Collaboration
These are all the ways I connect with other people
This opinion piece speculates that within 50 years, half of all colleges and universities will close their doors because of advances in technology.
We can help students now, by showing them how to manage their digital lives and learning effectively by providing them with the [digital] literacy skills needed? This is where I see a Personal Learning Portfolio as an essential tool for students, both high school and college age individuals. As education becomes unbundled, fragmented, similar to a 'jigsaw' as described by author and professor, Richard DeMillo, a learning portfolio that is owned and controlled by the student, that establishes a student's digital identify is almost obligatory.
This is a thoughtful post that goes beyond the "online bashing" to exploring the pedagogy of online learning -- not best practices, but points of departure to encourage a diversity of pedagogies.
Good overview of MOOCs, their history and thoughts on the business models