Nice piece in our C21U newsletter, suggesting that pedagogy is more important than the MOOC technology. How we teach is much more important for dramatic impacts on learning, than aiming for scale via advanced technology.We may find that MOOCs work well for self-motivated students who have a lot of technology at their fingertips, have been raised in stimulating intellectual environments all their lives, who have lots of support mechanisms within their grasp to help them learn the material, and who have the wherewithal to spend the time and energy required to learn deeply what is being taught in these MOOCs. Read more...
