Monetizing MOOCs
by scott pickard My neighbor is a professor in computer science and he is developing a new Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) and I’m going to meet with him to find out what kind of ePUBS and/or POD...
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by scott pickard Instead of saving $100K-$200K per kid to go to college, start teaching them how to master the skills of the lifetime online learner: How to master independent study and research How to...
View ArticleSTEM to STEAM: a renaissance of the well-rounded student?
STEM to STEAM: a renaissance of the well-rounded student?
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by scott pickard studibit, MOOCs, and the Disruption of BIG UNIVERSTY online education’s next-generation on-demand, self-curated textbook Online education is not only here to stay, but it is growing...
View ArticleBoard Governance: Champaign Public Library
Champaign Public Library Scott Pickard joined the library board in October 2013. Describe the importance of public libraries. I often run past the UIUC underground library, and one day I stopped to...
View ArticleOn spinning out (commercializing) a university research center
by scott pickard Sitting there in the meeting this morning and my mind wandering a bit (been doing that since first grade), I thought: “When/if the research grant goes away, what happens?” Does the...
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