The dark side of the MOOC…

Queste sono riflessioni che ho iniziato appena dopo aver concluso due MOOCs, uno di tipo "x" con Coursera e uno di tipo "c" con il gruppo di Siemens and Downes. Uscita poi una pubblicazione sulla rivista UNIVERSITAS Il lato scuro dei MOOC Dopo l’entusiasmo iniziale e la crescita iperbolica dell’interesse sul modello durante il 2012 … Continue reading The dark side of the MOOC… →

Elaborating on my metaphors about MOOCs

During these winter I kept on thinking about the learner's experience of quality within MOOCs. I'm astonished that till now the discourses about quality are all tighthen to the (doubtless) videos with charismatic academics communicating (somehow) the own institutional brand. I wrote and wrote and wrote and wrote about my experiences. I also listened to … Continue reading Elaborating on my metaphors about MOOCs →

Content and metaphors. From the Agorà.

The #OLDSMOOC-W2 is ending. I have tried hard this week to reach my own learning goal: to increase my level of engagement not only reading and reflecting, but collaborting. I'm in the middle of that battle, trying to develop ideas on adults education and open education, but this requires time...which is not that easy to … Continue reading Content and metaphors. From the Agorà. →

Learning designers: not musicians, but dancers…?

Hello #OLDSMOOC ers and world... Here I go with my W1 reflections, starting from a question: Should we adopt the music metaphor for Learning Design? The LARNACA DECLARATION, http://www.larnacadeclaration.org/ invites us to do so. Adopting Downes citation on the declaration (oh, forgive me for my laziness...) http://www.downes.ca/post/59780 "The purpose of creating musical notation was not simply the abstract … Continue reading Learning designers: not musicians, but dancers…? →

Le nostre domande ai MOOC

Durante la giornata di oggi si è svolto il Seminario Si-eL (Società Italiana dell'eLearning) , nel quale io e Patrizia Ghislandi, insieme a Nan Yang (non presente, purtroppo) abbiamo avuto l'occasione di presentare una delle nostre attività di ricerca in corso: "Sulla qualità dell'e-learning nell'esperienza MOOC: una discussione aperta" Naturalmente, abbiamo fatto, in un tempo … Continue reading Le nostre domande ai MOOC →

Reflecting on Quality of networked learning

Here are two presentations that I will be giving within the context of the Fifth Annual Edition of ICERI2012: 5th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. Madrid (Spain) on the 19th, 20th and 21st of November, 2012 Participatory and Constructivistic eLearning Quality from Juliana Elisa Raffaghelli IMPLEMENTING QUALITY ELEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION: CHANGE EFFORTS, … Continue reading Reflecting on Quality of networked learning →

In the garden of forking path…

In the garden of forking path... ...I like to use this metaphor from Jorge Luis Borges (http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/borges-garden.html)  to describe the web where I live. It's really a metaphor on hypertext, but it is also more than that, for it describes the meaning making across connections, instead of on a single one event on the net. … Continue reading In the garden of forking path… →

Cultural contexts of learning and MOOCs: open questions

As  my phenomenological narration about this experience shows me, designing effective massive online course has to do with many variables, that the "cocktail" for every learner could end in a very different situation with regard to the descriptions of MOOC effectiveness done by their promoters. I'm not saying those principles cannot be realized, and I'm … Continue reading Cultural contexts of learning and MOOCs: open questions →