Well, the end of a week of a MOOC. I enjoyed the first part, the structured element including the readings, videos and useful links. But I have to say that the forum has proved too much for me. I have duly gone through the motions of carrying out the actiities and posting what I was supposed to post. I have also tried to read most of the forum posts of others. But I can't honestly say that I feel I have got much out of the process. There is just too much activity from too many people. I have not been able to keep any logic-thread in my mind nor focus on any conversation. Indeed, most posts appear to be tick-box posts; each of us posting a "me-too" post just so we've done it.
I am thinking that if I ever design or run a MOOC it will have to be a MINI-MOOC.
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We must be following different threads surely. Take the visualization exercise - I've been impressed at the variety.New comment
In many ways this is a mini-MOOC, we've got somewhere between 500 and 4000 people. That's a lot smaller than the big MOOCs of 50,000+. But you have a point about the quantity of material. Clay Shirky suggests that information overload is really filter failure, ie we need to develop ways of filtering the info. That can be following a few people, dipping in at selective points, using a particular tool, etc.
I agree with Jonathon - the visualisations have been very impressive I think, and the variety of tools and ways of thinking about the issues has taught me a lot.