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Feb 21 |
Administrator's Perspective, Course Creation, E-Learning, Instructor's Perspective, MOOCs, Student's Perspective, Uncategorized |
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In previous postings we have identified the potential and risk of schools responding to disruptive technological change in higher education by building their own online courses or by giving...
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Feb 16 |
Administrator's Perspective, Course Creation, E-Learning, MOOCs |
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The value added to students by a college or university in learning (as opposed to sports or socialization or networking) arises from good instruction and the interaction of each student...
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Feb 8 |
Administrator's Perspective, Course Creation, E-Learning, Instructor's Perspective, MOOCs, Uncategorized |
dqmills |
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Should a school give academic credit toward its own degree(s) to students who successfully complete MOOCs? It might seem that to do so is a way for a school to broaden its academic...
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Jan 31 |
Administrator's Perspective, Course Creation, E-Learning, Instructor's Perspective, MOOCs, Uncategorized |
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Let us evaluate the quality of what we may consider a representative MOOC against the list of the characteristics of good online courses which we have offered previously. 1. A GOOD ONLINE...
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Jan 24 |
Administrator's Perspective, Course Creation, E-Learning, Instructor's Perspective, MOOCs |
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If a college takes seriously the challenges offered by disruptive technological innovations in higher education, it has three options: A. BUILD ONLINE COURSES B. GIVE CREDIT FOR...
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Jan 10 |
Administrator's Perspective, Course Creation, E-Learning, Instructor's Perspective, MOOCs |
dqmills |
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There is a confusion that thinks that the key to building good online courses is a software platform or software that can capture content off the web for inclusion in online courses to be...
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Nov 23 |
Administrator's Perspective, Course Creation, E-Learning, MOOCs |
dqmills |
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Most institutions of higher education do not have the best information technology departments. Institutions don’t pay high enough salaries to attract the top people in a field in...
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Nov 17 |
Administrator's Perspective, Course Creation, E-Learning, Instructor's Perspective, MOOCs |
dqmills |
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Most instructors lack the expertise with software to build full-range online courses. A faculty member is likely to have to spend considerable time and effort to learn how to design and...
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Nov 8 |
Administrator's Perspective, Course Creation, E-Learning, MOOCs |
dqmills |
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In general, most faculty members are classroom instructors who lack the skills and experience necessary to create good online courses. There are several aspects which contribute to this...
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Oct 31 |
Administrator's Perspective, Course Creation, E-Learning, Instructor's Perspective, MOOCs |
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A good online course replaces a textbook. If we ask instructors in our colleges, universities and public education systems to do their own online courses, we are asking them to create...
