Interview with George Siemens

Here’s an interview we did with George Siemens on 30 June, 2011, at the Laboratory of Distance Education and eLearning, Universidade Aberta, Portugal. It’s around 40 minutes long and has, imo, a lot of great stuff on Connectivism, change and MOOCs. There’s no doubt he is one of the best persons you can find to […]

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Is intrinsic motivation enough?

George Siemens asks, in a thoughtful post, “What’s wrong with (M)OOCs?“, where he expresses 3 main concerns: the high dropout rate (linked with a low level of participation on the part of the majority of participants), the high technical requirements and a (yet)  insufficient support that helps people connect to other relevant people. I was […]

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