What's missing is the matchmaking service to allow potential MOOC students to find compatible fellow students for clustering together into collegia. Which could happen in inner city squats, as long as there is some kind of coffee shop in the neighborhood. More serious groups of students would probably try to find a suitable tutor or two for their proposed course of study, again a missing matchmaking service, or perhaps the tutors are acting as the student matchmakers. Existing campuses are free to compete as matchmakers, squats, or tutors, but most of them gave up competing to serve students a long time ago, choosing a different path through the woods instead.
-- rec -- On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > Kubricks CO was disturbing when I first saw it at 14 (much too young, > despite having read Burgess' novel already) and easier to watch but still > very disturbing even as a mature adult. > > I have to admit that Curt's observation matched my own feeling that a > great deal of the discussion around MOOCs gave me eerie premonitions of > dystopian times. > > I wonder if the lessons offered by CO are not being ignored as we plow > forward, creating more ways for our youth to be disaffected, bored, > confused and our establishment even *more* incompetent but adamant (no > child left behind?). > > I had a mere handful of teachers/professors I can give more than mediocre > marks to and a few who taught me the most as hugely bad examples. I'm not > sure I would have *any* if I had gotten my formal education through > MOOCs... > > I can give a lot more credit to mentors (including nominal peers) but > those were more self-selected. I don't know if we have any *early career* > educators, but I'd imagine that the *good* ones would find this trend > disturbing... mainly because it separates you from the students... > > Both of my daughters considered teaching at one point or another and > abandoned the idea after spending a little time in rudimentary > experiences... primarily because they found the students undermotivated and > the parents too often more harm than help. MOOCs may support those > somewhere out on the Autism spectrum, but for many, the only way they will > learn is in a social context with both competition and support from their > peers. I don't know how to replace that in a MOOC context. > > I do suppose that a few teaching assistants/mentors coupled with the MOOCs > and some *classroom* > discussion/troubleshooting/brainstorming/problem-solving time might do well? > > > > > One of mine, however. > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Curt McNamara <curt...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Reminds me of A Clockwork Orange (*not* my favorite movie). >> >> Curt >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Jack Stafurik >> <jstafu...@earthlink.net>wrote: >> >>> Here is a link to a Washington Post article on mooc: >>> >>> >>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/in-education-innovatio >>> >>> n-moocs-are-only-the-beginning/2013/03/29/88d77ae6-97ef-11e2-814b-063623d80a >>> 60_story.html?wpisrc=nl_tech<http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/in-education-innovation-moocs-are-only-the-beginning/2013/03/29/88d77ae6-97ef-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html?wpisrc=nl_tech> >>> >>> At friam this morning we talked about whether this approach could be >>> used to >>> develop a "best" teaching approach. The last three paragraphs of this >>> article gave an interesting perspective on how this can be done. It's >>> copied >>> below: >>> >>> "But is there a method of detecting whether a student has learned >>> anything? >>> Quizzes and tests are imperfect measures. Enter, sensor-based technology, >>> which could detect the interest, learning, and emotion of the student. >>> >>> For example, NeuroSky markets a headset called MindWave that the company >>> says measures brainwave signals and transmits them via Bluetooth to a >>> mobile >>> device. The $99 device, according to the company, detects the attention >>> level of students as they learn mathematics, science, or any other >>> pattern-recognition disciplines. Affectiva is developing a biosensor >>> bracelet called Q Sensor to measure electrodermal activity, which changes >>> based on one's emotional state. Ideally, the sensor would detect when a >>> student is anxious, bored or excited. >>> >>> Now, imagine the digital tutor of the future. If a child likes reading >>> books, it teaches mathematics and science in a traditional way. If that >>> doesn't work, the tutor tries videos. If that's too boring, it switches >>> to >>> games or puzzles. The digital tutor takes the student into holographic >>> simulations to teach history, culture, and geography. It teaches art and >>> music through collaboration. The tutor, via sensor data, knows what the >>> child has learned and the time of day when he or she learns the most. It >>> asks experts from all around the world the questions it can't answer. It >>> tells the parents how the child is doing whenever they want to know. It >>> becomes the child's trusted guide - a teacher tailor-made to fit them." >>> >>> This could probably be adapted to determine if a student is cheating on a >>> test! >>> >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > > -- > *Doug Roberts > d...@parrot-farm.net* > *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> > * > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-672-8213 - Mobile* > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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