{"id":2949,"date":"2012-10-01T15:50:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T21:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:58:21","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:58:21","slug":"what-happens-when-free-courses-arent-free-the-next-bison-social-computing-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/10\/01\/what-happens-when-free-courses-arent-free-the-next-bison-social-computing-and-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when free courses aren\u2019t free? \u00ab The Next Bison: Social Computing and Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/nextbison.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/01\/what-happens-when-free-courses-arent-free\/\">What happens when free courses aren\u2019t free? \u00ab The Next Bison: Social Computing and Culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yup. She&#8217;s right. I would not have taken the gamification course if it had cost a little money.<\/p>\n<p>But I am taking a &#8216;real&#8217; course, for real money.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217; the difference? For one, there are real people with credentials and authority looking at the stuff I submit, not just peers. As a result, I expect to learn something more than I did in the Gamification course.<\/p>\n<p>Another difference is that when I&#8217;m done the &#8216;real&#8217; courses, I will have a new credential.<\/p>\n<p>Another difference is that the class is small &#8211; about 12 people. I find this preferable to a class 80,000.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2949'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2949);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2949);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2949);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>What happens when free courses aren\u2019t free? \u00ab The Next Bison: Social Computing and Culture. Yup. She&#8217;s right. I would not have taken the gamification course if it had cost a little money. But I am taking a &#8216;real&#8217; course, &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/10\/01\/what-happens-when-free-courses-arent-free-the-next-bison-social-computing-and-culture\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,14,24],"tags":[177,15,186],"class_list":["post-2949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-coursera","tag-higher-education","tag-mooc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-Lz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5868,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/10\/05\/what-could-be-gained-if-every-course-at-your-school-were-gamified\/","url_meta":{"origin":2949,"position":0},"title":"What Could Be Gained If Every Course at Your School Were Gamified?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"What if all\u00a0instructors could\u00a0access the students' badges (or other credentials). This could ultimately have far-reaching implications for how students earn credit, what kind of work they are required to do in their classes, and more. 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In a previous post I said\u00a0I would\u00a0send out personal emails to all my students, telling them how they are doing and what they need to do to pass this course.\u00a0Here's how it went. I currently have 47\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"gamification","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/gamification-300x205.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2748,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/09\/14\/coursera-gamification-course-second-impressions\/","url_meta":{"origin":2949,"position":3},"title":"Coursera Gamification Course, Second Impressions.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I am now midway through my first coursera course on Gamification. 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I can answer that, as I've been experimenting with this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5470,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/03\/gamification-1016-scoring\/","url_meta":{"origin":2949,"position":5},"title":"Gamification 101[6]: Scoring","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This is Part 6\u00a0in my continuing saga of my current iteration of a gamified course. In a course where assessment is primarily attainment\u00a0based\u00a0rather than time-based, and that uses\u00a0criterion-referenced rather than\u00a0norm-referenced measures, getting the learning tasks (assignments, quests, etc.) right is key. 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