Mooc platform to focus on group learning

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Mooc platform to focus on group learning
Emma Boyde, Financial Times, April 16, 2013
The Financial Times (of all places) reports on a new MOOC start-up from Stanford called NovoEd. As the headline suggests, the defining feature of the new software is a group-forming algorithm. Groups were originally formed of people from the same geographic area but with a range of experience. Members rated each other, then participants were asked to reform into new groups. More...