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"Massive open online courses have been signaled as a disruptive and democratizing force in online, distance education. This position paper critiques these claims ,…" ©
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Abstract: We present an analysis of instructional design quality of 76 randomly selected Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). The quality of MOOCs was determined from first principles of instruction, using a course survey instrument. Two types of MOOCs (xMOOCs and cMOOCs) were analysed and their instructional design quality was assessed and compared. We found that the majority of MOOCs scored poorly on most instructional design principles. However, most MOOCs scored highly on organisation and presentation of course material. The results indicate that although most MOOCs are well-packaged, their instructional design quality is low. We outline implications for practice and ideas for future research. Via Peter B. Sloep, Mark Smithers
Peter B. Sloep's curator insight,
November 17, 2014 4:18 PM
For anyone with even the vaguest of interests in MOOCs, this is a particularly useful article (in Computers & Education) as it contains the data on an extensive survey of the pedagogical (instructional) qualities of MOOCs. The paper is relatively short and makes for an easy read. For those who want the main conclusions, here they come. 76 MOOCs were scanned, 50 xMOOCs, 26 cMOOCs, using an instrument that contains items derived from Dave Merrill's five first principles of instruction and five more principles derived from the literature more generally. Of the 72 points that any one MOOC that was examined could, none scored higher than 28. The xMOOCs ranged from 3 to25 points, the cMOOCs from 3 to 28. So the xMOOCs score negligibly better only, in spite of the widely held belief that cMOOCs are the pedagogically superior kind. Although the survey logs the situation in 2013, I can't imagine that in a years' time things have significantly improved. So by and large, the conclusions still hold. These figures then bode ill for the wild plans of the past that MOOCs can replace most existing universities (Sebastian Thrun), falsifies Daphne Koller's claim that Coursera MOOCs are built on sound pedagogical principles, and puts and end the wide-spread fallacy that elite universities necessarily breed top level courses. They corroborate claims made by Tony Bates, which I have echoed here and elsewhere, that MOOCs ignore decades of research in technology-enhanced learning, indeed in instructional design tout court. @pbsloep 
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November 20, 2014 8:43 AM
Back to basic formation design. We learn by doing
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"When does your organization provide training to employees, when it’s a good time for you or when it’s a good time for them? If you are stuck too firmly in the first category, it’s time to start inching over, and massive open online courses (MOOCs) are excellent tools to help you get there ..." © Via Leona Ungerer, ECO Project EU
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By Tom Katsouleas, Dean of Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. He serves as Chair of the National Academy of Engineering’s Advisory Committee on Engineering Grand Challenges for the 21st Century. Via Mark Smithers
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The clearest path to college credit for massive open online courses may soon be through credit recommendations from the American Council of Education (ACE), which announced Tuesday that it will work with Coursera to determine whether as many as 8-10 MOOCs should be worth credit. The council is also working on a similar arrangement with EdX, a MOOC-provider created by elite universities.
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MOOCs to the left of me and MOOCs to the right of me. What does it all mean? A look at Coursera, pedagogical approaches, and xMOOC versus cMOOC. Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge, Mark Smithers
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Many universities slowly implode nowadays without even knowing it. Going ahead in denial with a lethal combination of old models and practices, decrepit ideas, illusory solutions and their self-con... Via Mark Smithers
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Massive Open Online Courses (aka MOOCs) are the biggest trend affecting education right now. They've gotten the attention of VCs, Harvard, MIT, and students around the world. So what's the big deal and what does the future hold? Via Mark Smithers
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Are We Missing Opportunities to Engage Teachers with MOOCs? http://t.co/KeSiggceQ0 via @educause #edtech http://t.co/sPGyJJP4MG Via SusanBat
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From The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL) Where is Research on Massive Open Online Courses Headed? A data analysis of the MOOC Research Initiative By Dragan G... Via Elizabeth E Charles, Valeriy Platonov
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February 26, 2013 4:43 AM
Really impressive! However, although there was an attempt to see a correlation between completion rate and type of grading (automatic vs.peer), there is no statistical proof that such correlation exists.
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Mark Smithers's curator insight,
February 18, 2013 6:56 PM
Interesting post that challenges some of my views directly.
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Mark Smithers's curator insight,
February 14, 2013 7:29 PM
Interesting last paragraph. Not sure I agree.
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Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators. Via Mark Smithers
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MOOCs are great for supplementing learning but not replacing it. Via Mohsen Saadatmand, Mark Smithers
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On Sept. 17, the Pakistani government shut down access to YouTube. The purported reason was to block the anti-Muslim film trailer that was inciting protests around the world. Via Mark Smithers
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This talk by Michele Pistone discusses the future of higher education, which has been based on the same educational model for more than 100 years. But the status quo is about to be disrupted, by th... Via markusmind, Mark Smithers
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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are online learning events that can take place synchronously and asynchronously for months. Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge, Mark Smithers
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September 2, 2012 2:18 PM
Thanks for the 'thanks'! Glad you liked it.
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