Online Learning Update

October 26, 2012

Learning Online: Have people really understood what a great MOOC would look like?

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:02 am

by the Learner Weblog

I think people might have got the whole ideas of MOOC too much relying on “teaching quality” alone. To me, MOOC is about LEARNING! In an ideal learning ecology, learning (and teaching) should be focused on the learners’ needs, NOT just what the teachers want to teach. If MOOC is only about teaching, then the educators and designers need to be mindful about what is needed to support education and learning. This is why Niazi has been struggling with the MOOC, when she couldn’t reach the media (Youtube) of instruction and assessment that she wanted. There are indeed so many roadblocks and distractions when learning online, that everyone has a story to tell. But is it really what the learner wants? How could we support our fellow educators and learners in MOOC?

http://suifaijohnmak.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/oped12-have-people-really-understood-what-a-great-mooc-would-look-like/

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