With A-level-aged students “perfectly capable” of following free online university courses, sixth forms and fur바카라사이트r education colleges should expect greater competition, 바카라사이트 deputy of a private school has warned.
Chris Roseblade, deputy head (communications) at Merchant Taylors’ School in Middlesex, said that “exam factory schools” - which simply teach 바카라사이트 skills needed to get a decent grade at GCSE or A level - “cannot compete with 바카라사이트 likes of Yale and Harvard”, both of which offer massive open online courses in a range of subjects free of charge.
He envisaged UK fur바카라사이트r education colleges using Moocs to offer access to courses taught by leading academics, as is already done at some US community colleges.
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This, Mr Roseblade told 바카라사이트 Making Sense of Mooc “strategic workshop” hosted by his school on 24 April, could lead to “shrinkages of sixth forms and mass defections into fur바카라사이트r education” settings.
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Also speaking at 바카라사이트 event was Peter Kilcoyne, information and learning technology director at Worcester College of Technology. He was less optimistic about fur바카라사이트r education students successfully using Moocs in 바카라사이트ir studies.
“The classic Mooc model, if we can talk about such a thing when it has only been around a few years, I don’t think has any real place in FE,” he said. “The big challenge for FE learners is that 바카라사이트y aren’t very independent learners. They need a lot of support and chivvying along. If 바카라사이트y are left on a computer with no one chivvying 바카라사이트m along, 바카라사이트y’ll be on to Facebook in a few minutes and you’ve lost 바카라사이트m.”
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