Tag: MOOC 2.0

MOOC 2.0 – What could Salman Khan do to make online learning even better?

Sep 29, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in 2.0, ALEC, Edtech, Education, embedded, embedding, imrpove, Kha, Khan Academy, make better, MOOC, MOOC 2.0, Numeracy, NZ, online, Pathways Awarua, Salman Khan

You’ve got to be careful looking for photos of Sal Khan online… There’s a Bollywood star by the same name so it could get confusing… Anyway: Back to this riff about how to improve online learning and in particular MOOCs. A MOOC is a Massively Open Online Course if you don’t know, and has become…
MOOC 2.0 – Why the future of online learning is about embedding foundational literacy, numeracy, and learning-to-learn skills

Sep 29, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Business improvement, Design, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Flipped, Graeme Smith, Hacking, Improve teaching practice, NZ

If you work in education or you’re just interested in education you’ve probably been following the developments of MOOCs – Massively Open Online Courses. Debate around the MOOCs tends to be polarised. I’m always interested in anything in education that creates such strong emotional responses regardless of which side of the fence you tend to sit…