MOOCs and Human Resourcing A wander through some of the evidence Peter Shukie

Could MOOCs offer anything to your organisation Could MOOCs offer anything to your organisation? What positives do you think MOOCs might offer? What are the issues you can foresee? Peter Shukie

For the uninitiated, if a video course and a podcast got married by a blog in a forum, the likely result would be a MOOC. (Cueni-Cohen, 2014. Human Resources Executive Online) Peter Shukie

"The directors of corporations should be mining some of these MOOCs for their employees … Look at what's available and provide monthly notes in a newsletter – spotlight the links to those resources; maybe highlight a MOOC of the month – but make employees aware of MOOCs that you see as relevant to your organization, because these are free resources you might be able to tap into and use." Professor Curtis Bonk (Indiana State University). In Human Resources Executive Peter Shukie

MOOCs are finding a niche in corporate training and professional development arenas by giving users the opportunity to take part in a smorgasbord of opportunity -- or not. "People can pick and choose the knowledge they don't already have,” In fact, letting employees know that major universities are offering free or low-cost MOOCs for professional development is a way of showing that their company cares about them. (Cueni-Cohen, 2014. Human Resources Executive Online) Peter Shukie

"The most valuable thing you're dealing with is your employees' time, and you should be careful not to invest that time in a course that doesn't provide what they need.” "Most folks don't get a degree or course credit for completion [of a MOOC]," he says. "Instead, they're relying upon an externally evaluated assessment or peer assessment." Alan Ruby, senior fellow with the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education, Peter Shukie

Could MOOCs offer anything to your organisation Could MOOCs offer anything to your organisation? What positives do you think MOOCs might offer? What are the issues you can foresee? Peter Shukie