Isn't it curious (or maybe just typical) that with all the mania around MOOC's (Massive Online Open Courseware), and all the "students today learn differently" talk, that there has been almost no conversation with students about (a) whether they would rather learn online or face to face or (b) how they learn best when they do learn online--lectures? interactives? quizzes? challenges? games? tutorials? augmented with social networks? augmented with actual study groups? New forms of assessment? If you do not include students in the conversation, you are merely replicating the hierarchical Sage-On-The-Stage model of pedagogy but on line. If students and learning are not intrinsically part of the MOOC conversation, then we're not talking education. We're talking $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
http://hastac.org/blogs/cathy-davidson/2012/08/04/why-have-students-been-left-out-mooc-discussion
