Why we “hire” MOOCs like Coursera
Last week, I dared to suggest that Coursera is not disruptive—at least, not yet. Its inclusion of K-12 teacher-training materials, while not passing the litmus […]
May 29, 2013
Topics: Workforce Readiness
Coursera’s not disruptive…not yet
My colleague Meredith Liu recently blogged about Coursera’s latest venture: professional development (PD) courses for K-12 teachers. Meredith rightly outlined the ways in which these […]
May 22, 2013
Moving off the sidelines: Why I’m joining the Fidelis board
When Clayton Christensen published The Innovator’s Dilemma in 1997, educators from around the country began asking him to apply the theories of disruptive innovation to […]
June 27, 2012
Making education innovation come to life
Having taken an extended vacation the past few weeks, I returned to the United States to see that the pace of innovation in education is […]
May 16, 2012
How to build 50,000 new colleges
An article on Yahoo! News caught my eye a little while back because of what it says about the potential—and perhaps likelihood—of India leapfrogging the […]
Feb 22, 2012