%0 Generic %A Kanwar, Asha %C Canada, North America %D 2013 %I Commonwealth of Learning (COL) %K higher education %K MOOC %K ODL %T Can the ugly duckling of ODL be transformed into a swan? The MOOC effect %U http://hdl.handle.net/11599/1165 %X Public Lecture, University of South Africa (Unisa), Johannesburg, South Africa, 4 October 2013 by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning // Or more pertinently for us,‘Can the ugly duckling of ODL be transformed into a swan? What is the MOOC Effect? As you know, as distance educators we have been constantly working towards ‘parity of esteem’ with a system of higher education which goes back 900 years. In many developing countries ODL is still regarded as a second chance and second choice option. MOOCs, a form of distance learning has captured global media attention in the past two years. Will some of this high profile rub off on more traditional ODL provision? %8 10/2013 %* does not apply %> https://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/archive/2013_KanwarA_UglyDucklingODL_Slides.pdf %> https://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/archive/2013_KanwarA_UglyDucklingODL_Transcript.pdf