Here is a FlashMOOC and its results. The possibilities for research, reform, webinars, university development, professional development, culminating event, capstone, internships, winter term course. Well...kinda staggering. This course was eight hours long. Here is all the data and reflections afterward in a wiki. Splendid use of digital and online tools loosely joined.
a coalition of faculty-advocacy organizations asserts that online instruction “isn’t saving money—and may actually be costing students and colleges more,” but that “snappy slogans, massive amounts of corporate money, and a great deal of wishful thinking have created a bandwagon mentality that is hard to resist.”
That challenge touches Ginsberg as much as it does San Jose State’s philosophers. Before we name and shame, or oppose accreditation, or refuse to grant course credit, we need to think more seriously about the merits and limits of MOOCs.
The MOOC Research Initiative (MRI) will begin to address this research gap by evaluating MOOCs and how they impact teaching, learning, and education in general.