Yesterday I had the opportunity to listen to Sir John Daniel give a presentation titled "Higher Education Futures: Keeping an open mind". The text and slides from the presentation are available her...
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Kim Flintoff's curator insight,
March 31, 12:47 AM
The capacity of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to deliver a socially interactive learning environment is at the heart of ongoing debate around the pedagogical effectiveness of the platform. MOOCs rely on the connectivist model of learning, where learners form connections based on shared interests, and learning outcomes are not pre-defined by a facilitator. Making connections in MOOCs is critical to learner success, and yet little is known about how learners build social capital (investment in social relations for future return) in open large-scale courses. In this study, researchers used two connectivist MOOCs to investigate how learners leverage access to social capital, and the factors associated with a successful learning experience. The goal of the study was to understand the influence of language, media, time, and learners' activeness in the development of social capital in a connectivist MOOC.
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Kim Flintoff's curator insight,
March 14, 11:06 PM
Abstract The potential influence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on higher education institutions is much discussed and debated, with some arguing that MOOCs are a disruptive innovation that will radically change existing models of higher education. However, analyses of whether and how MOOCs might disrupt higher education models are relatively scarce. This paper analyses whether MOOCs should be considered a disruptive innovation according to the concept’s defining criteria. It compares characteristics of disruptive innovation with current developments in MOOCs, suggesting three perspectives – performance, benefits, and market – that can be used as a lens and analytic framework to explore and evaluate current practice. The findings indicate that MOOCs do not match all the characteristics of disruptive innovation as they are commonly identified in the literature. However, MOOCs may be a sustaining innovation that establishes new markets for learners who are not served by universities.
Nevermore Sithole's curator insight,
March 23, 4:03 AM
A conceptual analysis: Innovations in Education and Teaching International
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