tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post5613994243931094265..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: How to Mooc: 1.000 LecturesJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-25136047831912924732013-08-08T16:56:13.997-05:002013-08-08T16:56:13.997-05:00Well yes, the question is who and what is a celebr...Well yes, the question is who and what is a celebrity. You can have a guest lecturer who is good on a specific topic, or show film of lectures that are downright historic.<br /><br />In my current MOOC the professor is more famous than I. But the material is fairly standard and while he is doing a perfectly good job, many others worldwide, famous and not, are also giving good courses on this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-22105360638309437822013-08-08T01:17:10.446-05:002013-08-08T01:17:10.446-05:00Right. What I'm trying to get at is the value ...Right. What I'm trying to get at is the value of the celebrity lecture. I could be a better lecturer than a more famous scholar because I know my students, what they don't understand... Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-47940520517604019652013-08-08T00:15:10.564-05:002013-08-08T00:15:10.564-05:00The anti-lecture fervor is not actually anti-lectu...The anti-lecture fervor is not actually anti-lecture, since MOOCs are lectures with a lot of students talking to each other on the margins of these -- as well I know, two weeks into my second one and after a lot of dissection of the pro-MOOC arguments.<br /><br />The anti-lecture fervor is actually anti-research and anti-faculty salaries ... the idea being to replace faculty and research with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com