tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829236275212075884.post1458296164842527919..comments2023-10-05T10:04:41.560-03:00Comments on osvaldo rodriguez: Time to call MOOCs something else?Osvaldohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02534886308864289544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829236275212075884.post-57742249400774034102013-01-13T11:36:44.065-02:002013-01-13T11:36:44.065-02:00Oswaldo
Is Coursera MOOC ?
Is edx MOOC ?
None of ...Oswaldo<br />Is Coursera MOOC ?<br />Is edx MOOC ?<br /><br />None of them massive at all . Finish is mostly less than 1,000<br /><br />They are not free either. A small fee later .<br /><br />EDX is non profits elite schools.<br />Coursera is a wonderful marketing company . <br /><br />Reporters just misinform people .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829236275212075884.post-19356980158807438752012-04-18T22:50:24.615-03:002012-04-18T22:50:24.615-03:00Learning Event... I like that and surely more acce...Learning Event... I like that and surely more acceptable than anarchists learning commune. I enjoy the exploration and sharing of ideas but am, ultimately, more interested in application than theories of pedagogy. Enough with the meta already, I say to myself, what can I do with it? So, Gordon, your update is welcome news to me.<br /><br />I get the impression that similar models (if not quite such free form happenings) are already being introduced for workplace training. I send open resources ~ including links to ones like Open Study ~ to the county Adult Learning Center GED teacher to supplement the highly structured commercially produced "program material" provided by ABE Center at the area community college. Recently, I brought up mobile learning. <br /><br />My impression: two basic models or perhaps tendencies have emerged and any number of variants (or adaptations) along the spectrum in between them. The tendencies will coexist like competing schools. Nothing new or surprising there.Vanessa Vailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647639725252430851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829236275212075884.post-76455898217984943562012-04-04T12:18:50.430-03:002012-04-04T12:18:50.430-03:00I agree with the sentiment Osvaldo but it may be t...I agree with the sentiment Osvaldo but it may be too late now to do much about renaming 'MOOCs'. After all, taking the meaning literally, the Stanford type does fit the description - perhaps even more than a 'connectivist MOOC' since that hardly corresponds to what many people think of as a 'course'! Previously I suggested using 'Massive Open Online Learning Event' as a generic term so that 'Mooc', pronounced as a single word (to de-emphasize the 'course' connotation), then becomes the special case for Connectivism but now 'MOOC' seems to have taken over as the generic term and 'connectivist MOOC' as a subclass.<br /><br />Concerning the differences between various MOOCs, I'm not sure how fundamental they are. Given openess, anyone can approach any MOOC in just about any way they like. For example I've been registered on the Udacity CS101 course with a view to improving my programming skills. I'm not new to programming so I focus on the parts that interest me - rather like in a connectivist MOOC. I find the brief videos and exercises excellent for my purposes. There's also a lively discussion forum where a surprisingly large number of knowledgeable participants are helping out.<br />Gordon LockhartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com