Brendan's Reflections

I’ve seen lots of press about the Udacity + Georgia Tech = Credentialed Online CS Masters announcement.  The thing that excites me is that we now have a top-10 computer science university leveraging their reputation to get into credentialing. As I’ve said before, online learning is the easy part, getting recognized (credentialed) is the missing piece.…

Earlier I wrote that the problem with online education is credentialing.  It looks like Coursera is starting to tackle issue: Coursera recently announced another route to help students earn credit for its courses — and produce revenue. The company has arranged for the American Council on Education, the umbrella group of higher education, to have…

I love it when I discover a new term for something that’s floating around in my head.  Today it’s credentialing. Phase 1 of the online learning revolution is all about self-guided learning.  There are tons of resources out there to help a motivated individual to really learn things.  A few examples: Wikipedia MIT Open Courseware …