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I don't think the GP was talking about MOOCs, but self-directed, unstructured learning. My teenage years on the internet before MOOCs were a thing, and I learn
by kelnos 2y ago
I don't think the GP was talking about MOOCs, but self-directed, unstructured learning. My teenage years on the internet before MOOCs were a thing, and I learned plenty.
- ben_w 2y agoWhile there's a lot of good learning material on the web, MOOC and other, I'm not sure it's an improvement over the alternatives — my mostly-pre-internet teenage years had me learn a lot from stuff I got from the library. And sure, even just Wikipedia alone is bigger than most libraries, but as both are too large for one person, I'm just not convinced.
- intended 2y ago> … how many of us on this site were able to learn and grow because they got online as teenagers and learned things MOOCs represent a cohort of self identified, motivated students, with highly flexible and quality learning material. Completion rates act as a proxy, to estimate how many people will actually avail of the freedoms they have to learn.