“California Puts
MOOC Bill on Ice”
“Legislation in California
originally aimed at getting state colleges to award credit for massive open
online courses and other offerings from non-university providers has been
shelved for at least a year”.
“The bill, SB 520, caused a stir when it was introduced, in March, by State Sen. Darrell
Steinberg, a powerful Democrat in the California Legislature. Faculty unions
strongly opposed it, and later drafts of the bill would give faculty-governance
bodies more oversight of what outside courses could count for credit”.
“Now Mr. Steinberg has
shelved the bill. The senator will re-evaluate next summer whether the
legislation is still necessary, said Rhys Williams, a spokesman”.
“The senator changed his mind after the three public systems
in California moved to expand their online offerings. California State
University, for example, announced on Wednesday that it would offer
36 online courses this fall that could be taken for credit by students at any
of the system’s 23 campuses”.
Read the rest here: http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/california-puts-mooc-bill-on-ice/45215?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Thoughts?
Dr Flavius A B
Akerele III
The ETeam
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