I agree with the primary philosophy of open courses, which is to change the lives of many people in the world as stated in George Siemen’s post on Theory and MOOCS (massive open online course). These open courses are literally changing how information and learning is distributed and shared with people all around the world. I tried some of the open classes offered at Udemy. Even though most of the courses were not open or free, I managed to sign up to a few courses, and their content was very good. The plethora of free courses is immense. I came across a broad range of videos lessons in Spanish from señor Jordan, a teacher from Missouri and a complete Spanish 101, 102 and 201 videos absolutely free.
Connectivism has become a great theory that I like and hope to learn more about. I enjoyed how it was introduced in What the unique idea in connectivism. The following video was so enlightening that I decided to post it on my Blog for future reference. The video hits the nail straight on the head, and it illustrates how connectivism works and how professors empower their students to explore, discover and connect thus creating an active and autonomous student. This semester my students from my f2f and hybrid courses have made real connections with the Hispanic culture in our beautiful San Diego. I am also flipping my class using the web and other free resources.