Online Learning Update

November 8, 2014

What MOOCs Are Teaching Universities About Active Learning

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

by KQED MindShift

In his TED talk, Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX describes how MOOCs are inspiring university and high school teachers to try assigning video lectures for homework so class time can be used for asking questions and hands-on assignments. He’s fired up at how engaged students have been and at the power of immediate feedback the online platform offers. Even more impressive, students from around the world are discussing concepts together online, eventually finding answers to questions on their own. MOOCs may not have upended the university system as predicted, but they may have done something better, Agarwal says — force inert institutions to rethink their practices.

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/what-moocs-are-teaching-universities-about-active-learning/

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