Pravaha: ideas, information and education flow

The second week of MOOC online educator discussed the myth about online education is more accessible than face-to-face education. It appeared two terms, inclusion and accessibility. Inclusion in the educational context means that remove the barriers for equalities while accessibility means equal participation for people with disability. So, it is true for some people that online education is more inclusive because it offers the opportunity for all people no matter what they race are, their background is, or their area is. But at some points, online education can be costly as well because of internet bills and website maintenance.  There was a survey about student barriers to online learning developed by Muilenburg and Berge, 2005 and it mentioned 8 barriers to online learning. Those were administrative/instructor issues, social interactions, academic skills, technical skills, learner motivation, time and support for studies, cost and access to the internet, and technical p...

This time, I am joining MOOC The Online Educator: People and Pedagogy which is offered by Open University and this MOOC course can be found in the FutureLearn website. This MOOC is divided into four weeks. It is about disruption and design, innovation and accessibility, evidence and ethics, and the last is about the importance of online identity for educators. In this occasion, I will write my summary of what I learn in the first week. The first week is clustered into three categories and those are the myth, hype, and reality in online education, put people first, and from people to pedagogy.  As we know that there are some changes in education and there is also the evolution in higher education all over the world. There are more opportunities for students to learn, such as gamification, social and international experiences. Institutions also must be attentive to faculty autonomy and students agency, to ensure that data and technology complement human judgment and personal exper...