"... notwithstanding the inherent goodness of altruism, it is sad to see
how educators who see MOOCs as a means of educating students across the
world also seem to lack the willingness to consider seriously what happens
when thousands of students constituting a vast spectrum of proficiency
levels and academic backgrounds try to catch up with one’s attempt to
educate the world primarily through video-recorded lectures. This problem
is evident in the design and delivery of any MOOC in almost any discipline
at this time.
... the excitement about the unprecedented access that people around the
world now have to education from places like Harvard and MIT overshadows
what should have been a topic of serious conversation: the intellectual
barrier in spite of technological access. The elephant in the room is still
invisible."
More here -
http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/a-mooc-delusion-why-visions-to-educate-the-world-are-absurd/32599
Regards,
Gopi
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