Reblogged from: http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com/minds-behind-moocs Academia is buzzing about MOOCs. What sounds like genteel name-calling is actually a powerful new medium with potential to transform the education system. Indeed, MOOCs and mooks are simply unfortunate homophones but the former is certainly ruffling feathers because their aim is to make higher education more affordable (free, in fact). These […]

Hello again edcMOOC bloggers! Many of us in #edcmooc either blogged throughout the course, or used quad- blogging to connect with other edcMOOCers. Whether you were a new or experienced blogger, what role did blogging play in your overall edcMOOC experience? Did blogging or quadblogging in #edcmooc enhance your learning or help u build a PLN? Please […]

Following on my previous post, here is my deeper analysis and reflection on why this course worked for me and my peers. To start with, below is the #edcmooc course details as mentioned on Coursera site: “This course will not be taught via a series of video lectures. Rather, a selection of rich resources will […]

I am reading a lot of negative comments about the course on the forum and in some posts. Participants are complaining about “absent teacher”, “no videos and quizzes” and no “formal assessment”. I am thinking MOOCs are not for everyone, especially not for those who think MOOCs can be compared with face to face learning. […]

This is my artefact for the final assessment in the E-learning and digital cultures mooc #edcmooc   Audio source: https://soundcloud.com/wilsontne All images are from www.pixabay.com under CC license  

Here’s my attempt at creating a digital artefact for this week’s activity. To view this glog please visit here Please post your comments here

In week two of e-Learning and Digital cultures mooc. In this week’s learning: This week, we move to more future-focused visions of technology and education, and explore how utopian and dystopian stories (or ‘discourses’) are shaping our understanding of what is happening now in the sphere of learning technology, and what might happen in the […]

Students from the future time travel into the 21st century classroom. What would they think of it? Here’s my take: Future Students