By David Weldon, Campus Technology
At the Campus Technology conference in Boston, Stephen Downes explained the difference between innovation and transformation. Much of what is passing for innovation in education today is not really that, Downes said. And in the industry overall, is it innovation we are achieving — or change? “Change is done to you,” Downes stressed. “Innovation you do.” Downes is no stranger to dramatic change in education. In 2008 he co-created the first massive open online course in the world, setting off a revolution in online education. But that sort of thing isn’t what will transform education, Downes said. MOOCs are delivery methods – not changes in curriculum. If we want to change education, we have to change how we think about teaching and content. Downes didn’t offer a blueprint for how to do that, but challenged the audience to think about transformation in what we teach, how we teach it and how we personalize the experience.
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/08/09/why-todays-moocs-are-not-innovative.aspx
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