E-Learning Provocateur

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An offer they can’t refuse

E-Learning Provocateur

One of the best conference sessions I have ever attended was presented by Chris Bessell-Browne from Qantas College. As Chris proceeded with her presentation at the conference, everyone in the audience was on the edge of their seat as they eagerly anticipated the next instalment. In other words, nothing like typical compliance training.

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Constructive criticism of Coursera

E-Learning Provocateur

The course revolved around 7 affordances of e-learning “ecologies”, with 2 presented each week. Speaking of tangents, one of the instructors supplemented his presentations with interesting vignettes about his educational heroes from history, which I found both informative and engaging.

Pedagogy 100
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E-Learning = Innovation = Science

E-Learning Provocateur

Have you ever been to a conference where the presenter asks the audience, “Who’s implemented a mobile learning strategy?”, ”, and only 2 or 3 people raise their hand? Forgive me: it’s a rhetorical question. I know you have. Because everyone has. Rather, change your mindset and take a baby step forward.

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The moot point of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

The only people who seem to care are the MOOC providers themselves (naturally), the proponents of formal learning, and the ever-present killjoys. To these people, the completion rate of a MOOC is a moot point. To the MOOC providers I say: Adopt the freemium model already!

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Udemy for you and me

E-Learning Provocateur

Udemy’s predilection for video presents another unexpected quibble. Luckily though, the Udemy folk were true to their word and honoured the “or appropriately long based on the instructional content” aspect of the standard. Feel free to share these links with your friends.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

An ever-present thorn in the side of online education, cheating will be almost impossible to prevent in the MOOC space. Again, this is already being considered by the American Council on Education. Of course, a certificate of completion won’t suffice. Online cheating will mushroom. But surely we can do better than onsite exams?

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The moot point of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

The only people who seem to care are the MOOC providers themselves (naturally), the proponents of formal learning, and the ever-present killjoys. To these people, the completion rate of a MOOC is a moot point. To the MOOC providers I say: Adopt the freemium model already!