MOOCs Are Here To Stay

MOOCs Are Here To Stay 

You may be wondering what a MOOC is, well it's simple actually. MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses, it's school but online. MOOC is a helpful learning resource found online, for college students. Through an article I had found, the class sizes for the courses consisted of nearly 2,600 students. The people in the class find that it is much easier to use the college online courses than the in person, face to face, because it reduces cost. 64% of the users said that it reduced the cost of getting a degree to institutions in which they teach. 86% of students said that because they stay in the MOOC program, they are able to spend less on college. The institutions for some students will grant them credits for courses to help them get ready to leave college and out in the real world. I personally think that MOOC is a good idea because it is saving you money from what you could be spending at colleges. I also think that it could hurt you because you are not getting the proper college degree through the program. The program keeps you from meeting new people and participating in clubs, which is what you do in college, and what should make up your resume after college. MOOC can have its positives and negatives, but I believe that it will stay around in the future, especially since our generation relies on computers and technology. 

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Blog Assignment 1

What do you do now?

In the' Ken Robinson says school kills creativity' video,  Ken Robinson stresses that, "if your not prepared to be wrong then you are not prepared to create something original." When you go into school you are prepared to share what you know, and sometimes what you share is creative and inspiring to others. If you come into school not prepared to share what you know then you aren't prepared to be wrong. Everyone is wrong and right in some situations, but if you don't take the chance to share what you know to prove if it is valid or not, then you will never know if what you know is right or wrong. When you grow up you will eventually fear being wrong, and have the attitude that you are always right. This is not something you want to happen, especially when you go into the work field. Ken says that when you're a child you are not born into creativity, but put into school and grow out of it. In school you are taught what has to be right, and what you are creative with or is original to you may be wrong. In my future presentations I will use this video to show me that you need to be original, because being original does not mean you are being wrong. Being wrong is being right, in the sense that you are losing your creativity if you are right. 

"Ken Robinson Says Schools Kill Creativity." TED: Ideas worth Spreading. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2013.

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In the 'Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address', Steve Jobs talks about three stories from his past that make up his future. He talks about his failures and successes, and how he came to become the man he was. I believe that Job's message throughout his speech was that through all the ups and downs, you will have a success in the end. He was put through so much in his life and through all the things he was put through, he came out as a success. In my future presentations I will use personal stories, to show the similarities between my presentation and something that may have happened to me, or someone I know. It brings the presentation together, and makes everything more real, adds emotion and connection.

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