A question posed on the EDC MOOC site asks about the benefits of e-learning. One major issue raised, especially for moocs, is whether the "massive" aspect means that most of us get lost in the huge array of information. This one especially has forums, blogs, tweets, Flickr challenges, just to name a few.
How different is it really from finding your way around the old mailing lists and bulletin boards? You had to "lurk" for a while before you understood the language and worked out "who to follow". And is that different to face to face classes? Sometimes you want to sit back and listen for a moment to assess everyone's agenda.
One positive aspect of this course is the Google handouts presented by the staff - I think it helps the students enormously to get a picture of what is going on in several areas of the course.
For me, the great benefit of e-learning is the fact that you can access vast amounts of information in your own time.
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