On 27/09/13 17:21, [email protected] wrote: > Regarding MOOCS, I generally tend to agree with Tom ... > http://www.tomw.net.au/technology/it/online_education_revolution > ... MOOCs can be ... a great way to gain over-all yet also in-depth > academic tastes of as yet personally unexplored academic areas ...
Unfortunately, MOOCs could be used as an excuse for governments to reduce funding for local courses. > ... see if they suit, then ... traditional learning environments, and gain an > academic certification. ... I would prefer if the certification was available with the on-line/flexible courses, avoiding old fashioned "Lecture 1.0". I never enjoyed attending lectures and gave up giving lectures, around the time I was appointed a "Lecturer" at ANU: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Lecture_2.0 -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
