Filiz Taylan Yüzak Coursera üzerine yazdı: “UZAKTAN VE ÜCRETSİZ AMA KALİTELİ EĞİTİM Mİ İSTİYORSUNUZ? COURSERA?YA BUYRUN!

  UZAKTAN VE ÜCRETSİZ AMA KALİTELİ EĞİTİM Mİ İSTİYORSUNUZ? COURSERA?YA BUYRUN!   Coursera, ABD?de bulunan Stanford Üniversitesi?nin öğretim üyeleri Daphne Koller ve Andrew Ng tarafından Nisan 2012?de kurulmuş ücretsiz bir online eğitim sitesi. Kuruluşundan bu yana dünya çapında 5 milyondan fazla öğrencisi olan sitenin sistemine şu an kayıtlı öğrenci sayısı ise 60.000?i geçti. Coursera sayesinde … Read more

R.I.P: Iain Banks Dies at 59.. A literati roundup…

Scottish author Iain Banks Dies at 59 Scottish author Iain Banks has died at the age of 59. Banks found out earlier this year that he had gall bladder that had spread and was inoperable. He said in a blog post to fans that he had less than a year to live. He married his … Read more

20,000 Artistic Images Available for Free Download… and more from academia…

LA County Museum Makes 20,000 Artistic Images Available for Free Download from Open Culture by Kate Rix Here is the link: http://collections.lacma.org/ Harvard Secretly Searched Campus Emails in Internal Investigation from Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai   Coursera’s Contractual Elitism   If you wonder why your university hasn?t linked up with Coursera, the massively popular provider … Read more

An academicus/literati roundup: Citizenship after orientalism at Open Democracy, Good practices for university open-access policies, Open Courses and more…

Citizenship after orientalism – an introduction from open Democracy News Analysis – by Engin Isin Introducing this week’s guest theme. Engin Isin holds a Chair in Citizenship and is Professor of Politics in Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University. He has published widely on the politics of … Read more