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Mooc creators criticise courses’ lack of creativity Original vision lost in scramble for profit and repackaging of old ideas, say pair Source: Stephen Downes Look what they’ve done to my Mooc: ‘as deployed by commercial providers they resemble television shows or digital textbooks with – at best – an online quiz component,’ argues Stephen Downes When The New York Times declared 2012 the “Year of the Mooc”, you would have been forgiven for thinking that the term – which stands for “massive open online course” – had been coined some time that year. Not so.
8 ways to use your students' own devices in class - EF TeacherZone Blog Setting foot in a classroom today where students don’t have at least one piece of technology on them is nearly impossible. Accepting that our devices are here to stay, the question is no longer how to get rid of technology, but how best to utilize it. Blended learning is a classroom practice that combines technology and “face to face” time. There are many ways to experiment with blended learning—and happily, incorporating technology in the classroom using your students’ devices (also called “Bring Your Own Device,” or BYOD) is quite easy—and can become your class’s favorite part of the day. Here are some top applications with brief overviews to consider using in the ESL classroom.
Massive Open Online Courses Prove Popular, if Not Lucrative Yet The co-founders, computer science professors at Stanford University, watched with amazement as enrollment passed two million last month, with 70,000 new students a week signing up for over 200 courses, including Human-Computer Interaction, Songwriting and Gamification, taught by faculty members at the company’s partners, 33 elite universities. In less than a year, Coursera has attracted $22 million in venture capital and has created so much buzz that some universities sound a bit defensive about not leaping onto the bandwagon. Other approaches to online courses are emerging as well. Universities nationwide are increasing their online offerings, hoping to attract students around the world.
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