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Educators will need to connect with resources and ideas to enhance their instruction in a technological 21st Century global world.
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Interestingly, major American foundations have contributed millions of dollars to innovative delivery platforms such as Coursera and Udacity. As a result, millions have enrolled in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), with an average class size of about 50,000. Yet, according to a recent study by Katy Jordon, less than 10 percent of learners complete current MOOC courses, and the majority of completion rates are in the two to eight percent range. Does this sound like effective adult education? No higher education institution would be able to attract applicants if it posted attrition rates of 92 to 98 percent. Via Dennis T OConnor 
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April 9, 4:05 PM
Are MOOCs draining the foundation grant money pool leaving us without significant new research on adult learning? How can we call a course with 98% attrition effective? Delete the scoop?
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April 8, 9:37 AM
Less than 10 percent of MOOC students, on average, complete a course. That's the conclusion of Katy Jordan of Open University, who published her analysis, pul Via Nik Peachey, Dennis T OConnor 
Patricia LeClaire's comment,
April 8, 12:50 PM
I've enrolled in two MOOC courses - partly because the topics were relevant to my work, but also to experience a MOOC from the "inside" as both a student and an instructional designer. I was particularly interested in opportunities for interaction (student-instructor, student-student, student-content, student-technology) and collaboration.
In one course, focused on a subject area with which I'm very familiar, students formed virtual groups around mutual interests and professional objectives, developed projects which were evaluated according to clear guidelines, and the projects were made available to all enrollees.. This course also had very active student-generated discussions on focused topics. What characterized this MOOC was the flexibility provided to the students for creating multiple ways to interact and collaborate. The second MOOC focused on topics that were highly technical and mostly how-to with little discussion of why-to. Interaction among students was considerably less, and I was unsuccessful in either forming or joining a group (virtual or F2F local) to expand my understanding of context and implementation issues. While the content was interesting ( I particularly liked the video lectures and animations), I found it a much more isolating experience and did not complete the course. 
ManufacturingStories's comment,
April 8, 8:33 PM
Pat, thanks for sharing those first hand experiences. Very valuable insights!
Dawne Tortorella's curator insight,
April 10, 8:02 PM
This blog post does discuss some reasons why students enroll in MOOCs, but doesn't really talk much about why they drop out.
One big reason - FRUSTRATION. When a learner gets stuck and can't get individualized meaningful feedback, it creates a failed learning experience. I think we discount how important those personal encounters are in helping learners.
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This is a brief introduction to Dr. Merrill's thoughts about instructional design. Via Dennis T OConnor
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April 8, 3:10 PM
Here's a video lecture from David Merrill a long time pro in ID. He reminds us to show, not tell, and to offer quality opportunities for quality application. Motivation (based in learning) Plus Substance is the key. Delete the scoop?
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Social Media Managers are always on the lookout for ways to increase engagement within their brand’s Facebook page. In a recent report, Lynchpin SEO compiled statistics on the types of posts that garnered the most comments, shares, and “likes,” for more than 1,500 brand pages on Facebook.
These stats reveal an array of interesting things about brand pages. For instance: Updates with emoticons saw higher interaction rates than those with picturesPosts that contain the words “take,” “click,” “submit,” “check,” and “shop” experience significantly lower rates of interaction.
See the infographic for more— and always, do take everything you read with a pinch of salt... Via Lauren Moss, Christine Harris-Smyth 
Christine Harris-Smyth's curator insight,
January 9, 8:31 PM
Hmm - emoticons for higher interaction. Help me. I really dislike the little buggers. On the rest of the data - isolated data may need to be read in context with the type of posts. Seriously "win" indicates opportunity. No analysis of "free" or "sex". 
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January 16, 6:44 PM
We don't like 'em either but we use 'em. At least for now, data shows they work. The fresher the better right? Always trying to figure out a way to use Putnam haha
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May 3, 10:28 PM
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Mural.ly https://beta.mural.ly/ is a great zooming presentation tool which has recently carried out some improvements. You can enjoy visual collaboration now, add colored shapes to your canvas, and the best of the new features is Google Drive integration.