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>Why do people assume that courses delivered on premises by an average teacher is going to be better than a MOOC delivered by world class guy. Assume? I just g

>Why do people assume that courses delivered on premises by an average teacher is going to be better than a MOOC delivered by world class guy. Assume? I just gave you an example of a shit course delivered by a 'world class guy'. I've done plenty of real life classes in statistics and none of the teachers/professors were startlingly brilliant communicators but at least they were able get over the basic principles of the subject. They also didn't waste my time telling me how great they were.

UK-Al05 13y ago
You guys may be delivering good stuff, but there are a lot who are not. Remember how many community colleges/for-profits/universities/high-schools there are in the world. The majority of the teachers recruited were probably averagely talented. These courses will never be exposed to criticism, but moocs are. That's a good thing.
sanderjd 13y ago
It's interesting that in a thread about inferential statistics you are asserting inferences based on anecdotes with very small sample size, rather than statistics. It's possible that there haven't been enough MOOC statistics classes to really make a significant inference, but that seems to suggest "we'll have to wait and see" rather than "they're all shit".
russelluresti 13y ago
If you understand statistics you should understand the difference between anecdotal evidence and statistical data. You have one online course you're comparing to a handful of in-person courses you, personally, have taken. There are hundreds of online courses and hundreds of thousands of in-person courses. You should know it's not a good idea to make inference about ALL MOOC's based on one example or ALL in-person courses based on a handful of classes. If your statistics classes didn't teach you this concept, I'd say it was those classes that did a poor job.

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>Why do people assume that courses delivered on premises by an average teacher is going to be better than a MOOC delivered by world class guy. Assume? I just g

by anon1385 13y ago

UK-Al05 13y ago
You guys may be delivering good stuff, but there are a lot who are not. Remember how many community colleges/for-profits/universities/high-schools there are in the world. The majority of the teachers recruited were probably averagely talented. These courses will never be exposed to criticism, but moocs are. That's a good thing.
sanderjd 13y ago
It's interesting that in a thread about inferential statistics you are asserting inferences based on anecdotes with very small sample size, rather than statistics. It's possible that there haven't been enough MOOC statistics classes to really make a significant inference, but that seems to suggest "we'll have to wait and see" rather than "they're all shit".
russelluresti 13y ago
If you understand statistics you should understand the difference between anecdotal evidence and statistical data. You have one online course you're comparing to a handful of in-person courses you, personally, have taken. There are hundreds of online courses and hundreds of thousands of in-person courses. You should know it's not a good idea to make inference about ALL MOOC's based on one example or ALL in-person courses based on a handful of classes. If your statistics classes didn't teach you this concept, I'd say it was those classes that did a poor job.