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Céline Keller

Technological determinism / Neil Postman | KrustelKram's Adventures in Online Learning - 0 views

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    "Every teacher should begin every course making a little speech to the students, that would go along these lines: Hey look I am a fallible human being so during the duration of this course I am bound to make lots of mistakes. I will say things that are untrue. I will give opinions that are unfounded.Your job as a student is to pay a lot of attention and try to identify when I made a mistake. And then try to show me and your classmates where I made that mistake." Neil Postman "Textbooks present facts and information...and teach kids that subjects are boring, when in fact they are not." Neil Postman Link collection and videos on Neil Postman
Ary Aranguiz

Half an Hour: What Makes a MOOC Massive? - 0 views

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shared by Ary Aranguiz on 23 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • my understanding is that for the course to be a *course* it has to be more than just a broadcast.
  • the capacity of the technology supporting the course to enable and engage conversations and activities across multiple platforms
  • The big danger, to my mind, in a large online course is that through strong group-formation activities, it can become a small online course. This happens when a central clique or insider group is formed, or where you have inner circles and outer circles. The inner circle, for example, might expect and demand preferential access to and individual attention from the course facilitators.
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  • the primary value becomes cohesion and agreement, rather than diversity and distinct perspectives.
  • When the course functions as a small group, there is an expectation that everyone will agree on the course content, objectives, and domain of discussion. But, in fact, to be a massive course, it must needs respect a wide variety of individual objectives, perspectives on course materials, and opinions about relevant topics of discussion (not to mention technological platform and language of 'instruction').
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