Word has it that a flame war has broken out in the discussion boards of one of the more recently started MOOCs, causing some agita on the part of the instructor who has been forced to delete some discussion threads and accounts, as well as have to deal with angry communications from students who felt […]
What is a College?
At the end of last week’s podcast, I threw out a few stories about the quirky origins of some of America’s best known universities to demonstrate that the institutions of higher ed we now consider symbols of the mainstream began in ways that seem strikingly familiar in today’s age of educational entrepreneurship. Technology enabled learning […]
Interview with Katie Cleary, Community Director at MOOC Campus
Can you create a college with no professors or administrators, just mentors and coaches helping students follow their own learning adventure? The Black Mountain Self Organized Learning Environment (SOLE) is attempting to answer that question with their new MOOC Campus project, an experiment in independent, self-directed education that provides a college environment where students can […]
Culture of Integrity – 2
Other research results we learned about in that online cheating MOOC mentioned in the first part of this discussion include: Cheating levels tend to go down as the risk and level of punishment associated with getting caught go up If cheating requires more work than simply doing the assignment honestly, people will not go down […]
A Culture of Integrity – 1
For the final project for my Canvas.net class Understanding Cheating in Online Courses, I need to (and I quote from the course’s web page – so you know I’m not plagiarizing): “design a plan of action for helping to cultivate a culture of academic honesty and integrity in one or more specific contexts (like the […]
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