Comments on: Domain of One’s Own/Scaling Up http://mla2013.thatcamp.org/12/27/domain-of-ones-ownscaling-up/ The Humanities and Technology Camp at the Modern Language Association Convention in Boston, January 2013 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 By: Jesse Stommel http://mla2013.thatcamp.org/12/27/domain-of-ones-ownscaling-up/#comment-2179 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 03:52:42 +0000 http://mla2013.thatcamp.org/?p=208#comment-2179 The issue of scale interests me too, not only how to scale up but how to scale down as well. My concern is whether our pedagogies can even scale at all, or whether each scale demands that we approach teaching and learning in a different way. MOOCs, at their worst, reproduce pedagogies designed for much different environments or scales. At their best, they challenge us to do things and interact in ways that would be impossible in a smaller class or at a brick-and-mortar institution.

]]> By: Amanda French http://mla2013.thatcamp.org/12/27/domain-of-ones-ownscaling-up/#comment-2111 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:48:26 +0000 http://mla2013.thatcamp.org/?p=208#comment-2111 I’d actually love to learn a bit more about edX, but I too am interested in how and (even more so) *why* to scale up teaching. I continue to feel a bit muddled about MOOCs, deeply suspicious both of them and at the same time deeply suspicious of my own deep suspicions.

In other contexts, I think I’ve resolved certain problems of scale rather well: the buzzword “platform” is a buzzword for a reason. THATCamp itself is a pretty good example of scaling up by decentralizing, by creating a replicable and customizable model that small communities can adopt for their own. UMW blogs operates on a similar principle, but so far MOOCs themselves don’t really seem scalable, oddly enough. Setting one up sounds like a whole heck of a lot of work.

Enough of this: suffice it to say I’m interested.

]]> By: rybakc http://mla2013.thatcamp.org/12/27/domain-of-ones-ownscaling-up/#comment-2012 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:17:38 +0000 http://mla2013.thatcamp.org/?p=208#comment-2012 I read about the Domain of One’s Own project and was immediately captivated, and I’ve also participated in a MOOC and have a lot of thoughts about that experience. I’d be interested in talking about these issues.

]]> By: Trip Kirkpatrick http://mla2013.thatcamp.org/12/27/domain-of-ones-ownscaling-up/#comment-1984 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 03:24:54 +0000 http://mla2013.thatcamp.org/?p=208#comment-1984 This interests me as well. With more of our pedagogical efforts in recent years tending toward finding ways to increase personal connections even in larger classes, yet with intense pressure to enter the fray, I’d enjoy the chance to discuss possible ways forward.

]]> By: Matthew Battles http://mla2013.thatcamp.org/12/27/domain-of-ones-ownscaling-up/#comment-1874 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:25:52 +0000 http://mla2013.thatcamp.org/?p=208#comment-1874 These questions of scale, effectiveness, and flexibility are very much of the moment in my neck of the woods, with edX offering more questions than answers. This would be a welcome conversation!

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