The Minds Behind the MOOCs from the Chronicle of Higher Education presents a range of observations and reactions form professors involved in MOOCs.
The single most common thread is that they take a lot of work to create and deliver There is also pretty universal agreement that they will impact (reduce) the cost of education.
There is, however, an undercurrent of “establishment resistance” among the MOOC professors. Tech Crunch’s article citing this report bears the heading 72% of Professors Who Teach Online Courses Don’t Think Their Students Deserve Credit.
Let the wars begin!
I had the original story re faculty push back clipped out of the LA Times, and snail mailed to me by mom Peg Jordan.
So I posted it here too, although linked in TechCrunch article. Similarly, the Chronicle story on Steinberg’s bill is another expression of the LA Times story posted here a few days ago.
That Chronicle link from TechCruch article also good: http://chronicle.com/article/California-Considers-a-Bold/137903/
very informative “Minds Behind The MOOCs”…
There’s a world out there beyond the so called “top professors” doing MOOCs…that will be heard from….multi media production by professionals and semi pros. Since online DLE depend greatly on media, those who are “best” at media will be players here… remains to be seen if what a “top professor” can do, can be assimilated and regurgitated or “simulated” by others, and in a sense “taken over”.
Also, countries outside the US are going to have opportunities to “play” in this field too. Especially those who can use English well… Kris found a LOT of capability in her Mini MOOC experience…. I’m getting my eyes opened by Chamilo activity…
Learning will look a LOT different when all the new potentials have been tried out, curated, and innovated a bunch.
Admin note: I liked this story so much, I’ve uploaded as pdf and linked to our media library…probably over doing it. But might want to link to this directly in something else, like a Prezi…