PLN 6

                In Will Richardson’s “Are Our Kids Ready for This” I think that they have a good point in that you need the skills to engage people and make your own goals but I do not think these MOOCs are the way to go. A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Courses. They come with good and bad pieces. The good thing is that they demand students be more engaging and set their own goals. These are great life skills and are needed for almost any occupation. Since no goals are given and no one is told what to do, how does a student know how to succeed or when he/she has succeeded? Even if they set their own goals maybe the goals aren’t what people are looking for. And it’s nobody’s job to help them or nobody completely knows the material. So it is not only possible that they don’t only get the whole picture but if somebody thinks a wrong idea and is very convincing then everybody could get the wrong picture. I think that I could never go to a online class like this. I could not succeed.  I might be able to get my own goals but where would I start and where would I go? Now I think that this could have a very negative affect on the world. Imagine a world where people, although they were not prepared, thought they were prepared.  Potentially these people would not get any jobs or do so badly they get laid off.  So I think MOOCs are a very bad idea and and should not be used.