Dive Summary:
- Writing for Campus Technology, University of Texas online learning official Steven Mintz says some see MOOCs as giving equal opportunity to learn while others see the danger of staff cuts and digital haves and have-nots.
- Mintz notes that the current crop of undergraduates is a generation raised on social networking and digital products-on-demand.
- He says the real challenge is to create online learning programs that successfully teach students — a goal he says everyone can agree on.
From the article:
... Not surprisingly, much emphasis has been placed on the words "massive" and "open" in the word MOOC, so much so that other objectives are obscured. Even the word "course" is problematic as it hides the L word: learning. ...
