Comments on: It’s just Obamacare, Charlie http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/candacen/2013/02/08/its-just-obamacare-charlie/ part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:27:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Candace Nolan-Grant http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/candacen/2013/02/08/its-just-obamacare-charlie/#comment-138 Candace Nolan-Grant Sat, 09 Feb 2013 07:51:13 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/candacen/2013/02/08/its-just-obamacare-charlie/#comment-138 Yes, I think the absence of branding and the compatibilty of everything in both the Corning and MS videos were at first inviting--what a lot if people commented on as 'clean'--it would be much easier if everything worked with everything else, there weren't loads of companies competing for our money, etc...of course then the interpretation of the videos is that one kind of tech is so ubiquitous that it doesn't need branding and extends to schools, cars, hospitals, even curriculum... Interesting point about MOOCs...are the benefits of diversity lost if everyone is learning the same thing from the same few people--a knowledge monopoly...? Yes, I think the absence of branding and the compatibilty of everything in both the Corning and MS videos were at first inviting–what a lot if people commented on as ‘clean’–it would be much easier if everything worked with everything else, there weren’t loads of companies competing for our money, etc…of course then the interpretation of the videos is that one kind of tech is so ubiquitous that it doesn’t need branding and extends to schools, cars, hospitals, even curriculum…

Interesting point about MOOCs…are the benefits of diversity lost if everyone is learning the same thing from the same few people–a knowledge monopoly…?

]]> By: Phil Devine http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/candacen/2013/02/08/its-just-obamacare-charlie/#comment-131 Phil Devine Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:14:49 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/candacen/2013/02/08/its-just-obamacare-charlie/#comment-131 Is compatibility just a sign of monopoly? Love that question - don't we all feel comfortable with compatibility? Do some people naturally take advantage of that to create monopolies? Kind of MOOC - ish? Is compatibility just a sign of monopoly? Love that question – don’t we all feel comfortable with compatibility? Do some people naturally take advantage of that to create monopolies? Kind of MOOC – ish?

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