I’ve spent time in that circle of Hell called “marking” (or “grading” as they call it here in the U.S.) My past is filled with stacks of math exams full of multi-step problems and astronomy exams with essays about the nature of science.…
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Learning Objectives: Building a Solid Foundation for Your Course
This is the first post of a three-part series, Improving the Quality of Your Online Course.
Whether you have been teaching for 35 years or 35 minutes, you should continually assess your course’s learning objectives.
Learning ……
The Disruptor Disrupted: The First Explicit xMOOC Failure
The cancellation “temporary suspension” of Coursera’s Fundamentals of Online Education course is a watershed moment in the rapidly growing world of MOOCs. Inside Higher Ed has summarized the problems which befell the course and led to suspension, and a number of course participants have documented their experiences, displeasure and ideas for potential fixes (Debbie Morrison’s experience, chronicled on her blog Online Learning Insights, was the first on the scene, and subsequent artifacts continue to arrive, such as the #foemooc Twitter feed). …