Comments on: Designing a MOOC #moocmooc day 5

By: Sheilamacneill

Sheilamacneill — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 06:43:14 +0000

Hi Andera – thanks for taking the time to comment. As ever the cultural changes are the hardest and even more acyronms don’t help there:-)

By: andrea

andrea — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:50:36 +0000

Sheila, I agree with your differentiation between the “c” and the “x”MOOC (I wish we stopped using abbreviations though ) I think one the big barriers in creating new approaches in learning is exactly the “comfort zone” of those who teach. If they are not willing to risk a change, if anything happens, it’ll happen too slowly.
– andrea

By: Sheilamacneill

Sheilamacneill — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:17:17 +0000

Thanks for commenting Cindy and glad you’ve found twitter twitter useful too. This week has been pretty full on looking at some many different things. As others have said it has been a bit like being at a conference not on a course. I hope that we all remember our learning experiences from this week when/if we design and run a MOOC or bits of MOOC methodology in our own contexts.

Sheila

By: Cindy MacMillan

Cindy MacMillan — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:04:00 +0000

Sheila, I really like your comments. Agree about the Twitter. Just started using it and now see it as an essential component of my new learning. The whole MOOC experience has been both overwhelming and eye opening. Some discomfort, but lots of learning. I am taking an xMOOC in 2 weeks. Glad I took the cMOOC first.