MOOCs, Blogs, Reading Groups, and, Alas, Those Videos: #FutureEd Movement in Double-Time

By Cathy Davidson. I've learned more in the last week than in years of doing research on educational innovation--and I gather thousands of other people are learning and sharing ideas too.  It's certainly not my amateurish overview videos that are the "cause" (although people are kinder about them that I am) but the structure of those videos, the Coursera platform, and then all the work the HASTAC team has been doing to create a constellation of networks beyond the MOOC that is galvanizing conversations all over the world.  On Twitter and on hastac.org and on the Coursera Forums people are reporting back with ideas and excitement, with reports on what they are trying out  in local communities or across extensive networks (such as among student deans or international schools).  About 16,000 are now signed up, and, amazingly, over 7100 people were active on the MOOC last week. More...