tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post7136121206852694659..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: MOOCs and the Failure of InnovatorsPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-66394515092727273672017-01-17T10:45:39.472-05:002017-01-17T10:45:39.472-05:00I think it is likely that future students will be ...I think it is likely that future students will be taking a mix of f2f activities and online activities within a class and a mix of online classes and f2f classes at school. I agree with Michael that there are many parallels between the drive for literacy when technology changes made the written word relatively inexpensive and a drive for competency in online learning now that technology has made other forms of communication relatively inexpensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-67825580102547195122017-01-17T00:00:20.651-05:002017-01-17T00:00:20.651-05:00Somebody should create a reality TV show where a h...Somebody should create a reality TV show where a handful of rich, influential edu-reformers are snatched out of their homes, dropped into a classroom with 20-30 kids and forced to teach actual children for 3-4 months. Picture Betsy DeVos trying to find equatorial guinea on a big map of south America, or David Coleman curled up in a corner while riotous students hurl safety-scissors at each other. Jordan Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12091776887600950851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-633221933277190612017-01-16T15:00:49.920-05:002017-01-16T15:00:49.920-05:00Should we teach them how to learn online in an onl...Should we teach them how to learn online in an online class or should that be done f2f? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07228908566250306699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-32318255123930338432017-01-16T13:49:20.254-05:002017-01-16T13:49:20.254-05:00When webinars first came on-line, a lot of accompl...When webinars first came on-line, a lot of accomplished trainers and facilitators rushed to market thinking the transition from in-person to digital would be a piece of cake. Having sat thru many an early webinar I could see it would not be that easy. With time some trainers adapted while others emerged....they are 10,000x better than when I delivered my first one in 2002 (hopefully I am better as well).<br /><br />Ditto for learning on-line. As the pool of digital natives grows, an increasing number of people understand how to approach a MOOC and take advantage of what it offers (probably why completion rates have doubled in the past 4 years). It is not for everyone and those who cut their teeth in a physical classroom are having a harder time transitioning. We would do well investing more in teaching people how to learn on-line. It's similar to teaching them to read....when they get it the whole library opens up for them.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06452330026472110482noreply@blogger.com