I am in another Coursera course that seems to be experiencing some issues. It seems this whole process is like early beta software (not like gmail "beta" years later...). Which is fine with me as a consumer.
I was a bit frustrated that the process wasn't a bit clearer up front. And it does seem they haven't really figured out he huge class size issues yet. It does seem to me it woudl have been better to start out slower and work out some of the kinks but so much is done so quickly these days I am not really surprised they jumped in with both feet quickly (it seems to me).
The coursera effort really seems like a pretty audacious effort to me. Running into issues as they try to make it work isn't that surprising. I do think pulling the plug if things are really not working seems like the better choice than just pushing forward. Giving themselves a chance to regroup rather than try to just forge ahead seems like the better option. Granted not getting into the mess in the first place would be better but I'm willing to accept the idea that maybe they just ran into more problems than they imagined and just need some time to figure out alternatives before doing some great things in the future.
I was a bit frustrated that the process wasn't a bit clearer up front. And it does seem they haven't really figured out he huge class size issues yet. It does seem to me it woudl have been better to start out slower and work out some of the kinks but so much is done so quickly these days I am not really surprised they jumped in with both feet quickly (it seems to me).
The coursera effort really seems like a pretty audacious effort to me. Running into issues as they try to make it work isn't that surprising. I do think pulling the plug if things are really not working seems like the better choice than just pushing forward. Giving themselves a chance to regroup rather than try to just forge ahead seems like the better option. Granted not getting into the mess in the first place would be better but I'm willing to accept the idea that maybe they just ran into more problems than they imagined and just need some time to figure out alternatives before doing some great things in the future.