Prior experiences

none with Mocs and none with ethnographies.

chosen mooc

Title: Powerful tools for teaching and learning: Web 2.0 tools

platform: Cousera

Institution: University of Houston System

Overview of the course

its not good. My only experiences of online learning are UoE and this just does not live up to the standard.  It is difficult to navigate, although this could be down to the platform being used on a mobile device – a borrowed iPad. I can’t find the forums. The video material uses the most awful music and the thought of having to watch another one makes me want to physically walk away.  The core document is simplistic, I like this, it makes it accessible to everyone but does not really give you anything to get your teeth into. The course talks about exploring Web 2.0 tools and then gives you a short list to choose from, a little prescriptive, I would have imagined that it would encourage a wide range of explorations. I can’t spend 4 weeks in this place, I just can’t.