{"id":18964,"date":"2013-12-17T02:44:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T02:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/theatlantic-what-moocs-cant-teach-i-like-to\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T20:06:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T03:06:42","slug":"theatlantic-what-moocs-cant-teach-i-like-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/theatlantic-what-moocs-cant-teach-i-like-to\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-18964 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/theatlantic-what-moocs-cant-teach-i-like-to\/attachment\/18965\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/rafaelfajardo.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_mxx4oqelIr1qcokc4o1_640-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/theatlantic.tumblr.com\/post\/70230349638\/what-moocs-cant-teach-i-like-to-think-of\">theatlantic<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/events\/archive\/2013\/12\/what-moocs-cant-teach\/282402\/\"><strong>What MOOCs Can\u2019t Teach<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;I like to think of education as giving people superpowers.&rdquo; With this metaphor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2012\/07\/the-single-most-important-experiment-in-higher-education\/259953\/\">Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng<\/a> summed up the purpose of MOOCs, or massive open online courses, at <a href=\"http:\/\/events.theatlantic.com\/silicon-valley-summit\/2013\/\"><em>The Atlantic<\/em>&rsquo;s Silicon Valley Summit on Monday<\/a>: They\u2019re designed to help people gain discrete skills like coding or algebra or French. Education watchers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2012\/05\/the-big-idea-that-can-revolutionize-higher-education-mooc\/256926\/\">have wondered how MOOCs will affect traditional classroom experiences<\/a> from the elementary school to the university, and some have even argued that online education will fundamentally change the way students of all ages learn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But according to entrepreneurs working in this space, MOOCs were never meant to stand in for regular classrooms. \u201cTo make to make this look like a silver bullet somehow\u2014this was never meant to replace schools,\u201d said Sal Khan, the creator of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2012\/05\/the-big-idea-that-can-revolutionize-higher-education-mooc\/256926\/\">Khan Academy<\/a>. Both Khan and Ng described their products as educational supplements: Online courses help to fill a \u201cskills gap\u201d for people who are looking to get jobs in a certain industry or transition to a new career. But if someone is \u201cdebating between attending Johns Hopkins or taking free Coursera courses\u2014for God\u2019s sake, go to Johns Hopkins,\u201d Ng said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/events\/archive\/2013\/12\/what-moocs-cant-teach\/282402\/\"><strong>Read more.<\/strong><\/a> <em>[Image: Mike Licht\/Flickr]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>theatlantic: What MOOCs Can\u2019t Teach &ldquo;I like to think of education as giving people superpowers.&rdquo; With this metaphor, Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng summed up the purpose of MOOCs, or massive open online courses, at The Atlantic&rsquo;s Silicon Valley Summit on Monday: They\u2019re designed to help people gain discrete skills like coding or algebra or French. 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