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Patrice Prusko

Top universities embrace MOOCs, but opinion is divided - University World News - 0 views

  • failings in the MOOC format around sustainability, quality, equality, equity, financial viability, learning quality and accreditation.
  • lacks novelty
  • weaknesses around access, content, quality, accreditation, pedagogy, poor engagement with weaker learners, and exclusion of learners without networking skills
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  • The burning issues for MOOCs are a viable business model and accreditation of learning.
  • networking, reputational and learning skills that MOOC environments require for successful learning.
  • Online autonomy, group formation and inclusion-exclusion feelings among learners are a vital dynamic in MOOC learning, and are probably insufficiently understood.”
  • potential disruptions in higher education; and technology solutions for accreditation, assessment and authentication.
  • using MOOCs to preserve or increase earnings from overseas learners, and in commercial CPD
  • adaptive learning driven by learner analytics; badging and accreditation technology; and authentication technology that would leverage robust and proven peer assessment methods
Patrice Prusko

The Real Value of Online Education - Brandon Alcorn, Gayle Christensen, and Ezekiel J. ... - 1 views

  • But focusing on the tiny fraction of students who complete a MOOC is misguided. The more important number is the 60 percent engagement rate. Students may not finish a MOOC with a certificate of accomplishment, but the courses nonetheless meet the educational goals of millions. 
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    "But focusing on the tiny fraction of students who complete a MOOC is misguided. The more important number is the 60 percent engagement rate. Students may not finish a MOOC with a certificate of accomplishment, but the courses nonetheless meet the educational goals of millions. "
Patrice Prusko

edX Names Top 10 MOOCs for 2014 - Make Learning Your New Year's Resolution | EdTech Times - 1 views

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    edX named two CornellX MOOCs to it's list of top 10 MOOCs for 2014
Patrice Prusko

All Hail MOOCs! Just Don't Ask if They Actually Work | TIME.com - 0 views

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    "Seventy-five percent said the main reason they signed up for a MOOC was that it didn't cost them anything, while 29 percent of those who dropped out said they got too busy to continue, and 20 percent said they lost interest."
Patrice Prusko

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/240193/13-117... - 0 views

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    The Maturing of the MOOC current literature review
Patrice Prusko

MIT MOOC | Dave's Whiteboard - 0 views

  • ORIENT: Find out where stuff is. Then remember where it is. DECLARE: Set up a place to record and share your thoughts. NETWORK: Follow others;  interact with them. CLUSTER: Once you’ve gotten your feet wet, get together with people who share your interests. FOCUS: “Halfway through,” Cormier says, “your mind starts to wander.” So have a way to apply what you’ve been learning.
  • video by Dave Cormier
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    Good 4 minute video on how to be successful in a MOOC
Patrice Prusko

OER MOOC: Reviewing COER13 Using Conole's 12 Dimensions Rubric - moocnewsandreviews.com - 0 views

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    uses Conole's 12 dimension rubric to assess MOOC
rvanderlan

Learning in an Introductory Physics MOOC - 3 views

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    Good study of learning in MOOC, comparing different types of MOOC students AND comparing MOOC with students in face-to-face classes.
Patrice Prusko

http://www.rpajournal.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/SF2.pdf - 0 views

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    Studying Learning in the Worldwide Classroom Research into edX's First MOOC
Patrice Prusko

MOOCs make waves in higher education worldwide - University World News - 0 views

  • “Alternatively MOOCs, with their high demands for connectivity, online literacy and English language skills, may be excluding developing world students and privileging learners from the most highly developed educational environments.”
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