Georgen Siemens likes Sebastian Thrun (he writes; I've never met the man, nor am I likely to). It's "the other Thrun that confuses me," Siemens continues. "He says things like:
- In the future we will only have 10 universities, and his will be one of them (when I met him in Drumheller last, he said he never made that statement)
- That a 'magic formula' is emerging for moocs/online learning. And then lists a series of interventions that most masters education students would cite in literature that dates back many years, even decades."
Most recently, writes Siemens, "pulled another confusing move in announcing Open Educational Alliance." Confusing because of "the lack of reference to or connection with the existing open education movement. This is a frustrating Silicon Valley attribute. Don't learn from others. Learn it yourself." In the end, MOOCs may be signaling not the end of the relevance of university system, but the end of the relevance of Silicon Valley. Something to ponder.
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