Thanks for sharing, John - good spot. I noted that the $89 pricepoint undercuts StraighterLine (http://www.straighterline.com) by $10. Thought the latter Pearson/Blackboard/UPhoenix collaboration allows access to paid content, the two are clearly in the same space in competing on price in academic credit market.
David
Robert Robertson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>a quick note of a Chronicle of Higher Education article that may be of interest
>
>A First for Udacity: a U.S. University Will Accept Transfer Credit for
>One of Its Courses
>http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/134162/
>
>In brief the article states: If students enrolled in Udacity's CS101
>course take the $89 proctored exam from Pearson they can get transfer
>credit at Colorado State University Global Campus. Though some
>European institutions have offered similar options this is the first
>US option to turn a free course offering into credit (relatively
>cheaply).
>
>Thoughts:
>*I'm ignoring the conversation about whether credit are the point of a MOOC
>*Ok, I don't know how this compares with for example Empire State
>University's involvement in OERu and costs for credit there
>*Yes, on campus students can get credit for ds106, or one might get a
>mooc course assesses in some from as prior learning but these options
>bear 'normal' credit costs
>*Knowing a little of the pressures in CS education, the economic
>challenges in Mike Caulfield's post
>http://hapgood.us/2012/08/28/how-moocs-will-kill-higher-education/
>seem a lot more real
>
>John
>
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>
>R. John Robertson
>ePortfolio and Online Learning Support
>Learning Technologies
>University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
>920-424-0487
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