Key to a good mooc is the right mix of intuitive, efficient technology combined with well-designed content and effective peer insights.
Gartner Peer Insights found that of 12 verified reviews by customers, VirtualWisdom -- with 4.7/5.0 rating -- came out ahead of Computer Associates (4.0 rating), IBM (4.3 rating), and VMware (4.5 rating).
Such seemingly spontaneous images give Mr. Gordon and his peers insights into customers' lives.
Add to all this the fact that 20B grants the GSI an unusual (and intimidating) level of independence: not only must she design the course syllabus on her own, but she must also do it without the benefit of her peers' insights and experiences, since the department offers only one section of 20B per semester, compared to six of 20A.
"If it's worth their time, yes," says Pedraza. "I know people who are building a yacht, and peer-to-peer insight about where to go and who to work with is the sweet spot".
"If it's worth their time, yes," says Pedraza. "I know people who are building a yacht, and peer-to-peer insight about where to go and who to work with is the sweet spot". Getting to that spot, however, is the challenge.
The group, composed of participants from areas of government, academia, civil society and the media, was created to bring to the table the views of their respective constituencies, and inform their peers of insights gained from the course and through the network.
Employees are matched to learning opportunities and these are curated via peer-to-peer recommendations and insights from over 100 industry experts from companies including Google, Airbnb, AKQA and Unruly.
At one point, said another agent, who spoke on condition of anonymity, Leonard Armato, the agent for Shaquille O'Neal, tried to offer his peers some insight into Stern's thinking.
As a team it is possible for the individual learner to observe peers, gain insight into their own performance and to model behaviour and knowledge [ 39].
Interactions between team members to heighten physiological state, to observe peers gaining insight into their own performance and to model behaviour may be much more pronounced within real teams compared to improvised teams not knowing each other.
