Free Online Classes. Coursera. A Peacock in the Land of Penguins - YouTube. Now that I have participated in a mooc, I am naturally qualified to dispense expert advice about them.
Lol! Seriously though, one aspect of moocs that I think requires urgent attention is the sense that many participants feel of being overwhelmed. This was certainly the case for some in the EDCMOOC, and I fear I was too dismissive of the issue in my previous blog post. Upon further reflection, I appreciate that what gave me an edge in this mooc was my experience in studying at postgraduate level.
By that I don’t mean so much the knowledge acquired from the instructors, but (on the contrary) the skills developed in learning how to learn for myself. M-Learning’s dirty little secrets. I have a confession to make.
At my workplace a little while ago, I created a smartphone-friendly version of our online induction course. Ownership of smartphones is relatively common in this corner of the world, and a large proportion of our new recruits are Gen Y. So conventional wisdom dictated that a mobile version of the course would be a smash hit. It tanked.