WEBVTT

00:00:00.620 --> 00:00:04.086
This course is also a new experiment, or
in fact several experiments.

00:00:04.086 --> 00:00:05.586
One of them is that I want to see

00:00:05.586 --> 00:00:08.406
if it's possible for me, essentially alone
and with my

00:00:08.406 --> 00:00:11.166
bare hands, my bad handwriting, and a few
bricks, to

00:00:11.166 --> 00:00:13.930
produce a movie that will add value to
this students.

00:00:15.550 --> 00:00:20.120
Again, I'm trying out something new, and I
might very well fail, but that's okay.

00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:21.700
I like to take a bit of risks, and at

00:00:21.700 --> 00:00:24.140
least I'll have tried it, and can share
back my experience.

00:00:25.990 --> 00:00:27.620
This course only spans three weeks.

00:00:27.620 --> 00:00:30.400
The structure will be quite simple.

00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:33.389
In the first week, I'll take a mostly
positive tone about

00:00:33.389 --> 00:00:37.300
MOOCs, describe the promise that many
people see in them, including me.

00:00:38.300 --> 00:00:40.115
In the second week, I'll take a closer

00:00:40.115 --> 00:00:42.860
look at the technology and survey the
copyright aspects.

00:00:44.300 --> 00:00:46.718
In the third week, I'll discuss the
business

00:00:46.718 --> 00:00:49.037
aspects and maybe a bit of science
fiction.

00:00:49.037 --> 00:00:53.439
In fact I'll prepare some material for the
third week, but I'll be ready to add much

00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:55.671
more to it than that, mostly in response
to

00:00:55.671 --> 00:00:58.780
questions that will intermittently pop up
in the forums.

00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:03.070
It's quite a tight schedule, so it might
be that at

00:01:03.070 --> 00:01:07.200
the last minute, I settle for more text
then I originally intended.

00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:09.740
In any case, this is just the first run of
the course.

00:01:09.740 --> 00:01:12.560
As soon as possible, I hope to rerun it,
this time with a

00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:16.690
bit more material, that I can reintegrate,
to offer a slightly longer course.