The session „MOOCs and Ubiquitous Computing“ (June 22nd) was very interesting and informative although unfortunately we had massive sound problems. I already had looked at the slides before the session which was a good thing because I was distracted by a nearby major fire. Thankfully (now we know) the huge black cloud of smoke from 4.800 tons of burning styrofoam granulate wasn’t dangerous, but the fire-fighting operations went on for hours. Back to the session.<\/p>\n
Bryan Alexander told about 3 different possible futures and there were many convincing arguments for each: 1. MOOCs exacerbate problems 2. Open world 3. MOOC bubble pops<\/strong><\/p>\n My conclusion: Whatever happens in the future, Universities have to think now about their position regarding MOOCs and how they affect learning.<\/strong><\/p>\n And therefore it’s good to be informed – there is plenty of\u00a0 literature regarding the topic MOOCs. I have lots of bookmarks and especially like the MOOC field report from the University of Edinburgh<\/a> because of the detailed summary of their experiences with Coursera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The session „MOOCs and Ubiquitous Computing“ (June 22nd) was very interesting and informative although unfortunately we had massive sound problems. I already had looked at the slides before the session which was a good thing because I was distracted by a nearby major fire. Thankfully (now we know) the huge black cloud of smoke from … <\/p>\n\n