Hacia el final del invierno del 2014 me encontraba trabajando en un proyecto del que les voy a hablar más adelante, siempre en relación a temas de desarrollo profesional académico, en el Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche . Durante largas conversaciones a la hora del té con Donatella Persico (Investigador … Continue reading De métodos de investigación y de modas en la educación: el caso de los MOOCs
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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
My MOOC life: first reactions to #CFHE12
I had been curious about MOOCs since 2011, but my time hadn't come yet. One month ago, my chinese colleague started an experience with COURSERA just because she couldn't analyze, for her phD research, some courses in Italian. We work through a qualitative approach in our research activities, so she started to write and share … Continue reading My MOOC life: first reactions to #CFHE12
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