Neo LMS
JANUARY 5, 2016
MOOCs have been considered for a very long time a great way of learning, because they are useful, diverse, surrounded by communities and mostly free. And there’s no chance of reviving the world of MOOCs. MOOCs have a chaotic learning environment because most of the content is user-curated and there’s clutter everywhere.
Edsurge
MAY 14, 2017
If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Salman Khan should feel honored. Since he introduced Khan Academy in 2006, the free, open-access education platform has inspired several knock-offs focused on specific disciplines.
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Edsurge
MAY 25, 2020
In my 2014 book “ MOOCS Essentials ,” I reflected on each aspect of the residential learning process and how developers of massive open online courses were trying to replicate those experiences virtually, or come up with ways to keep students engaged without direct teacher-student interaction.
Learning with 'e's
MARCH 9, 2013
After seemingly stalling for a short time, MOOCs ( Massive Open Online Courses ) seem to be graining ground again. With the potential for thousands of students to enrol together on MOOCs, learning through connection to this large network of learners became the foundation and the cornerstone. Unported License.
The Principal of Change
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
” If you remember when Khan Academy first came out, many educators were extremely nervous that this would replace schools and were sick of that narrative. It also doesn’t ignore the fact that any organization is immune to being “disrupted.” It is the relationships that separates schools, not the content.
Dangerously Irrelevant
JANUARY 6, 2016
I’m pretty sure that this is not the first time this has been suggested or tried (MOOCs, anyone? Khan Academy? K12 and Connections Academy? . ‘Highly linear,’ self-paced, one-size-fits-all courses; videos made by experts; and an online platform to ‘deliver’ them, including quizzes.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 4, 2017
From Khan Academy to massive open online courses (better known as MOOCs), digital instructional content is often delivered as videos. Yet Juan Cristobal Castro-Alonso argues that videos may not be the best medium when it comes to helping learners retain knowledge.
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