what's next? after the mooc hype
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As the hype cycle around MOOCs drops, the question of what narratives will survive and thrive around MOOCs opens up. This keynote panel presentation for #MRI13 suggests there are two solitudes in the post-MOOC-hype discussion - one an empty picture of undeliverable promises for higher ed, and the other a loose affiliation of complicated and sometimes conflicting interests. The lot of us on the latter side need to learn to talk to each other, to the public, and to decision-makers.TRANSCRIPT
Two Solitudes
Media Discourse
• Disruption • Replacement • Transformation • Tsunami • Free
Practitioners’ Discourse
• Connection • Pedagogy • Hybrid options • Institution-specific • Fit to purpose
3. A recognition that education as a system CAN be unbundled
…and may need to rebundle in
new, unfamiliar ways
MOOCs embody digital practices Harness & contribute to knowledge abundance Are participatory Are networked Are distributed Generate knowledge & connections that extend beyond course Share the processes of knowledge work, not just the products
“When colleges and universities become a market, there is no incentive to teach what customer would rather not know.
When colleges are in the business of making customers comfortable, we are
all poorer for it.”
- T. MacMillan Cottom, Slate, Dec 2013