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When the MOOC became a GROOC, we all became change-makers

Published: 30 October 2015

Do you remember the first time you heard about a 'MOOC'? Maybe it was through a sponsored ad on Linkedin. Or a friend's Facebook post urging you to enrol - along with her and 160 000 other participants - in Stanford's Artificial Intelligence (AI) MOOC (those are real numbers!). 
... This fall, I'm working as an online course facilitator for McGill University's Social Learning for Social Impact group MOOC or GROOC. While I can't say whether or not the Stanford MOOC revolutionized people's lives (perhaps you can?), McGill's GROOC, hosted by edX, is certainly upturning established practice with its emphasis on group or team-based learning.

Read full article: LinkedIn, October 24, 2015

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