This link will take you to a Tom Friedman on MOOCs and the future of higher education. Ironic to talk about professors who have a big stage (so does Friedman even when he has a limited background relevant to a topic). I tend to agree with Friedman on many things – the flat world, the reality of international competition, the importance of education. I have mixed reactions to his notions of technology and higher education (technology did flatten the world). Anyway, this is not for me to decide so what I do is offer the link for examination. BTW – the comments are also very good.
It struck me after reading this content and writing this post that my previous post concerned a description of students who struggle with learning in an online environment.