Forum-Spooked by the MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses)? The Boom in Online Learning

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Friday, November 30, 2012

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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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Speaker

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LaborTech

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USF
McClaren Center rm. 252
Fulton & Cole St.
San Francisco

Spooked by the MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses)? The Boom in Online Learning and the Future of Educators & Public Education
LaborTech 2012 Schedule, Nov 30, Dec 1&2 At USF
http://labortech.net/complete-labortech-2012-schedule/
Streamed online at http://www.labortech.net
LaborTech 2012 Schedule
FRIDAY, November 30
5:00 - 7:00 PM Registration - (McLaren Center rm. 252)
7:00 PM
Plenary - (McLaren Center rm. 252)
Welcoming - Dorothy Kidd, Professor, Department of Media Studies, USF, AFT 4269
Spooked by the MOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses)? The Boom in Online Learning and the Future of Educators & Public Education
Major computer and tech companies along with speculators are seeking high returns by removing teachers and replacing them with online learning. Who is behind this, how is Being sold in public education and what will the results be of this transformation.

Danny Weil - Labor Journalist, Research on Education and Privatization
Kent Noel - University of Hawaii Professional Assembly NEA “Online Education And The
NEA”
Kathleen Carroll - Attorney, Researcher, The Financial Forces and Connections Behind The Education Online Drive

For more information: http://labortech.net/complete-labortech-20...

Added to the calendar on Thu, Nov 29, 2012 12:06PM

§Computers Instead of Teachers

by LaborTech

Thu, Nov 29, 2012 12:06PM