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Professors Still View MOOCs Skeptically
專家對大規模開放網絡課程依舊持懷疑態度
The New York Times calls 2013 “the year of the MOOC.” But massive open online courses still fail to get high marks from most educators.
紐約時報將2013年稱作“大規模開放網絡課程之年”。但是大規模開放網絡課程在大多數教育者中仍然沒獲得認可。
In a recent survey of more than 2,200 professors, only one in five thought that online courses could be as effective as classroom curricula. Their biggest concern: limited interaction between teachers and students. The survey was done by Gallup and the website Inside Higher Ed.
近期的一份調查中，參與調查的2200名教授中，只有五分之一認為網絡課程跟傳統教室效率一樣。他們最大的擔憂是，師生之間受限制的互動。調查是由Gallup和Inside Higher Ed網站聯合進行的。
Respondents linked MOOC credibility to whether an online course was offered by an accredited school and to a student’s ability to receive credits.
調查對象擔心課程是不是由未被認可的學校提供，學生是不是能得到認可。
Faculty skepticism isn’t surprising. New technologies often turn crafted products and services into bland commodities, something no teacher wants. On the other hand, resistance to change, especially when it involves computers, tends to be a losing strategy in most fields.
教師持懷疑態度并不令人吃驚。新技術經常將精心制作的產品和服務變成乏味的商品，這不是教師想要的。另一方面，拒絕改變，尤其是跟電腦相關的改變，是現在大多數領域失敗的戰略。
An important wrinkle in the data: much MOOC criticism comes from faculty who’ve never taught an online course. Of the 30 percent of professors polled who had taught a MOOC, most thought that online coursework can deliver roughly the same results as the classroom.
數據中重要的一點是大多數批評者從未教過網上課程。教過網上課程的30%的老師多數都認為網上課程跟教室授課相差無幾。
—Larry Greenemeier
