En México educación gratuita de alto nivel a través de MOOCs. ¿Qué es eso?

Por Ramón Talavera-Franco

@ratafra

Cualquier adulto quien vive y trabaja en la ciudad de México sabe lo difícil que es tener acceso a educación de calidad. No porque no exista, sino porque no hay tiempo o dinero para acceder a ella. Los bajos salarios, las jornadas laborales de más de 8 horas, las distancias para ir de la casa al trabajo y viceversa, y el tráfico, son algunos factores que impiden a un adulto poder continuar sus estudios de bachillerato, universidad o posgrado.

La educación en línea se ha convertido en una opción.

Actualmente cualquier adulto puede estudiar bachillerato o universidad a través de programas educativos tanto

Educating 1 billion students in 10 years: Open edX Conference 2015

Ramón Talavera-Franco

@ratafra

Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX was clear about the goal of the organization: Educating 1 billion students in the next 10 years. By 2015, Open edX—a non-profit organization established in Boston, MA—has reached 5 million students from more than 196 countries. The organization partners with 90 educational institutions in 40 countries, and offers 700+ courses online. According to these numbers, reaching the 1 billion students goal

Open edX Conference 2015: Cultivating creativity through projects, peers, passion, play

By Ramón Talavera-Franco
@ratafra

Dr. Mitch Resnick, director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the Media Laboratory at MIT was the 2015 Open edX Conference keynote speaker. During his conference, Dr. Resnick argued that schools do not teach children to think creatively to be able to face XXI century demands such as adaptability to new situations, confronting uncertainty, and becoming creative thinkers. In order to cultivate creativity in the learning process, Dr. Resnick designed a 4p's framework that explores how a learner learns from projects, peers, passion, and play.