As mentioned in class yesterday, people have been predicting that ____ technology will “totally change” universities for more than 100 years. And yet, here we are every week still sitting in a room talking.
Here’s the link: The prehistory of the MOOC
1. I forgot to mention this in class last week, but I have an undergrad doing an independent study with me on the topic of cyberethics. She is blogging as part of her work, and she and I would both appreciate your thoughts on her blog posts. The cyberethics blog can be found here: http://blogs.memphis.edu/kmmrkman/. Thanks!
2. For this Thursday’s discussion about open access and collaboration, I’d like to propose looking at Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as a case study in openness. Here are a few links to get you started if you haven’t been obsessively following the discussion this summer:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/05/opinion/bennett-udacity-education/index.html
http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/whats-the-matter-with-moocs/33289
3. Don’t forget to comment on last week’s blog posts. Let’s keep the discussion going!
And here’s a 4th thing I just saw, a new book, Open Access, which, while not entirely open yet, does have a sample chapter available for free download.