Tag: Khan Academy

Zero pedagogy: A hyperbolic case for curation and creation over education in the age of the MOOC (#moocmooc)

by Dominik Lukeš · 2012-08-15

The crazy argument for Zero pedagogy [caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Pedagogy does not matter. It has always been a discipline aimed at making people learn something they don't particularly want to learn. If we can truly provide open access to all the resources necessary for learning, then it…

What is and what is not a MOOC: A picture of family resemblance (working undefinition) #moocmooc

by Dominik Lukeš · 2012-08-14

[toc] Introduction Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs for short, have been getting a lot of attention recently. There have been several high profile posts (see here for a summary ) complaining about the lack of clarity about what constitutes a MOOC (and I think this resulted in a more generalized MOOC backlash ). This…