A number of years ago, I wrote occasional pieces for a now-defunct online publication that focused on the intersection of economics, politics and culture. And while my writing centered on the culture and politics bits, my favorite economist at the journal was Arnold Kling (whose work can still be found here). A couple of days […]
Udacity’s Pivot
While I wanted to first deal with some of the excess backlash that latched itself onto recent changes in direction from the MOOC pioneer Udacity, I also don’t want to pretend that their recent “pivot” means nothing with regard to both the reality and perception of online learning (massive, open or otherwise). First off, it […]
Bored with the MOOC Backlash – 2
Given that this site was created to provide perspective that might tamp down some of the over-exuberance I was seeing from MOOC boosters earlier this year, I’m surprised to find myself spending a week taking on the MOOC backlash. While pieces like the NEA story I described yesterday are harsh but informative, recent stories reacting […]
Bored with the Backlash 1 – A Response to Susan Meisenhelder
I just finished reading an article called “MOOC Mania” in the most recent issue of Thought & Action, the Higher Education Journal published by the National Education Association (NEA). (Sorry, but it’s not online as far as I can tell.) In it the author, Susan Meisenhelder, Professor Emeritus of English at California State University of […]
SPOCs
I keep thinking I’m going to run out of things to write about regarding the whole MOOC thing before the year is out. At the same time, the running list of subjects I’ve been trying to get to never seems to shorten. So time to knock a topic off the list that’s been sitting there […]
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