On the one hand, I'm not enthusiastic about the tool itself. It feels like a metadata editor of old - " the aims and objectives, intended learning time, number of learners, overall sequence of teaching-learning activities (TLAs), different types of learning that each of these elicits, text to guide what learners do, group size, presence or not of the teacher, and linked resources (digital or other)." On the other hand, the idea of a scaffold that helps people design MOOC learning content is appealing in concept. The authors ask, "Could a learning design have the same recognition as an outcome of scholarship and research as does a journal article?" Not if it's limited and structured like this. But I think a more flexible scaffold could provide some more insightful designs that may indeed gain wider recognition.
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