Online Learning Update

September 11, 2013

Reclaiming the Original Vision of MOOCs

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

By George Lorenzo, Campus Technology

In a New York Times feature article headlined “Two Cheers for Web U,” A. J. Jacobs wrote about his experience taking part in some massive open online courses (MOOCs). Among a good number of critical statements about MOOCS in general, Jacobs explained how the lack of teacher-to-student and student-to-student interaction in such online courses was probably the most disappointing aspect of his experience. He wanted to be engaged in what he said looked like, at first glance, a dynamic and exiting online learning experience. Instead, he said he was disappointed, finding that professors and students were out of reach and conversations were one-sided, faculty-only affairs.

http://campustechnology.com/articles/2013/09/05/reclaiming-the-original-vision-of-moocs.aspx

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