Kick off SOONER & challenges ahead: Innovation projects batch 2
Last week, on May 19th 2016 prof. dr. Marco Kalz and I have presented the SOONER project to the twelve project leaders who have been awarded funding for their open online…Read more
SURF tender Open and Online Education
The results of the SURF tender Open and Online Education funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education have been published. Twelve projects have been awarded. The projects cover the following…Read more
Dropout; whose side are you on?
Picture this: Andy is a student who joins a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on music history. He does this because he needs information on the rock ‘n roll era…Read more
EMOOCs conference 2016: ‘MOOCs with a purpose’ and ‘MOOCs & language technology’
In one of the recent blogs on www.sooner.nu the EMOOCs 2016 conference was introduced and our workshop on ‘scalable feedback and assessment activities’. With well over 50 presentations, workshops and…Read more
Traditional education as a CD album, future education as a playlist?
Last week I turned 30, in my head I am still 22, but I more and more catch myself referring to things that today are considered “out of date” (my…Read more
MOOCs: paradise for learning analytics
MOOCs, as the name suggests, attract massive numbers of participants that all engage in numerous activities, which usually are logged and available for review to the moderators of the course.…Read more
eMOOCs conference 2016
This years eMOOCs conference took place in Graz (Austria) and the SOONER team was highly represented. At the last conference day we gave a workshop about scalable feedback and assessment…Read more
Lecture series “Towards open educational processes and practices” during Open Education Week
During the Open Education Week the Open University of the Netherlands is offering a series of online lectures, presentations and expert discussions. The week is supported by the Netherlands National…Read more
JCHE special issue on advancing research on open education
Special issue focus Open Education is currently at the crossroads of becoming either an integral part of the higher education landscape or a sellout for venture-capital driven companies who use…Read more
The wOERld is not enough
The book "Open Education: A study in disruption” is one of the few accounts on open education that clearly outlines the paradoxes and contradictions which are currently determining the public and…Read more