too much jargons and complicated interface

[Rajendra Mohanty]

As I am progressing through this LCM I found that the course is designed with too much jargons. Contrary to the basic idea of learner centric, one has to first get himself/herself aware about the jargons first. without those jargons (LxI,LeD, and so on ) the course could have been much simpler. I do not understand whether the course is designed for engineering  faculties or for others. 

Besides, the interface for this discussion focus is very complicated. one has to try hard and harder to understand the interface first to get into the discussion. If you compare the discussion forum of EdX with this, that was much easier and simpler. The interface should have been like the EdX. Though I suppose most of the MOOC are inspired by EdX, they are not following that simpler model.  

[Moderator Sandeep Patil]

Rajendra Sir,

I am from the faculty of education, but I found nothing complicated about it. Even this is the first time such doubt is raised. I have gone through many MOOCs from various platforms. But I think this MOOC is the best MOOC in my learning life. Jargons that you are talking about viz. LeD, LbD, LxT, LxI are dealt in detail in every week. So let us have patience and keep learning step by step. If we have any doubts about any concept which you call as jargons, we have ample opportunities to raise our doubts through discussion forum (LxIs). There is live interaction each week where experts can clarify your doubts. 

The topic of this MOOC is about designing and developing MOOCs. So there ought to be new terminologies to come. We need to learn them one by one and use LxTs (additional resources) as well. 

One more thing I would like to suggest is that we should come to the conclusion at the end of the entire MOOC. It is too early to judge it. I am sure Sit that you will be immensely satisfied. 

[Daisy Wadhwa]

Hi Rajendra Mohanty

I was the learner of this course in the last semester and can absolutely understand your confusion. Intially, when you begin the course, it is slighlty difficult to undertsand the terminology used here. But, it is a matter of just a few days. I can tell you from my experience that as you progress through the course and understand the meaning of these terms you realize how intelligently and meaningfully these terms have been chosen. Moreover, Learner-centric design model that this course is teaching us and the layout of this course are the same, thus further making it easier for us to understand this terminology. 

I would recommend that you watch this video (Learning Dialogue/ LeD)  https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_ge12/unit?unit=11&lesson=107 for more clarity. 

Also, the LCM model being discussed here is applicable to all subject areas.

Regards

Daisy Wadhwa

(Moderator)

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But then the videos are very short and definetly not boring