PJ's EDC blog » NYT https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/pfameli Education and Digital Culture 2015 Course Lifestream Blog Thu, 09 Apr 2015 11:35:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Free Online Courses Keep Retirees in the Know by WALECIA KONRAD https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/pfameli/2015/03/19/free-online-courses-keep-retirees-in-the-know-by-walecia-konrad/ https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/pfameli/2015/03/19/free-online-courses-keep-retirees-in-the-know-by-walecia-konrad/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:51:21 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/pfameli/?p=1759
By WALECIA KONRAD

Classes offer the opportunity to continue education from the comfort of home, but they can restrict the chance to build in-person social connections.

Published: March 20, 2015 at 09:00AM

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By Unknown Author

Readers discuss the pluses and minuses of the online learning model.

Published: March 15, 2015 at 09:00AM

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IFTTT algorithm at work! I had to ask myself, where did this come from? Then realized that I have an IFTTT recipe to forward NY Times articles on MOOCs.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/opinion/sunday/a-new-look-for-college.html?_r=0

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