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Better Backchannels: What’s Missing?

I believe that better backchannels are possible, so long as we don’t keep doing them in a chat that is reacted upon every few seconds. In the video, I identify three things our #etmooc backchannels need:

1. @mentions (replies that show to whom you are speaking)
2. Threading (much better nesting of conversations for tracking)
3. Up/down voting so that you can agree with an idea without adding noise the backchannel.

Original video from Joe Dillon: http://youtu.be/v8FKEDi6-mc

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Darren Kuropatwa posted a video yesterday that challenged me to think about whom is most responsible for our…

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Darren Kuropatwa posted a video yesterday that challenged me to think about whom is most responsible for our learning in this course (or any other MOOC). This was my response.

If you want to check out the original video (shot at #educon ) featuring 3 other amazing educators, here is the link to that too: #WhileWalking 69: MOOC Musings from #EduCon 2.5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MT1hwljWvA

It isn’t #etmooc’s Fault: Find Your Own Slice of Learning

Should we concentrate on making a MOOC less overwhelming, or should we rather concentrate on making our learning process better? What role does our own empowerment play in finding the right “slice of learning”?

Thank you to Darren Kuropatwa for inspiring this idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m_PaAFRtxc

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