Edited by Deirdre Robson, Monday, 1 Apr 2013, 17:32
I have just been attempting to get to grips with the functioning of MOOCs in practice, having heard so much about them. The experience in the past few days has been more about 'confusion' than the 'creativity' and inter-connectedness promised in the literature, particularly the articles by Weller and Ppt by Anderson (2009) which we are asked to study for Activty 2.
I am studying H817 within the context of Open University M.A. in Online and Distance Education. This very degree title perhaps gives some indication of the shifts in the notion of open learning which Weller notes in his article - the slippage from 'open' to 'digital' - which has happened in the 21st century. As an educator in HE I came to the conclusion I have to engage with the new trends - I hardly knew what I was letting myself in for, however. It has certainly been a challenging experience - and both inspiring and dispiriting at different times.
H817 / Open Learn Intro Blog
I have just been attempting to get to grips with the functioning of MOOCs in practice, having heard so much about them. The experience in the past few days has been more about 'confusion' than the 'creativity' and inter-connectedness promised in the literature, particularly the articles by Weller and Ppt by Anderson (2009) which we are asked to study for Activty 2.
I am studying H817 within the context of Open University M.A. in Online and Distance Education. This very degree title perhaps gives some indication of the shifts in the notion of open learning which Weller notes in his article - the slippage from 'open' to 'digital' - which has happened in the 21st century. As an educator in HE I came to the conclusion I have to engage with the new trends - I hardly knew what I was letting myself in for, however. It has certainly been a challenging experience - and both inspiring and dispiriting at different times.