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"Videogames are one of the fastest trending topics in media, education, and technology. Research across fields as disparate as science, literacy, history, visual processing, curriculum, and computer science suggests that videogames aren't just fun - they can actually be good for your mind as well. In this course, we will discuss current research on the kinds of thinking and learning that goes into videogames and gaming culture. We'll investigate the intellectual side of digital gameplay, covering topics that range from perception and attention in Left 4 Dead 2 to the development of historical understanding in Civilization to collaborative learning in massively multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft. Throughout the course, we examine the inherent tensions between contemporary youth culture and traditional education and new developments in games for learning that promise to help bridge that growing divide."

"This course is focused on the potential of blended learning to transform the way we setup classrooms and schools.  We are not focused on simply putting computers into classrooms or layering technology on top of the existing system.  This course focuses on the highest-quality blended learning we have seen so far, and schools that are working to get closer to the golden ideal of every student getting exactly what they need, when they need it.  We'll cover the basics of blended learning and then move quickly into all the implications for the role of the student, the role of the teacher, and the implications for how we design and run our schools. "

How to use Augmented Reality - slides from Coursera Mooc K12 Emerging Trends

"In a previous post, I commented on the Massive Teaching course at Coursera and that something odd was happening. Either Coursera deleted the prof from the course or the prof was running some type of experiment. It now appears to be primarily the latter. (...) 3. Criticism ranging from a poorly designed course to poor ethics has been directed to Paul-Olivier Dehaye. Most of it is unfair. There have been some calls for U of Zurich to discipline the prof. Like others, I've criticized his deception research and his silence since the course was shut down. Several days before the media coverage, Dehaye provided the following comments on his experiment: "MOOCs can be used to enhance privacy, or really destroy it," Dehaye wrote. "I want to fight scientifically for the idea, yet teach, and I have signed contracts, which no one asks me about…. I am in a bind. Who do I tell about my project? My students? But this idea of the #FacebookExperiment is in itself dangerous, very dangerous. People react to it and express more emotions, which can be further mined." The goal of his experiment, Dehaye wrote, was to "confuse everyone, including the university, [C]oursera, the Twitter world, as many journalists as I can, and the course participants. The goal being to attract publicity…. I want to show how [C]oursera tracks you." There it is. His intent was to draw attention to Coursera policies and practices around data. Congrats, Paul-Olivier. Mission accomplished. He is doing exactly what academics should do: perturb people to states of awareness. Hundreds, likely thousands, of faculty have taught MOOCs, often having to toe the line of terms and conditions set by an organization that doesn't share the ideals, community, and egalitarianism that define universities (you can include me in that list). The MOOC Mystery was about an academic doing what we expect and need academics to do. Unfortunately it was poorly executed and not properly communicated so th

Alternative URL: http://todoele.org/todoele20/content/congrats-paul-olivier-dehaye-massiveteaching

"If you notice a serious mistake in a course, please contact us. Include information about the mistake, including links to supporting evidence that it is a mistake. Serious mistakes might include: An assignment deadline set before the course start date A broken link to a resource required for an assignment A video that has no subtitles If you notice a typo or minor error in a course, please do not report it. Typos do not affect the course experience significantly for most users, and reporting them makes it more difficult for instructional staff to address real issues in course content."

Strano concetto della qualità.

"88 results for "vouchers" Help Articles Course Certificate Refund Policies -390 ... need to reach out to Apple. Course Certificate Vouchers You may receive a Course Certificate voucher as part of a special... Forum Discussions..."

"...Ries arbeitet gerade vor allem an der Übersetzung von Online-Kursen. Dabei sei es wichtig, dass die Übersetzung nicht nur rein sprachlich stattfindet, sondern auch Beispiele auf die jeweilige Nation angepasst werden müssen. Für Coursera arbeiten derzeit viele freiwillige Übersetzer aus den verschiedensten Ländern, die als Global Translator Community bezeichnet wird. Die Übersetzungsqualität der Community war, entgegen den Erwartungen, erstaunlich hoch. Die Übersetzer hatten die zu übersetzenden Kurse bereits absolviert und verfügten demnach über einen besseren fachlichen Wortschatz, als professionelle Übersetzer. TRAMOOC arbeitet gerade an einem Generator, der für einen speziellen Fachbereich Inhalte übersetzt."

"Studenten zahlen mit Daten (... Kritikwürdig finden die Aktivisten von Digitalcourage auch das Geschäftsmodell des Onlinekursanbieters Coursera, der in Deutschland unter anderem mit der TU München kooperiert. Die Daten der Studierenden, die online an den Kursen teilnehmen, werden von amerikanischen Unternehmen gespeichert und verwertet. "Dieser BigBrotherAward soll eine Warnung an die Hochschulen sein, Onlinekurse bei datenschutztechnisch zweifelhaften Anbietern nicht zum Pflichtangebot für den Scheinerwerb zu machen", heißt es in der Laudatio. "

"Auch Hochschulen und Softwarefirmen unter den Preisträgern Dass zwei sonst als technikaffin bekannte Münchner Universitäten, die TU und die Ludwig- Maximilians-Uni, eine aus Sicht der Big-Brother Jury zweifelhafte US- Firma mit Online- Kursen für Studierende beauftrage, sei gefährlich, weil "Coursera" alle Leistungsdaten, Lernerfolge und -Misserfolge der Studierenden zur intransparenten Profilbildung speichere."

"The Year of the MOOC (...) MOOCs have been around for a few years as collaborative techie learning events, but this is the year everyone wants in. Elite universities are partnering with Coursera at a furious pace. It now offers courses from 33 of the biggest names in postsecondary education, including Princeton, Brown, Columbia and Duke. In September, Google unleashed a MOOC-building online tool, and Stanford unveiled Class2Go with two courses. "

"April 14, 2013 by Claude Almansi Questo post risponde alla richiesta di Andreas Formiconi in Apriamo il blog #ltis13: Cose da fare… : (…) Iniziate a trasferire il diario che avete scritto sino ad ora nel blog, strutturandolo come preferite in uno a più post. | 5 aprile 2013 | | 7 aprile, mattina | | 7 aprile sera | | 11 aprile pomeriggio (Non solo luci)| | 12 aprile 2013 (Coursera/Amara - Non solo luci ) | | 13 aprile 2013 ( Blog - Digital Divide Network - RSS ) |"

eLearning Papers nº 33 [May 2013] "...This issue aims to shed light on the way MOOCs affect education institutions and learners. Which teaching and learning strategies can be used to improve the MOOC learning experience? How do MOOCs fit into today's pedagogical landscape; and could they provide a viable model for developing countries? We must also look closely at their potential impact on education structures. With the expansion of xMOOC platforms connected to different university networks-like Coursera, Udacity, edX, or the newly launched European Futurelearn-a central question is: what is their role in the education system and especially in higher education? This special issue of eLearning Papers brings together in-depth research and examples from the field to generate debate within this emerging research area." Author(s): Yishay Mor, Tapio Koskinen Anche in italiano e altre lingue

"links and materials  from  or related to Coursera geospatial revolution mooc 2013 Maps and the Geospatial Revolution  held by by Dr. Anthony C. Robinson ... part of what the geospatial revolution means is the advent of geospatial technology. Geospatial technology helps us create content that can be changed"

"Education Website Learn how to make maps that tell great stories. Welcome to the official Facebook page for the MOOC on Mapping taught by Dr. Anthony Robinson from Penn State on Coursera. Follow the class on Twitter: www.twitter.com/MapRevolution"

" Foundations of Virtual Instruction Cindy Carbajal Learn what it takes to teach a K-12 course online! Investigate the history of virtual education, explore innovative tools, and examine key issues related to K-12 virtual instruction. Workload: 2-4 hours/week  Watch intro video Sessions: Sep 30th 2013 (5 weeks long"

"...MOOCs are just the latest incarnation of bringing watered-down versions of culture, knowledge, and learning to a mass audience. What we see as the courses' flaws may well be their strengths, and they have the potential to carry those strengths to a broader audience than ever before. Problems arise only when we think of MOOCs as university courses rather than as learning for the masses. Yes, the vulgarians who run Coursera and Udacity deserve to be swept into the dustbin of history, and the fact that they seem not to have figured out how to profit from their enterprises suggests that they'll soon be hoist by their own capitalist petard. When they are, the real action can begin. As the history professor Jonathan Rees puts it, the fast-­approaching post-corporate-MOOC world "will almost certainly be a period of real pedagogical innovation conducted by people who are more interested in actual education than they are in becoming famous or just making a quick buck."..."

Giusto! Aspettiamo che l'azione inizi (e forse si può dire che è già iniziata! ;-) )

Non rinuncerei mai alla possibilità di usare i mezzi tecnologici per la diffusione della conoscenza, tuttavia è vero: non c'è nulla che possa sostituire la relazione didattica, nel senso di interazione significativa individuale.

Descrizione di una ricerca sull'efficacia dei MOOC

(di Anna Lisa Bonfranceschi | Pubblicato il 22 Novembre 2013 . Alla fine: Via: Wired.it ( http://daily.wired.it/news/internet/2013/11/21/mooc-corsi-gratuiti-chi-frequenta-290384.html ) Credits immagine: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/ ) L'articolo di Wired.it è lo stesso per il testo ma le illustrazioni sono diverse. Inoltre è sotto una licenza Creative Commons BY-NC-ND, mentre quello di galileo.net è sotto copyright stretto. Per l'articolo di Ezekiel J. Emanuel su Nature, del 20 novembre 2013, vedi http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v503/n7476/full/503342a.html : abstract e possibilità di comprare la versione completa, oppure di visualizzarla gratuitamente). Annarita, scusa la parentesi aggiunta sopra: mi serve per un post che sto rimunginando sulla traduzione di ipertesti. Sul fondo: la cosa buffa è che Emanuel aveva scritto un ditirambo sui fondatori di Coursera ad aprile, http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/andrew-ng-and-daphne-koller/ , concludendo: "After I taught my first class through Coursera, I got this beautiful postcard from Sri Lanka in the mail, thanking me. I just thought that was crazy and amazing. There's no chance I would have reached that student just by what I was doing before." E quella cartolina di cui andava così fiero, cfr. anche http://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2012/11/20/College-of-Future-Could-Be-Come-One-Come-All.print Per un'altra recensione di "Online education: MOOCs taken by educated few" di Emanuel , cfr. http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/moocs-are-reaching-only-privileged-learners-survey-finds/48567 di Steve Kolowich, 20 nov. 2013.

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"If there is no signed written agreement, then the work isn't for hire, and you start out with all the rights. If there is a written agreement, it should be entered into before you create the work. Beware of after-the-fact attempts to take away your rights by calling the work "for hire," for example by sending you a check whose endorsement line says that your signature is your agreement that the work was for hire."

Cf. https://d396qusza40orc.cloudfront.net/translations%2FCoursera%20Translator%20TOS.pdf , l'accordo imposto da Coursera ai volontari che traducono i sottotitoli dei video di lezioni.

"Can You Really Teach a MOOC in a Refugee Camp? - Wired Campus - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education August 1, 2014 by Steve Kolowich Two men living in Dadaab, a refugee camp in Kenya, would watch lecture videos and take online quizzes at a nearby United Nations compound. (InZone) One narrative that has driven widespread interest in free online courses known as MOOCs is that they can help educate the world. But critics like to emphasize that the courses mostly draw students who already hold traditional degrees. So when Coursera, the largest provider of MOOCs, published a blog post about how a professor had used one of its online courses to teach refugees near the Kenya-Somalia border, it sounded to some like a satire of Silicon Valley's naïve techno-optimism: Hundreds of thousands of devastated Africans stranded in a war zone? MOOCs to the rescue! Details of the experiment paint a more nuanced picture, one that highlights the challenges MOOC providers face in trying to change the lives of downtrodden people. Barbara Moser-Mercer, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Geneva, ran the refugee experiment and wrote Coursera's optimistic blog post about it. But in an interview with The Chronicle, as well as a more formal article she wrote about the experiment for a European conference on MOOCs, the professor expanded on the logistical issues that come with trying to make sophisticated online courses work in deprived settings."