{"id":552,"date":"2013-09-28T08:52:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T12:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elearningpod.com\/?p=552"},"modified":"2013-09-28T08:52:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T12:52:38","slug":"2013-09-28-on-moocs-a-swot-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/?p=552","title":{"rendered":"2013.09.28 .. on moocs. a swot analysis."},"content":{"rendered":"

Interesting\u00c2\u00a0article in new “Moocs Forum<\/a>” journal:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/online.liebertpub.com\/doi\/pdfplus\/10.1089\/mooc.2013.0008<\/a><\/p>\n

The article outlines a\u00c2\u00a0SWOT analysis undertaken by faculty members in the Instructional Sytems Design program at Florida State U. What is interesting\u00c2\u00a0to me\u00c2\u00a0is that the context, the questions being asked and the conclusions are very similar to my situation and some of the questions I have been pondering. Two points in particular stand out:<\/p>\n

1. “Resources<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhether human, technological, or financial\u00e2\u20ac\u201dalso are highlighted as critical elements of a MOOC; their availability is intertwined with the ability to both develop and host a MOOC.” Yes. Support resources are\u00c2\u00a0definitely required.<\/p>\n

2. “MOOCs are not designed and delivered by universities. Rather, it is individual faculty members, who may rely on varied university support services, who design and deliver MOOCs.” This is where I think we\u00c2\u00a0may be\u00c2\u00a0going wrong and one of the reasons why I\u00c2\u00a0removed myself from our so called “development” area. A recent article tweeted by our president suggested that innovation is not found in the board rooms and offices, but on the field. Right on. Unfortunately, it is in the “offices” that plans are being made without faculty input or involvement. Too bad.<\/p>\n

3. “A faculty member embarking on a MOOC project would require programmatic support and also would need a clear reason<\/strong> for doing the MOOC.” For me, that reason is keen interest in all aspects of online learning and professional growth.<\/p>\n

The fact that as educators and instructional designers we are on the same page is encouraging. It doesn’t mean that\u00c2\u00a0administrators feel the same way, however I’m glad to think my some of my instincts are correct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interesting\u00c2\u00a0article in new “Moocs Forum” journal: http:\/\/online.liebertpub.com\/doi\/pdfplus\/10.1089\/mooc.2013.0008 The article outlines a\u00c2\u00a0SWOT analysis undertaken by faculty members in the Instructional Sytems Design program at Florida State U. What is interesting\u00c2\u00a0to me\u00c2\u00a0is that the context, the questions being asked and the conclusions … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,68,26,67,18],"tags":[86,89],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elearning-development-for-teachers-teaching","category-evidence-based","category-instructional-design","category-moocs","category-online-teaching","tag-instructional-design","tag-moocs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}