On reflection #fslt12 was a SmOOC – a small open online course. suspect that just as the number of Massive Open Online Courses of the Stanford type will proliferate – at least in the short term – so too will SmOOCs. SmOOCs have a lot going for them, principally in terms of the relationship between size, diversity and openness. MORE >>

Wordpress blogging platform has people donating plugins or using money donations to have work done. Here is a typical widget from Wordpress 3rd party developers which allows bloggers to ask for donations on their blog, and uses PayPal as the backend for donations across the online community. Caring But Not Committed. Pledgie ).  MORE >>

Good-Bye Facebook Open Networking. For years, Facebook was an open social networking site that permitted members to befriend people whom they didn’t know despite mounting privacy concerns. Hello Ning Open Networking. Search Engine Optimization Still Pays Big. However, Google and other search engines send much more. MORE >>

To address a frequently asked question, family - educated children do go to local open events, take online classes, and otherwise engage with people who are initially complete strangers. The democratic ideal of the public school as a place open to everybody seems to contradict the premises of family learning communities. Agile Methods. MORE >>

Keywords associated with the MOOC are: open education development resources oer mooc higher learning teaching pcthe further academy pgcert hea . We think we will use Brookes’ WordPress site. We started planning for this MOOC last week – I blogged about it here – [link]. See for example,  [link] ; [link] and [link] ). Video. MORE >>