Anmeldung
Monika Koenig, Dörte Giebel and Heinz Wittenbrink, MOOC, January 5, 2013.

A Qualitative Analysis Framework Using Natural Language Processing and Graph Theory
Patrick J. Tierney, The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, January 6, 2013.

Intellectual Property Is a University’s Best Friend
Joseph Esposito, The Scholarly Kitchen, January 7, 2013.

About MOOC Completion Rates: The Importance of Student Investment
Tucker Balch, , January 11, 2013.

When you look at how many people clicked on the login form, completion rates in a MOOC are very low. But when you look at those who completed teh first assignment, completion rates are much higher. Investment matters. More...

Facebook Charging $100 to Message Mark Zuckerberg
Chris Taylor, Mashable, January 11, 2013.

My first thought was, if Facebook can charge $100 to unconnected people to send a message to mark Zuckerberg, how much could it charge unconnected people to send a message to me? A dollar? My second thought way, why should Facebook keep all that money? And this made me contemplate a new internet economy where advertisers pay intended targets, not the communications medium. More...

Lucidchart: a free collaboration tool for teachers
Eliza Wright, A GeekyMomma's Blog, January 11, 2013.

I've been using draw.io to make flowcharts for gRSShopper - it's pretty basic, and doesn't share the way I'd like it to, but it's free. Draw.io was set up to demonstrate the mxGraph Javascript diagramming library and works quite well as a drawing tool. You can find it on GitHub. Here's more on the plug-in. Here's where I tried to share a drawing using Google Drive (also pictured above). More...