Setting up competency-based education for success Michelle R. Weise, PhD Setting up competency-based education for success Out of all of the innovations emerging in higher education, competency-based education has been flying under the radar especially when compared with MOOCs. Only competency-based […] June 5, 2013 Michelle R. Weise, PhD
Why we “hire” MOOCs like Coursera Michelle R. Weise, PhD 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 Michelle R. Weise, PhD
Coursera’s not disruptive…not yet Michelle R. Weise, PhD 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 Michelle R. Weise, PhD
Time to ride the tsunami Michelle R. Weise, PhD Time to ride the tsunami Last week, I had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion on HuffPost Live. The topic was massive open online courses (MOOCs), prompted specifically […] May 15, 2013 Michelle R. Weise, PhD
California’s online credits could lead to online clout Michelle R. Weise, PhD California’s online credits could lead to online clout On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, California Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg introduced Senate Bill 520, a piece of legislation that would enable students enrolled […] Mar 14, 2013 Michelle R. Weise, PhD