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Massive Mess by Véra Dolan (BA, MEd)
We keep hyping the
wonders of people gaining access to a
what-feels-like infinite source of information,
knowledge and even wisdom. However, it seems
that this is true for only a number of
participants, hence the high volume of
attrition.
MOOCs do not allow for knowledge validation in
many cases. You can write, post, try to link
people to "interesting" things, stories, blogs,
articles and facts, and yet no one will give you
any feedback. It's like organizing this great
party with lots of what you think is good food,
beverage and music, and no one shows up.
The DeMOOCracy that supports the free for all
mentality might be hurting some participants'
self-esteem and trust in their own ideas – ideas
that might be really good, but we'll never know.
Either because one can never tell if people just
don't bother responding to them due to their
post being uninteresting, boring, ridiculous and
perhaps nonsense or if it is just because they
are preoccupied responding to the most
in-your-face and extroverted participants.
I do see a lot of value to MOOCs; however, the
model will have to be adjusted to what really
serves individual participants
–
not what
boosts an institution's popularity and
(eventually and inevitably in the future!)
funds.
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MOOCs
serve as a great example of connectivism at its
best – for a few. I've been taking a number of
MOOCs and my PhD research revolves around the
student experience.