I have always had mixed emotions about these massive open online classes (MOOC).
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The World Wide Webification?
I never really thought about it that way. Having read a newspaper (or 5 or 6) every day of my life since I was in second grade, it never dawned on me.
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How to get to Sesame Street… and Why!
“Daddy, how can I tell which balloons are red and which are yellow?”
My then 23 month old daughter was watching Sesame Street on TV. And, our TV was just a black and white set. Until that day. When I went out and bought a Kenmore (Sears) color TV, so she would know what the balloon colors were.
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A way to honor one of our Presidents
So, it’s President’s Day. One of those newfangled holidays I detest. I would prefer following the protocol of old, honoring Lincoln on the 12th and Washington on the 22nd. (NOTE: I currently reside in Alexandria, which considers the 22nd of February a local and personal holiday for its native son.) But, given that America has decided that we must venerate our presidents today, let’s pick on Thomas Jefferson, instead- and do Washington later this week on the 22nd.
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MOOC mucking…
So, it’s time to see if this experiment is working. Which experiment? MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). I explained how these work (or at least the Harvard/MIT/UC Berkeley version, called edX) and explained that MIT also has had open courseware for more than a decade.
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MOOC or mook?
I have mixed emotions about these massive open online classes. The homonym MOOK (yes, they are really called MOOC’s) comes to mind. But, then I recall the first biology and microbiology courses I took. At one school, where the total enrollment (including night school) was under 4000 in all degree programs, there were 300 kids in this class. In another institution, where the enrollment was about the same (but more prestigious, and no part time students), and there were 250 in the other.
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