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Not everyone supports the faculty at San Jose MOOC criticism...

A remarkably worthwhile podcast episode, discussing digital divide issues, support for mobile phones in MOOCs, and online pedagogy.

Some interesting notes, reflecting MOOC instructors' thoughts: -students shouldn't get credit at their school for passing a MOOC -MOOCs will lower college costs -teaching one takes time from other responsibilities

There's that grumpy 6% who have taught a MOOC and believe their institution will eventually offer credit for them, but don't feel students who succeed in them deserve it. What's going on there?

Heh! Darkness.

Seems like she sees libraries as A/V support for MOOCs.

Stephen Downes offers a nice, condensed take on MOOCs.

Interesting, useful breakdown of how learners respond to different video styles.

Seconded. I especially appreciate the way the author highlights the need to really think through the process of developing video content (as opposed to simply recording an existing experience), and the way he seems to imply that a great deal of effort ("invest heavily") will probably be required for the planning stage(s). So true.

Dang - I wanted to do this research! I recently completed Davidson's MOOC and was once again struck how the video presence matters. In her case, very little editing...which I actually found distracting (varying audio levels, bad lighting, etc.). I understand the desire to not overly produce but I think we want a level of professionalism. Very useful...thanks Bryan for finding it.