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Because I’m majoring in philosophy for my One Year BA program, I’ve not had the chance to enroll in any of the computer sciences courses that have anchored the contemporary MOOC project since it got kicked off at Standard University with technology classes that are still some of the most popular courses on the Internet. […] The post Interview with Ethan Solomon on Computer Sciences MOOCs appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

On this week’s podcast, I interview Jeff Young, Senior Technology Editor at the Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle has been covering the MOOC story since it inception, and has served as the (even-handed) platform where debates about the massive open online course phenomenon have played out.  And as Senior Technology Editor for the go-to source […] The post Interview with Jeff Young, Chronicle of Higher Education Senior Technology Editor appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

This week, I continue my discussion with Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan University and the man behind Coursera’s The Modern and the Postmodern. Our conversation covers how his experience teaching a massive online course might impact how he teaches his live course in the future, as well as what MOOCs and other forms of technology-based learning mean […] The post Interview with Wesleyan President Michael Roth – Part 2 appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Michael Roth is President of Wesleyan University and the man behind The Modern and the Postmodern, a popular undergraduate class at Wesleyan and one of the most interesting humanities MOOCs (offered by Coursera). I’ve taken Roth’s course (and reviewed it here) and in a wide ranging interview we talked about his experience teaching his first […] The post Interview with Wesleyan President Michael Roth – Part 1 appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Can you create a college with no professors or administrators, just mentors and coaches helping students follow their own learning adventure? The Black Mountain Self Organized Learning Environment (SOLE) is attempting to answer that question with their new MOOC Campus project, an experiment in independent, self-directed education that provides a college environment where students can […] The post Interview with Katie Cleary, Community Director at MOOC Campus appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

After a week of looking at the internal use of MOOCs within the college campus, we’re joined by Huntington Lambert, Harvard’s new Dean of Continuing Education. Along with programs like Harvard Summer School, the Division of Continuing Education oversees the Harvard Extension School where professors experienced in teaching adult learners have been the source for […] The post Interview with Huntington Lambert, Dean of Continuing Education at Harvard appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

This week, we’re joined by the team behind The Ancient Greek Hero, one of Harvard’s longest-running classes which has become one of the most talked about MOOCs on the Internet. Students enrolled in this edX class will recognize Professor Greg Nagy and his colleagues Leonard Muellner, Claudia Filos and Jeff Emanuel, a subset of a […] The post Interview with the edX/HarvardX Greek Hero MOOC Team appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

This week, we’re joined by Dale Stephens, author of Hacking Your Education and the creator of Uncollege the organization dedicated to providing independent learners the resources they need to succeed outside of the framework of traditional institutional education. Remember that these interviews are now available from iTunes as a podcast series that will continue through […] The post Interview with Dale Stephens of Uncollege appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Continuing my discussion with Scott Young, the guy behind the MIT Challenge, we start by looking at the motivations behind each of our particular projects, followed by a look at what what free learning signals to employers and the world at large. Note: This interview was recently incorporated into a new Degree of Freedom podcast which […] The post Interview with Scott Young – Part 2 appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

If three data points make a series, then today’s interview (which follows discussions with the leaders of edX and Coursera) should establish this Friday spot at Degree of Freedom for continuing conversations with important voices in the world of free learning. Today, we’re going to switch from talking with company executives to talking with students, […] The post Interview with Scott Young appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

Continuing the series of conversations with leaders in the MOOC movement and other people doing interesting things with free learning, this week we’re joined by Andrew Ng, co-founder of Coursera who tells us about his experience building one of the most powerful players in massive online courses. As mentioned last week, I’m in the process […] The post Interview with Coursera Co-Founder Andrew Ng appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.

I’m happy to provide Degree of Freedom readers with their first taste of multimedia at the site: an audio recording of an interview with edX President Anant Agarwal. I had the great pleasure of talking to Anant a day before edX’s first anniversary where he shared a number of insights into edX’s involvement in and […] The post Interview with edX President Anant Agarwal appeared first on Degree of Freedom » Podcast Feed.