Oram: "The MOOC movement is not an indicator of educational evolution"
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 byAndy Oram <http://radar.oreilly.com/andyo>| @praxagora <http://twitter.com/praxagora>|+Andy Oram <https://plus.google.com/#111030861447662731288/posts>|Comments: 12 <http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/12/the-mooc-movement-is-not-an-indicator-of-educational-evolution.html#disqus_thread>|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 ofonline classes offered by Stanford <http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/august/online-computer-science-081611.html>proved to be extraordinarily popular, leading to the foundation ofUdacity <http://www.udacity.com/>and a number ofother companies <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/the-big-three-mooc-provid...>. 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. [...] Continua qui: http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/12/the-mooc-movement-is-not-an-indicator-of-ed...
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 Andy Oram <http://radar.oreilly.com/andyo> | @praxagora<http://twitter.com/praxagora> | +Andy Oram <https://plus.google.com/#111030861447662731288/posts> | Comments: 12<http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/12/the-mooc-movement-is-not-an-indicator-of-ed...> | 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<http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/august/online-computer-science-081611.htm...> proved to be extraordinarily popular, leading to the foundation of Udacity <http://www.udacity.com/> and a number of other companies<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/the-big-three-mooc-provid...>. 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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