Dive Brief:
- Writing for NPR, Eric Westervelt asks whether 2013 might become known as the year lofty goals for online education collided with reality.
- Westervelt talks to an initially enthusiastic MOOC student who found the human element lacking in her online course.
- That human element is something Coursera and Udacity are both focusing on as they fine-tune their MOOCs.
Dive Insight:
The comments section for the article is much longer than the article itself and is worth reading for a lively back-and-forth on the merits and methods of online learning. Both students and teachers contribute their perspectives.