These comments from the NYT via a Stanford web site regarding the state of MOOCs will possibly be of interest:
http://edf.stanford.edu/readings/measuring-success-online-education Frank Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Phone: (505) 995-8715 Cell: (505) 670-9918 From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ron Newman Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 7:41 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] "Academics" and other Stereotypes Merle, Perhaps you and I should be talking, comparing notes on what's effective and what's not. I'm working in visualization for MOOCs. Pamela, Doesn't online education lend itself to inter-student communication even more than it does to instructor-student communication? And being worldwide, humanities students especially would benefit cross-culturally. That being said, I'm sure that some things are being lost that I'm not sure I can codify right now. At any rate, when there's a MOOC football league then traditional education should be seriously worried. Ron -- Ron Newman, Founder MyIdeatree.com <http://www.Ideatree.us> Skype: ronlnewman Santa Fe, NM
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