Six features to look for in job-oriented MOOCs ... (4)

Last update: Monday 1/29/18

In August 2017, I posted a discussion of job-oriented MOOCs on this blog that provided lots of data about some U.S. providers. The following note provides guidelines and recommendations based on that data and on my personal experience in passing almost 50 job-oriented MOOCs in the last three years. 

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 1/27/2018

Last update: Sunday 1/28/18 @ 6:30 pm

This week's cover = Chinese scientists produce world's first monkey clones ... Other top stories = SpaceX successful test fire of Falcon Heavy rocket... Trump taxes solar energy imports... New York & Montana fight end of net neutrality

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 1/27/18

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

Another "Masters" in Data Science via MOOCs ... (3)

Last update: February 2/25/18

Two years ago David Venturi posted a widely read description of the path he followed to obtain a self-designed "Masters" degree in data science via MOOCs, i.e., a free education that was equivalent in scope and quality to what he would have received had he completed a Masters degree program from one of the nation's leading universities.  You can read his account here ==> MY DATA SCIENCE MASTER'S. The following note describes the "Masters" in data science that I designed for myself, a program that I will complete within the next five or six months.