从moocs到spoc（英文）

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1、VDOI:10.1145/2535918ArmandoFoxviewpointFrommooCstosPoCsSupplementingtheclassroomexperiencewithsmallprivateonlinecourses.sthemedia’sinfatuationwithmassiveopenonlinecourses(MOOCs)con-Atinuesunabated,someacademicsseemtobesuc-cumbingtothehand-wringingaboutwhetherMOOCswilldestroyhighered-ucationaswekn

2、owit(see“WillMOOCsDestroyAcademia?”byMosheVardiintheNovember2012issueofCommuni-cations).Isitabadthingthatwe“haveletthegenieoutofthebottle,”asVardisuggestedinhisEditor’sLetter?Iarguethataclose,systematic,andsustainedlookathowMOOCsareactuallybeingusedshouldpersuadethecarefulob-serverthattastefuluse

3、ofMOOCtech-nologycanstrengthenacademia.NoteIdonotsay“MOOCswillstrengthenacademia.”Theycertainlycan,butwhethertheydodependsonhowtheyarereceivedandusedbyaca-demics.Fulldisclosure:besidesbeingaMOOCinstructormyself,IamtherecentlyappointedfacultydirectorofBerkeley’sMOOCLab,whichextendsBerkeley’sexisti

4、ngonlineeducationprogramswithMOOCresearchandfercounterexamplestosome“MOOCusingMOOCtechnologyquitediffer-practice.ButIamnotcheeringformyths”inrecentmediacoverage.ently.Forexample,inarecentpilotMOOCsbecauseIhavethisposition;Whilemostmythsarebasedonaker-programatSanJoséStateUniversityrather,Iagreedt

5、otakethepositionneloftruthandmaybetrueofatleastinCalifornia,studentsinananalogatesbecauseIamexcitedaboutthepos-someMOOCs,theyarejustasoftenun-circuitscourseusedMIT-authoredCIssosibilitiesofMOOCsandotheronlinetrueanditisadisservicetointerestedMOOClecturesandhomeworkas-aeducation.Inparticular,ifMOO

6、CsarereaderstopresentthemasforegonesignmentscreatedbyAnantAgarw-orysb1jusedasasupplementtoclassroomconclusions.al.Thestudents’in-classroomtimeIndrteachingratherthanbeingviewedare-Myth:UniversitieswilluseMOOCswasspentworkingonlabanddesignasta/placementforit,theycanincreasein-tolowercostsbyfiringfa

7、cultyandproblemswithlocalfacultyandteach-Iubkstructorleverage,studentthroughput,teachingassistants,thussacrific-ingassistants.ThestudentsinthisaICIstudentmastery,andstudentengage-ingeducationalquality.Ifuniversi-SPOCsc