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Owen Densmore

Fwd: About ER22x

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MITx, well in this case HarvardX (third in the coursera/udacity world) offers the great Michael Sandel course on a MOOC for the first time.

https://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/ER22x/2013_Spring/about

Justice is a critical analysis of classical and contemporary theories of justice, including discussion of present-day applications. Topics include affirmative action, income distribution, same-sex marriage, the role of markets, debates about rights (human rights and property rights), arguments for and against equality, dilemmas of loyalty in public and private life. The course invites students to subject their own views on these controversies to critical examination.

The principal readings for the course are texts by Aristotle, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and John Rawls. Other assigned readings include writings by contemporary philosophers, court cases, and articles about political controversies that raise philosophical questions.

I found it riveting when I followed the prior videos. I suspect this will be better due to MOOC format.

-- Owen

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Owen Densmore

Re: About ER22x

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OK I looked at more of the info about edX and Sandel's class and decided to jump in, I'm enrolled in this class now.

It is "philosophy" .. with which I struggle! But I think it should be fun if it works. I'm concerned it'll not work as well as I'd like .. the prior Harvard series he hosted were so extremely interactive that I don't see how it translates to the latencies and distance a MOOC imposes.

Oh, another interesting point: Coursera and Udacity are the more established MOOCs. This edX format assigns a brand to each participating school .. so mitX, harvardX and so on. When they were first introduced last year, they mentioned that they would seed accreditation via a third party. This does set them appart.

If this class is anyway near as nifty as the first video set, it should be good indeed. I'd love to chat with others that try it out.

-- Owen

On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:

MITx, well in this case HarvardX (third in the coursera/udacity world) offers the great Michael Sandel course on a MOOC for the first time.

https://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/ER22x/2013_Spring/about

Justice is a critical analysis of classical and contemporary theories of justice, including discussion of present-day applications. Topics include affirmative action, income distribution, same-sex marriage, the role of markets, debates about rights (human rights and property rights), arguments for and against equality, dilemmas of loyalty in public and private life. The course invites students to subject their own views on these controversies to critical examination.

The principal readings for the course are texts by Aristotle, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and John Rawls. Other assigned readings include writings by contemporary philosophers, court cases, and articles about political controversies that raise philosophical questions.

I found it riveting when I followed the prior videos. I suspect this will be better due to MOOC format.

-- Owen