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Coursera: An Experimental “Meta-MOOC” Shaping the Future of Higher Education
This post was written by Hilary Culbertson, Program Director of HASTAC, the innovative virtual learning network cofounded by Cathy Davidson and headquartered at Duke University. When Professor Cathy Davidson of Duke University agreed to teach a Coursera course on the “History and Future of (Mostly) Higher Education,” which will launch on January 27, 2014, she was determined to see how the course itself could help others to think about the many forms and functions of higher education in the 21st century. Co-founder of the 12,000+ member network HASTAC (hastac.org), an open community dedicated to innovations in learning, Professor Davidson sent a notice around to other network members to see if others might be interested in exploring the same topic in a variety of ways. More than thirty different universities and institutions in North America and internationally responded, offering courses, webinars, hangouts, and conferences on the topic. Along with the participants in Profe…