{"id":2494,"date":"2013-04-15T08:05:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T16:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2025-08-18T13:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:20:03","slug":"three-online-class-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/three-online-class-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Three online class types"},"content":{"rendered":"

A draft of another tripartite idea, this time focused on online classes in general, across the board.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"mcdonalds_fries\" The McClass<\/strong><\/p>\n

Run inside an LMS, or even better by Coursera<\/a> or Udacity<\/a>, and\/or offered by proponents of the mass-produced course (U of Phoenix<\/a>, Ashford<\/a>, etc), the McClass features recorded lectures, an unmoderated internal discussion (if any), and grading by graduate students, peers or staff (and soon robo-graders<\/a>). All xMOOCs<\/a> are in this category, but so are classes created by teams of instructional designers or course developers and “content experts”, but facilitated (I hesitate to use the word “taught”) by less experienced instructors or program coordinators. Sartorial analogy: one size fits all.<\/p>\n

\"subsan\"<\/p>\n

The sub sandwich class<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a six inch or a twelve — you can change the mix of ingredients inside but the options are standardized. Sub sandwich classes are offered by community colleges and universities dependent on a single Learning Management System, the inherent design of which influences (and may determine<\/a>) instructor pedagogy. Even built on a whole wheat system like Canvas<\/a> or an in-house product, the defaults of the LMS are easy to adopt without requiring an examination of ones own pedagogy. Hallmarks include dependence on publisher-produced materials, and an internal, traditional moderated discussion of issues, usually lacking a constructivist focus. Quality varies and is partly dependent on the freshness of the ingredients.<\/p>\n

\"pg_66-loaf\"<\/p>\n

The artisanal class<\/strong><\/p>\n

Created by the instructor, the artisanal class includes only those elements that help realize the instructor’s pedagogy. The design is developed based on knowledge and experience as an active, independent teacher. The artisanal class may exist inside an LMS, but when it does the LMS is substantially customized, and often external web elements are brought in to replace built-in features (blogs, wikis, etc). Hallmarks include a foundation in free and open or home-made formats, innovative assessment techniques, and a distinct lack of top-down control. Discussion may be distributed or focused on content creation. Flaws add character and provide opportunity for community creativity. Most cMOOCs<\/a> fit this model, but so do classes offered by public institutions who allow faculty substantial control over the design and deployment of their work.<\/p>\n

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A draft of another tripartite idea, this time focused on online classes in general, across the board. The McClass Run inside an LMS, or even better by Coursera or Udacity, and\/or offered by proponents of the mass-produced course (U of Phoenix, Ashford, etc), the McClass features recorded lectures, an unmoderated internal discussion (if any), and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","category-pedagogy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10078,"href":"https:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494\/revisions\/10078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisahistory.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}