MOOCs and Liberal Education

I like the way the author breaks "disruption" into 3 chunks, two of which look more like "finding efficiencies" and are easier to understand, and one ("reconsidering our fundamental assumptions of what it means to educate and be educated") which is "profound and truly uncharted." His callout to the "atomistic" view of education, in opposition to a more holistic experience, was touched on by Ron Griggs in a keynote at a recent GLCA conference. It wasn't captured on video but I'd really like to push him to write it up for publication.

That was a fun and unusual piece. I, too, like the multi-leveled analysis. But I'm not seeing the unbundling happening.

Good description of running a cMOOC.

"the task is to design a MOOC that leverages the best of both worlds - xMOOCs and cMOOCs."

Cautious optimism from admins.

Major followup study on MOOCs for learning.

A useful list.

Useful stats.

Various existing learning environments could scale to MOOC size and benefit learners by adding the social elements now missing, from citizen science to simulations, games, virtual reality, and augmented reality.

Useful summary.

I like this idea that the MOOC may be something like the electronic version of the "trade book," in that it usefully exposes academic ideas to people outside academia. Combined with the idea in the Boyer reports that "public intellectual" work could be considered as "service" instead of research or teaching, and I think there's an interesting new way to consider MOOCs...

This does not surprise me.

25%... how would that compare to awareness of other educational technology platforms?

A lengthy op-ed from one of the signers of the SJSU letter.

This is a thought-provoking article. More about learner-initiated learning than MOOCs.

Trent's a brilliant guy. Well worth the read.

"among academics, there seems to be as yet nothing but the consideration of students around the world as statistical figures." An interesting take on the serious problems of translation and cultural context in education

Yes. Although I rarely hear any academics express interest in this aspect of MOOCs.

Cites fears of legislatures cutting costs even further.

A nice survey.