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21 août 2014

Will the humanities survive the arrival of the MOOCs?

By John Sainsbury. The MOOCs (massive open online courses) have arrived and are proliferating. Canadian undergraduates, like their contemporaries worldwide, will be taking an increasing proportion of their courses online rather than in a classroom with fellow students and a flesh-and-blood instructor. More...

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18 août 2014

MOOC : retour sur l’évaluation par les pairs

Blog Educpros de Matthieu Cisel. Vous-êtes vous déjà demandé comment une petite équipe pédagogique pouvait évaluer en quelques semaines les milliers de productions des participants d’un MOOC ? La réponse tient en quatre mots : évaluation par les pairs. Dans cette vidéo, je vous propose de revenir sur l’un des principaux ingrédients des MOOC. Suite de l'article...

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18 août 2014

MOOC, pédagogie par projet et formats innovants

Blog Educpros de Matthieu Cisel. Les MOOC permettent de réunir pendant une période de quelques semaines autour d’un intérêt commun une communauté hétéroclite. Ils représentent une opportunité unique d’expérimenter des activités collectives à grande échelle. Je vous propose dans cette vidéo de réfléchir, entre autres, à la question de la pédagogie par projet. Suite de l'article...

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17 août 2014

Special edition on research on MOOCs in the journal ‘Distance Education’

By Tony Bates. The August 2014 edition of the Australian-based journal, Distance Education (Vol.35, No. 2.), is devoted to new research on MOOCs. There is a guest editor, Kemi Jona, from Northwestern University, Illinois, as well as the regular editor, Som Naidu.
The six articles in this edition are fascinating, both in terms of their content, but even more so in their diversity. There are also three commentaries, by Jon Baggaley, Gerhard Fischer and myself.
My commentary provides my personal analysis of the six articles. Read more...

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17 août 2014

Pilot global quality platform for ‘non-traditional’ HE

By Karen MacGregor. A global quality platform to review non-institutional education providers is to be piloted by America’s Council for Higher Education Accreditation and its International Quality Group. The platform is aimed at protecting students and is a response to the explosion of non-traditional provision – including MOOCs – and increasingly international higher education. Read more...

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17 août 2014

Which online courses are women taking?

By Denny Carter. The MOOC gender gap, as recently as a year ago, was startling for many ed-tech observers, as nine in 10 students in one MOOC identified themselves as male. This while women “see online degrees as more achievable than traditional on-ground program” by a margin of three-to-one, according to a survey released by Western International University. More...

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17 août 2014

Faculty ‘empowered’ in university’s MOOC rollout

By Denny Carter. Faculty members at a host of universities have blocked massive open online course (MOOC) initiatives, criticized the corporate interests driving MOOC adoption, and raised labor union concerns about the long-term consequences on MOOC proliferation. Meanwhile, at George Washington University, all is calm. More...

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16 août 2014

When MOOCs Are Better Than College Classes

By Jonathan Haber. Missing in the fiery debate over whether Massive Open Online Courses are as good or far worse than traditional residential classes is a heretical discovery I made last year: that in some cases MOOCs can actually be better than the same course taken in a classroom setting. More...

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16 août 2014

Measuring Success Is Not Easy

By Erland Stevens. Davidson College’s first MOOC, a course on medicinal chemistry, wrapped up last month on the edX platform. Producing and delivering the MOOC required significant effort on the part of several Davidson staff and faculty members. With such an investment comes the natural question… Was it a success?
Evaluating success in education of any type is difficult, and MOOCs are no different. More...

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16 août 2014

8 Myths About MOOCs

By Joshua Kim. This week I’m in Cambridge for a Hewlett Foundation sponsored invited participant workshop on Learning With MOOCs. The timing of the gathering is good, as colleagues at my institution are working hard on developing our DartmouthX open online courses on the edX platform. Read more...

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