July 28, 2013
LEVELLING UP:
An online college revolution is coming (Danielle Allen, July 26, 2013, Washington Post)The range of subjects that might become available to everyone through MOOCs is potentially as broad as the array of specialties represented throughout the professoriate at all institutions. Already some of the most successful MOOCs involve not science and technology but rather Greek mythology and modern poetry.No commodity is resistant to global deflationary pressures and everything has been commodified.
The hard work involved in creating high-quality opportunities for interactive learning online is generating important pedagogic payoffs. To create a good MOOC, the faculty member and support staff need to understand how people learn. A body of scholarly literature called "learning theory" has explored this for some time, and the world of MOOCs draws heavily on that research. What's more, the data generated by students' participation in MOOCs promise to dramatically expand our capacity to understand diverse learning styles and to tailor pedagogy to the individual student.
These features show the limits of educational institutions as they presently exist.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 28, 2013 9:43 AM
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