Interesting Discussion on MOOCs in the LA Review of Books

By Hilary Culbertson. Today, the Los Angeles Review of Books published MOOCs and the Future of the Humanities: A Roundtable (Part 1) by Ian Bogost, Cathy N. Davidson, Al Filreis and Ray Schroeder. Part 1 of the roundtable features a short essay by each author about their experiences with teaching and MOOCs, and later this weekend Part 2 will feature a continued discussion among the authors with responses to each other's ideas.
You should definitely take a moment to read this opening discussion. There are interesting perspectives on subjects ranging from student-led teaching, to inter-generational dialogue, to the inequalities in the higher education system in the US, to the changes needed to encourage global collaborative learning, to the tension between startup and learning institution. Read more...