The Khan Iceberg
Will Richardson,
Weblogg-ed,
May 30, 2012
It is not a surprise to see increased resistance to things like Khan Academy and the recent MOOCs, as they represent what amounts to wholesale changes in education. But I think it's exactly the wrong thing to be defending the existing model in the belief that this will protect incomes, job security and retirement funds. Yes, there are people out there who are in the process of stealing all three. But the way to respond is to get out in front of this, to be the people promoting wider access to better education, rather than the anchor dragging down the entire enterprise. Remember, they are the reactionaries - as Will Richardson says, "The model is not changing; this is still delivery. What's changing is the narrow pipe of delivery that schools currently represent." More here, and a debate between myself and Jonathan Rees in the comments here (Rees believes, obviously without evidence, that I see "a new MOOC-y world where today's adjunct can be tomorrow's superstar.")
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