Comments on: World History MOOC Report 11: In which I have too much time on my hands.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:52:22 +0000

I would be interested to know this, Jonathan. But we just don’t have the data. My guess is that it’s a relatively small percentage of a large pool of 86k enrolled. It only confirms what we know about MOOCs, and this course is no exception, which is that real participation (as opposed to more passive “consumption”) represents a small share.

By: Jonathan Rees

Jonathan Rees — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:42:30 +0000

Jeremy:

Do you all know the ration of forum participants to the overall number of students in the class? Yes, you know where I’m going with this, but similarly you’ll defend a low number the same way you defend the quiz return rates and the number will still be very interesting one way or another.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:12:28 +0000

ok, I talked with Dan. Actually, the trouble is more with the resolution coming through from my computer from the original, since the much-maligned capitalist publishers WW Norton (who are, by the way, employee-owned; see how complex the world is?) made the maps for books not for screen viewing. Not much we can do about these at this stage.

You might also look at the online forum discussions. There I think you will see lots of seminar-style engagement. (Though I predict you will find this also a pale version of the real thing…)