Maybe this is where the blending of higher-ed and MS/HS teachers could be a benefit - breaking down the bigger processes into the "how" steps more familiar to "lower" ed teachers??
I imagine it sort of glass shards. When pulled together, the true story might eventually emerge. And if not all the pieces are in place (ie, perspectives), the view gets skewed a bit. or something like that ...
Isn't this always the case? We have an incomplete narrative of who we are, because we are focused on our own experience and motivations, and the true narrative of self unfolds both inside and outside of us.
They can build an amount of empathy, but they can never reach full understanding.
Customize .... sure ... but only if you do it within the bounds of the course, right? What happens if students create their own parallel learning space?
Those of us committed to open education would argue that such a mission can only be accomplished if education, pedagogy, courses, content, data, etc., are actually and truly “open.”
many reacted with anger instead of engaging in reflection about the fact that their behavior and emotions in the course’s online forum were being tracked by Coursera
They were angry at the professor? not Coursera? Are we raising kids who don't question anything? I like how the prof was pushing the envelope here. Even with controversy, I bet the students learned more about data mining then if they had read about it in a textbook.
a needed narrative around what MOOCs are, how they are impacting higher education and faculty, and how control is being wrested from the people who are vital counter-balancing agents in society’s power structure.
Suddenly their inbox was assaulted with dozens, hundreds, of emails. The point that he was trying to make was on the power that faculty have in a course.
Wanted to add this list of blogs to our Diigo and point out the "random post generator" -- I've been doing regular travels around the CCourse blogosphere because it seems as if commenting is not really happening on any grand scale here.
Open learning has emerged within the public imagination as a potentially disruptive force in higher education. It has attracted the attention of policy makers, venture capitalists and the technology sector, key functionaries in higher education, teachers, students, activists, progressives, futurists, and researchers.