On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Gunnar Swanson <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> But the human connection (even with 400 other people in the room) is a
> real factor. I wonder how much of that is the feeling that this is a unique
> moment. That would argue for single time mass delivery (like some MOOCs)
> and against prefab experiences like a "built" course or a television
> production.
I'll take Gunnar's nice post as an excuse to add one more important point:
I do not believe MOOCS are a substitute for schools/universities. They
are supplements that could be used in traditional schools, in part as
"flipped classrooms" (Footnote: if you don't know the term, Google it), in
part to cover things they do well, allowing more time for
instructor-student interaction and peer-peer (student-student) interaction
.
In my course, we expect the major audience to be people who are post-school
(ages > 30) who are curious, or who want to see if this is an interesting
topic, or who are already professionals but who need an update (perhaps
they are traditional designers who want to know what this new-fangled HCD
and interaction design is all about). In other words, my course is not a
replacement: it is a supplement.
Don
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Don Norman
Nielsen Norman Group, IDEO Fellow
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Book: "Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded<http://amzn.to/ZOMyys>"
(DOET2).
Course: Udacity On-Line course based on
DOET2<https://www.udacity.com/course/design101> (free).
Real Soon Now.
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