It happens, but the paradox is that it violates core policies.
Fred
It isn't the course that's the issue. It's the Meta portion, the governance of the how, why, who.
So just to make up an example, you create a course on How to Hunt Quail. Now some group of individuals (or one with puppets), creates a new *policy* that only people with approved credentials can offer courses, and then they create a "Credential Group" who approves credentials, and work it so you can't get approved.
That's just a made-up example of how "governance" can attack "content".
Every wiki type org with which I've been involved has these same meta or governance issues.
Those with a lot of time on their hands can manipulate the system into supporting their own view of how things should *run*. It's not the content that's the issue.
-----Original Message----- From: Fred Bauder fredbaud@fairpoint.net To: Wikimedia Education education@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wed, Feb 13, 2013 9:13 am Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Massive open online course(s) about Wikipedia
In my personal opinion, all MOOCs suffer from, not the coursework per se, but the lack of an open and accomodating governance model. Governance is usually the *last* part of any network that is implemented, so early adopters are mostly ostracized by game players whose only goal is to enforce their view through a keener knowledge of the methods.
How would the course be structured if it was the way you liked?
Fred
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