FUTURE READY MOOC: Ready to get MOOC'ed? The Friday Institute at North Carolina State University, along with the Alliance for Excellent Education, are offering a free "MOOC-Ed" course designed to help superintendents, instructional technology officers and other district leaders develop goals and actionable plans for digital learning initiatives. The eight-week course starts on March 2 and walks through the Future Ready Schools Framework, which lay out ingredients for how leaders can support smart tech adoption in schools. A certificate of completion, worth 20 hours of professional development, will be available to active participants.