A couple of posts back, I mentioned that I wanted to look at what was so special about the structure and format of a course in comparison to other methods one could use to learn the same subject. For example, one could learn about something by listening to a podcast, which provides instruction similar to […]
Researching Who MOOCs Are For
I’ve been corresponding with someone who reached out via the Contact form regarding what we hope will come out of the “Big Data” being generated from millions of students enrolled in and taking MOOC classes. No doubt the “micro-behavior” of students as they progress through a class will be invaluable to those designing and teaching […]
MOOCs and the Autodidact
As I mentioned last time, someone interested and truly motivated to learn a subject has no shortage of ways to achieve that goal. Taking a course through a residential or online college is one way of obtaining expertise (presuming time and resources permit), or perhaps a nearby extension school or other adult education program will […]
Education by Podcast?
Given that some of the best material in that curated course I mentioned last time comes from podcasts, this opens up the question of whether something other than a formal or informal course (be it delivered via a traditional classroom, as a MOOC, or through a recorded lecture series) can be used as the basis […]
Curated Learning
I’ve gotten to the halfway point in an Existentialism course I’m taking from Saylor.org. And while I still need to get to the end before writing a formal review, it’s worth taking a few moments now to comment on a course that’s not simply a recording (a la iTunes U) or repackaging (a la most […]
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