Promise of MOOCS

The Potentiality of Dynamic Assessment in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): The Case of Listening Comprehension MOOCs

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as a new shaking educational development provide the scene for achieving social inclusion and dissemination of knowledge. Anyhow, facilitating network learning experiences through creating an adaptive learning environment can pave the way for this open and energetic way to learning. The present study aimed to explore the possible role of Dynamic Assessment (D...

Covenant, Promise, and the Gift of Time

If we categorize religions according to whether they give greater prominence to time or to space, the role of “promise” marks a religion of covenant as clearly a religion of time. Yet the future is unknowable and can only be present to us as a field of possibilities. How far do these possibilities extend? The question directs us back to the nature of time, a question that became concealed in th...

The hype of MOOCs

Personalization of MOOCs

One of the major challenges that the MOOCs must face is to provide learners with personalized learning paths. In this article we propose a model allowing the implementation of personalization in the context of MOOCs. Its purpose is to enable teachers and MOOCs designers to express their educational objectives in order to obtain an adaptation of the courses to everyone.

MOOCs and Beyond

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) might be the proverbial “tipping point” in discussions about the role of information and communication technologies in higher education. To some they offer dramatic cost savings without loss in quality; to others they are best described as MESS (Massive Extension of Sage on the Stage). If the history of IS is any guide, MOOCs portend dramatic changes over tim...