I would imagine politics as in looks good with politicians even in a silly season and like political announcements they have to be made several times so most people notice them
 
Andy
 
And before you ask I did not know anything about this in advance and can tell you no more than is in the public domain

From: Pat Lockley [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 14 December 2012 13:33
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Subject: Re: Future learn

Given nothing appears to be ready, I wonder what drove the announcement?


On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Stephen Gomez <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
It's certainly attracting a lot of national press interest and coverage. Also, what courses will be available, I wonder? Hopefully it will be announced early next year.

Best wishes, Stephen

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From: Open Educational Resources [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Suzanne Hardy [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 14 December 2012 11:37
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Subject: Re: Future learn

Yes the list is interesting. And doesn't appear on the Futurelearn site itself as far as I can see....

I wonder how the HEIs in that list were recruited?


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On 14 Dec 2012, at 11:31, Pat Lockley wrote:

Hi all,

http://www.futurelearn.com/

What are peoples thoughts then? Seems an interesting list of participants  (http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/13/12-u-k-universities-forge-moocs-alliance-futurelearn-consortium-will-offer-uni-branded-open-online-courses-starting-next-year/) given UK OER people don't seem to appear much (bar the OU).

Pat


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