, Google Reader will be gone July 1, leaving many of us scrambling for another reader. I have been using Reader for a long time, and have never considered switching, so I’m at a loss. I am trying Feedly right now, and I’ve heard Newsblur is good, but it costs money. . . . → Read More: RIP Google Reader: What next?

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