02-12-2013, 07:16 AM
An excerpt from Debbie Morrison's blog, wherein she declares "The MOOC Honeymoon Is Over." She describes the now infamous Fundamentals of Online Education course as a "calamity" and a "disaster."
She totally nails the flaw present in so many online programs--they use the exciting modern technology to attempt to replicate all the boring, outdated aspects of traditional classroom teaching.
Although Fatimah seems to have single-handedly derailed the MOOC revolution, she might have done us all a favor by exposing how the retro-traditionalists of the higher ed cartel are attempting to co-opt the new technology to delay or avoid the change that likely will put most of them out of work.
She totally nails the flaw present in so many online programs--they use the exciting modern technology to attempt to replicate all the boring, outdated aspects of traditional classroom teaching.
Quote:It was not technical issues that derailed this course (which was a symptom), it is the underlying philosophy that many institutions still hold onto—that a MOOC is similar to, or the same as a course in a traditional face-to-face classroom, and it can be successful using the same structure, same content and similar instructional methods. MOOC courses offered through Cousera and other such platforms, often appear modified to ‘fit’ into a course experience on the Web, albeit with thousands of students.http://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress....-calamity/
Although Fatimah seems to have single-handedly derailed the MOOC revolution, she might have done us all a favor by exposing how the retro-traditionalists of the higher ed cartel are attempting to co-opt the new technology to delay or avoid the change that likely will put most of them out of work.
