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Kev Harland

What is the problem for which MOOCs are the solution? | IOE London blog - 1 views

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MOOC forums quizzes

shared by Kev Harland on 29 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • This is a professional development course for which the teaching methods currently used in MOOCs – videos, forums and quizzes* – are appropriate, because teachers are professionals who know how to learn, and can learn a lot from each other. These methods are not sophisticated enough for teaching children or even undergraduates in the developing world, which is why the beneficiaries are still the rich. But they may help to train the professionals who can begin to make the difference.
  • Kev Harland on 29 Jun 14
     
    I thought this was an interesting commentary on the teaching techniques used in the current wave of MOOCs.
johannetta

Will a degree made up of Moocs ever be worth the paper it's written on? | Higher Educat... - 1 views

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mooc higher education degree

shared by johannetta on 15 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Very few Moocs lead to any sort of officially recognised qualification, so the recent success of the University of the People in being permitted to award degrees to students studying for its tuition-free, online-only courses marks a departure for the sector.
  • The University of the People, for example, states that undergraduates will study in groups of 30 to 40
  • he big question is whether you can [offer degrees] without tutorial support, and so at lower cost.
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  • Moocs will have to change considerably to gain credibility and improve the quality of students' learning experience.
  • students will need to be extremely driven to get through.
  • The degree and quality of tutor interactions is seen as critical to any chance of success by others in the sector, too.
  • Mooc providers need to find ways to make the assessment richer, more meaningful and more reliable at scale for larger audiences."
  • These better options include courses from providers such as the Open University and Ed2Go that provide "quality education for specific certificate programs in a much more personalised setting at very competitive prices and, in many cases, to developing nations gratis."
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