Dear MTCians,
-- The week end debate on MOOS vs CLASS ROOM Education is an interesting topic which needs deeper introspection and through analysis.
First of all MOOS is an acronym for Matter Of Optional Studies OR for Multi-user Object Oriented Studies. It can also be spelt as Mass Online Oriented
Studies. It is however, totally different from Class room Education. MOOS is nothing but Distance Education but with a mouse on hand.
In the Moos Model Student can view the Coach on the screen but the coach cannot see the viewer/ student. Both can hear each other.But the Coach cannot evaluate the listening ability or the understanding capacity of the student since he does not have eye to eye contact. Out of sight is out of mind.It is only the student's capacity to follow the instructions and execute the assignments that matters but how far its precision is the matter in question. The Moos model education may relieve the institutions from faculty engagement/ labs/ Project reviews etc., But what is the control point?
In the Class room education model the teacher takes the role of a THUMB. The thumb can reach all the other four fingers comfortably and make a FIST. Likewise the teacher will guide and control the activities of the students face to face.He can identify the Good, average and bad material and give them the required elixir for improvement which is not possible in the Distance education model or the MOOS. How far the qualifications obtained through MOOS are recognised by the prospective employers is a big question.
The MOOS model is time saving, faculty saving, investment saving, but will it save the prospects of the Nation where Technology and Engineering counts very high. Through the MOOS model can one become a brilliant technocrat or a Scientist or an Astronomer- it has to be seen. No doubt we have to be a Roman while you are in Rome- So to say that we have to accept the changes on method of learning and education and try to switch over from the prevailing pattern of teaching and education.
If one has to take the challenges and accept the changes, does the Government adopt to the changing environment and the political systems? We are sticking to the same old pattern of political administration and the big leaders leading the roothes. We have to accept the changes, of course and adapt the same. Will they really yield the desired results is a million dollar question. It is the same case with MOOS or Class Room Model Education.
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On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Prabhakar Waghodekar <waghodekar@rediffmail.com> wrote:
Dear All,
MOOC is a great ICT tool and it is going to stay here.
MOOC means 80% preparation by students using surfing and 20% interaction in class! This has
also introduced Flipped Classroom concept and Germany has adopted blending approach 5 decades
ago: blending of e-learning and face-to-face approach.
Hopefully MOOC will lead to free education on line, a type of CSR.
MOOC will cause downsizing of faculty,capacity to handle a large number of students at a time
with quality education at affordable cost, but demanding more dynamic, versatile, committed,
dedicated, multi-skilled core faculty.
Regards.
Yours,
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On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 22:01:30 +0530 wrote
> Dear MTCIANSA very good evening to you all.Let me suggest the following topic, if not
covered sofar, for the weekend debate.Whether MOOCS will replace Classroom EducationMy take isthat MOOCS are only a replacement for books and real learning takes place in the context ofin-person interaction/debate etc.However a blended learning would be the desired one (idealchoice)with Technology widening and deepening the class room learning.With best wishesDrAJagan
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