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I think Coursera, OpenCourseware, etc, get things backwards. Well, they did what they can. It's very hard to invent a new institution with a trusted reputatio
by danielweber 14y ago
I think Coursera, OpenCourseware, etc, get things backwards.
Well, they did what they can. It's very hard to invent a new institution with a trusted reputation, almost by definition.
Also, the dissemination of knowledge is the part that scales the most. Evaluation is tough and expensive, especially if you are trying even modestly to prevent cheating.
Someone could go to a MOOC to learn the stuff, then get the assessment from UWisconsin.
- Turing_Machine 14y ago"Someone could go to a MOOC to learn the stuff, then get the assessment from UWisconsin." That is the model I expect to predominate in the long term, actually.
- wildgift 14y agoHow is evaluation "tough" if you have the entire corpus of the student's work in a course? There's less need for testing if you can see all their work. The point of testing is to come up with a simple statistic that sums up someone's knowledge and performance.
- danielweber 14y agoIt's hard to make sure it's the student and not Joe Blow who he hired to take the test for him, especially remotely.