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[from gminks] Social Learning Measurement : eLearning Technology

Tony Karrer

However, this metric is far too hard to directly measure and impact and thus we might say that there are intermediate factors such as customer satisfaction (based on surveys), recent contact, staff knowledge, etc. As an example, we might be focusing on Customer Loyalty. We often know that these factors are contributors to the end measure.

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195 posts about MOOCs

Jay Cross

patterns, social psychology, value network analysis, anthropology, complexity theory, and more. It’s easy enough technically to implement some sort of collaborative filtering or reputation management system, but the result would conflict with the objectives of the design of the MOOC. Recording can improve a bad lecture!