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Here is a list of the 12 most viewed posts over the last 6 months. [Last updated 10 February 2013.]
4,532 - 16 bits per second - the bandwidth of consciousness
1,105 - If ever you need a really comprehensive "title" drop-down
689 - Futurelearn - an OU-led response to Coursera, Udacity, and MITx
622 - Mathematics summer school closed in Turkey because it involved "education without permission"
498 - Both episodes of Dylan Wiliam's "The Classroom Experiment" now available
387 - The Finnish school system: many jaw-dropping moments in this interview with Pasi Sahlberg by John Hattie
370 - Peter Norvig's TED talk reflecting on creating and running the online AI course
362 - Aaron Swartz RIP: links
344 - Decoding Learning - a report that gets to the heart of the challenge of enhancing learning with technology
336 - The chances of edX, Coursera, Udacity et al reaching "Facebook numbers" should not be lightly discounted
- Follow @sebschmoller
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