Un grande like a "This leads me to ask what business model colleges can apply in the face of both MOOCs and peer-to-peer knowledge. How do you mobilize a whole community to educate each other, while maintaining the value of expertise?"

Articolo molto interessante. Unica cosa: dire che Alcibiade, Fedro e Socrate sono i primi esempi di learning by doing mi sembra una vera americanata! ;)


On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:27 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin@polito.it> wrote:

The MOOC movement is not an indicator of educational evolution

MOOCs get the attention, but DIY and peer-to-peer exchange are more fertile grounds for development

by  | @praxagora | +Andy Oram | Comments: 12 | December 3, 2012

Somehow, recently, a lot of people have taken an interest in the broadcast of canned educational materials, and this practice — under a term that proponents and detractors have settled on, massive open online course (MOOC) — is getting a publicity surge. I know that the series of online classes offered by Stanford proved to be extraordinarily popular, leading to the foundation of Udacity and a number of other companies. But I wish people would stop getting so excited over this transitional technology. The attention drowns out two truly significant trends in progressive education: do-it-yourself labs and peer-to-peer exchanges.


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