This presentation was very comprehensive. You did a great job of balancing depth with the amount of material that you needed to cover. I learned a lot!
My favorite part of your presentation was your slide where you had two side by side images of MIT classrooms several decades apart. It was a powerful way to show just how little has changed in our education system.
The only area that I thought was missing was an overview of some of the concerns with MOOCs. Afterall, technologies have their negatives as well, so it would have been interesting to hear the arguments against MOOCs.
Great job Nicole! I have to say, I had no idea what MOOCs were (at least by name) prior to this project, and I think you provided an excellent overview of the technology and its place in society. Your introduction which highlighted Ivan Illich as a defining character in educational philosophy and gave your audience a preliminary explanation of MOOCs set up your project wonderfully and made it seem more like a story.
Your pacing and narration were both solid. You annunciated clearly and avoided the monotonous narration that can ruin a project like this one. Technically, a couple slide transitions were a little fragmented, and changing the aspect ratio of certain images took away from their visual impact. In the future, I’d recommend preserving the original image and making it fit the presentation with black bars on either side.
You made great connections around the 5-minute mark and I get the impression that you really understand the values that made it possible for this tech to come to prevalence in 2018. The inclusion of their potential influence on more traditional education systems was important and revelatory to include, and served as an excellent conclusion to the hard work you’ve done in EGRS 281. It’s been a pleasure sitting next to you!
Nicole, I thought you gave a great introduction to the concept of MOOC’s, taking about a minute to describe an influential figure and the troubles of modern schooling before introducing yourself. It was really interesting how the original MOOC originated in Canada. This set the scene well. You made an interesting point that there are different types of MOOC’s, such as the xMOOC’s and the cMOOC’s. I think this point is extremely captivating for an audience of students, as it is something so relevant to us.
I think one thing that could have been talked about is the political atmosphere that would have influenced the first MOOC’s. We talked about other innovations in class that were influenced by the political climate at the time, such as the internet. As mentioned, the first MOOC was in Canada and offered for free. One of the founders for this MOOC you mentioned, Stephen Downes, later ran for mayor under the party “New Democratic Party of Manitoba”. I looked this party up and it is connected to socialist values which preach accessible public services such as education. Maybe this ideology was an influential factor in the generation of this first MOOC, especially since the first MOOC was developed in Canada, a country with some socialist leaning policy.
Overall, I thought you did a fantastic job showing the progression of MOOC’s, especially in the light of technological advancement.
Baturay, M. H. (2015). An Overview of the World of MOOCs. Procedia – Social And Behavioral
Sciences, 174(International Conference on New Horizons in Education, INTE 2014,
25-27 June 2014, Paris, France), 427-433. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.01.685
Billsberry, J. (2013). MOOCs: Fad or Revolution? Journal of Management Education,37(6),
739-746. doi:10.1177/1052562913509226
Boven, D.T. (2013). The next game changer: The historical antecedents of the MOOC movement
in education. eLearning Papers, 33. Retrieved from http:www.elearningpapers.eu.
Illich, I. (2012). Deschooling society. London: Marion Boyars.
John, D. (2012). Making Sense of MOOCs: Musings in a Maze of Myth, Paradox and Possibility.
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León-Urritia, M., Cobos, R., & Dickens, K. (2018). MOOCs and their Influence on Higher
Education Institutions: Perspectives from the Insiders. Journal of New Approaches in
Educational Research,7(1), 40-45. doi:10.7821/naer.2018.1.252
Goldie, J. S. (2016). Connectivism: A knowledge learning theory for the digital age?. Medical
Teacher, 38(10), 1064-1069. doi:10.3109/0142159X.2016.1173661
Kahn, R., & Kellner, D. (2007). Paulo Freire and Ivan Illich: Technology, Politics and the
Reconstruction of Education. Policy Futures in Education,5(4), 431-448.
doi:10.2304/pfie.2007.5.4.431
Longstaff, E. (2014). The Prehistory of MOOCs: Inclusive and Exclusive Access in the
Cyclical Evolution of Higher Education. Journal Of Organisational Transformation &
Social Change, 11(3), 164-184. doi:10.1179/1477963314Z.00000000028
Mishra, P., Koehler, M. J., & Kereluik, K. (2009). The Song Remains the Same: Looking Back to
the Future of Educational Technology. Techtrends: Linking Research & Practice To
Improve Learning, 53(5), 48-53. doi:10.1007/s11528-009-0325-3
This presentation was very comprehensive. You did a great job of balancing depth with the amount of material that you needed to cover. I learned a lot!
My favorite part of your presentation was your slide where you had two side by side images of MIT classrooms several decades apart. It was a powerful way to show just how little has changed in our education system.
The only area that I thought was missing was an overview of some of the concerns with MOOCs. Afterall, technologies have their negatives as well, so it would have been interesting to hear the arguments against MOOCs.
Overall though, great work!
Great job Nicole! I have to say, I had no idea what MOOCs were (at least by name) prior to this project, and I think you provided an excellent overview of the technology and its place in society. Your introduction which highlighted Ivan Illich as a defining character in educational philosophy and gave your audience a preliminary explanation of MOOCs set up your project wonderfully and made it seem more like a story.
Your pacing and narration were both solid. You annunciated clearly and avoided the monotonous narration that can ruin a project like this one. Technically, a couple slide transitions were a little fragmented, and changing the aspect ratio of certain images took away from their visual impact. In the future, I’d recommend preserving the original image and making it fit the presentation with black bars on either side.
You made great connections around the 5-minute mark and I get the impression that you really understand the values that made it possible for this tech to come to prevalence in 2018. The inclusion of their potential influence on more traditional education systems was important and revelatory to include, and served as an excellent conclusion to the hard work you’ve done in EGRS 281. It’s been a pleasure sitting next to you!
Nicole, I thought you gave a great introduction to the concept of MOOC’s, taking about a minute to describe an influential figure and the troubles of modern schooling before introducing yourself. It was really interesting how the original MOOC originated in Canada. This set the scene well. You made an interesting point that there are different types of MOOC’s, such as the xMOOC’s and the cMOOC’s. I think this point is extremely captivating for an audience of students, as it is something so relevant to us.
I think one thing that could have been talked about is the political atmosphere that would have influenced the first MOOC’s. We talked about other innovations in class that were influenced by the political climate at the time, such as the internet. As mentioned, the first MOOC was in Canada and offered for free. One of the founders for this MOOC you mentioned, Stephen Downes, later ran for mayor under the party “New Democratic Party of Manitoba”. I looked this party up and it is connected to socialist values which preach accessible public services such as education. Maybe this ideology was an influential factor in the generation of this first MOOC, especially since the first MOOC was developed in Canada, a country with some socialist leaning policy.
Overall, I thought you did a fantastic job showing the progression of MOOC’s, especially in the light of technological advancement.
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