Terry Anderson's course syllabus on emerging issues in distance education
Kahn Academy solo-produced free tutorials that Bill Gates loves! Important model for future and online application
using the Web to support independent learning_ Shugata Mitra's SOLE porogram
nov 2011 - Stanford to expand free MOOC courses after 35,000 complete Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, their first MOOC course.
dec 2011 - low-scoring cyber charter school company doing well in corporate profits and stock price
May 2012 - edX is a $60 million joint project to offer "low fee" online courses for certificate, not college credit
may 2012 - edX was announced as non-profit, open-source partnership between Harvard and MIT to provide low-cost online education to the world. 14 minutes of video announcement by presidents of MIT and Harvard followed by Q & A with a promotional video.
may 2012 - screenshot and techniques in Stanford AI class using embedded quizzes in videos. GREAT screenshot with checkboxes and buttons superimposed over video content.
may 2012 - Wired article on Stanford AI course development. Good article documents rapid and unplanned beginning
dec 2014 - Kentucky & Pennsylvania are exploring cyber days to replace snow days. The Gulf Coast already has done this for hurricane days.