This morning I completed Steve Everett’s Emory University
MOOC ‘Introduction to Digital Sound Design’. I’ve been critical of Steve’s
pedagogy over the past few weeks and I’m glad to be done with this MOOC – very much
in the behaviourist mode. Don’t get me wrong, I did learn on this MOOC
(especially about granular synthesis) and I’m still impressed with Steve’s video
resources (even if he used far too many videos). As a student, I still
dispute Steve’s failure to ‘blend’ his teaching (and our learning) – he could
have used pdf notes, a prezi resource or two, a few little competitions and
artefact projects. I also think the failure to include no-stakes or low-stakes
formative assessments (done through multiple choice) was naïve at least.
The multiple choice exam itself was terrifying as ever, almost a perverse masochistic student experience! As usual, I was 'tripped up' on several questions. This time I was watching for the trip ups. Despite this, I was snagged on a few of them!
I’m looking forward to the arrival of my completion
certificate. I will be proud to receive it! Thanks to Steve Everett, Emory
University and Coursera for providing this learning opportunity.
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