Draft story on OU and Futurelearn in a sort of OhmyNews style
Something will happen with OU and / or Futurelearn to provide a hard news event.
When I sent in stories for the English version of OhmyNews a while ago it often
happened that the news aspect was not interesting enough so I had to copy and paste
my rave / opinions from the end into another story later. Could be the same situation.
Then I just did more blog pasts and copied that in. Now I am working on an event about
Management Theory in Radio , June 9th in Exeter, based on Phonic FM. There is a lot
of academic theory about digital disruption but not much point in just looking at radio
without the campus also.
When I sent in stories for the English version of OhmyNews a while ago it often
happened that the news aspect was not interesting enough so I had to copy and paste
my rave / opinions from the end into another story later. Could be the same situation.
Then I just did more blog pasts and copied that in. Now I am working on an event about
Management Theory in Radio , June 9th in Exeter, based on Phonic FM. There is a lot
of academic theory about digital disruption but not much point in just looking at radio
without the campus also.
The Open University owns Futurelearn, still losing money, and Peter Horrocks is under
pressure to change a policy of cuts to cover shortfall and expand digital. Unclear what the
trend is on income but Class Central has reported some guess at numbers for Coursera and others.
pressure to change a policy of cuts to cover shortfall and expand digital. Unclear what the
trend is on income but Class Central has reported some guess at numbers for Coursera and others.
So far I have done some blog posts
Now twittering finds more.
Clearcut YouTube attack on Futurelearn as a massive cash disaster
This shows that money can be lost but they all seem to be around the time of the first cybercrash.
Things may have changed with the MOOC scene. Class Central has several reports on trend to
monetised certificate including degrees. Recent talk at South By SouthWest includes speculation
on numbers for income. USA only, no clues on Futurelearn.
Things may have changed with the MOOC scene. Class Central has several reports on trend to
monetised certificate including degrees. Recent talk at South By SouthWest includes speculation
on numbers for income. USA only, no clues on Futurelearn.
Also Coursera and others are working with corporates on skills in demand for growth tech.
Maybe some academics do not approve of such concerns. To be continued.
UK may not be the best location either for such input. Again , something to check.
UK may not be the best location either for such input. Again , something to check.
Also from Twitter, link to new book about Online Learning. There may be reservations about MOOC etc. ,
not sure. Hope to find clues on content, bit expensive and not out yet.
not sure. Hope to find clues on content, bit expensive and not out yet.
Links welcome to related stories. Please use any of this if it fits. Now trying to find OhmyNews.
@will789gb
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