E-learn Weblog of Willem van Valkenburg

Due to the introduction of edX and the start of the MOOC of Coursesites quiet a lot of interesting articles have appeared about MOOCs this last week. Here is a selection:

• Doug Holton - What’s the “problem” with MOOCs?
  This article is about improving MOOCs with problem based learning. MOOLE = Open Education + Problem-based learning.
  
  
• Steve Carson and Philipp Schmidt - The Massive Open Online Professor
  this article is about the role of the professor in a MOOC, especially the really large scale classes with more than a couple of thousand students.
  
  
• Bon Steward - the problem with EdX: a MOOC by any other name?
  this brand-new Mother of All MOOCs is, in the end, likely to do as much preserving of the traditional structures of education – especially in terms of learning – than it is to disrupt them.
  
  
• Ignatia - Selecting meaningful #socialmedia tools for a #MOOC or #PLN
  A big part of setting up an open, online course (e.g. MOOC) is the selection of meaning social media tools. This blog gives a nice overview.
  
  
• Jonathan Rees - What’s the difference between a MOOC and the University of Phoenix?
  Is it “branding” or “not much at all”?
  
  
• Fred Haas - Thoughts on the Curtis Bonk MOOC and Learning Management Systems
  Reflections on Curtis Bonk's MOOC.
  
  
• Sherman Dorn - HypeX: What edX can and can’t do
  Three cases in which the MOOC model will work according to Sherman