I don't think open means inclusion, I've just seen an arguments as to
the necessity of MOOCs being their potentially more inclusive nature -
and if this isn't the case, or their isn't "outreach" then that
argument seems a bit cheap.
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:29 PM, A.B.Lane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Pat, more than that 40 % were tech professionals, 20% graduates and 12% undergrads so over 70% from the educationally advantaged groups and very few from other groups. Openness does not in itself support inclusion - the OU has always been aware of the revolving door syndrome whereby those with low confidence etc can struggle and then give up hitting their confidence even more.
>
> Andy
>
> Ps @ DavidK perhaps you should write a paper for OER13 on your ds106 experiences
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> On 3 Aug 2012, at 12:13, "Pat Lockley" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> There is some stuff here
>>
>> http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/06/05/early-demographic-data-hints-what-type-student-takes-mooc
>>
>> 1/3rd are already at University
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Lorna Campbell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> I may have heard you mention ds106 one or twice ;) I think a post about your experience of participating in the course as a student would be very interesting indeed.
>>>
>>> Also do you know if any work has been done on the demographics and educational background of ds106 participants?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Lorna
>>>
>>> On 3 Aug 2012, at 12:00, David Kernohan wrote:
>>>
>>> Linked but tangential... I've been involved in #ds106 for a number of
>>> iterations for nearly 2 years now, and I always think I talk about it all
>>> the time. But I've never written anything about my student experience on
>>> the course - would people be interested if I did?
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:48:06 +0100, Lorna Campbell <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> Thanks for this post Andy, always interesting to hear first hand
>>> experience of participation in MOOCs.
>>>
>>> And Pat, yes I'd be very interested to see a demographic break down of
>>> the people engaging with various online courses. Does anyone know if
>>> there's been any analysis of this kind undertaken?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Lorna
>>>
>>> On 3 Aug 2012, at 09:57, Andy Powell wrote:
>>>
>>> Blog post summarising my personal experiences of undertaking one of the
>>> Coursera MOOCs:
>>> http://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2012/03/moocing-about-with-saas.html
>>>
>>> Andy
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