Currently undertaking three variants of online courses or MOOCs, and largely listening, taking notes, sharing some notes, with the occasional bit of conversation. Ironically the one with most conversation is the one that I’m not sharing via blogging as it’s personal development!
“Recent Moocs have taken an instructivist approach, with course materials created by a university and delivered by video and text…it can be a lonely experience,” it says. “There is more that can be done to engage people as active learners, sharing their ideas and discussing their different perspectives as they learn online.”
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