Interesting question. David Evans describes the online course process as, "anyone who is willing to put in the effort will be able." Mark Guzdial asks, "What does it mean, 'willing to put in the effort'? ... How do you measure effort? I’m seriously wondering — what does it mean to put in 'enough' effort? Are we measuring cognition, or time, or somehow 'mental pain'? If you don’t have the prior knowledge, and have to go read lots of background literature, is that part of 'enough' effort? Is effort measured in terms of time-on-task? If we don’t know how to measure 'effort,' how do we know if our class is demanding too much 'effort'?" He makes a good point. It's like saying "You will succeed if you have faith" - a statement that is followed by explaining "You failed because you didn't have enough faith."
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