Out of the Fishbowl: Toward the Uberization of Teaching

In terms of recent innovations affecting the Higher Education sector, two are generating significant interest: the creation and delivery of MOOCs as Open Education Resources, and the concept of the flipped classroom, a pedagogic approach whereby the roles of teacher and learner change and focus is transitioned from the teacher to the learner. Although the connection between the two may not be immediately obvious, they represent different sides of the same coin, and they can be brought together in a blended learning approach. This paper aims to show that using MOOCs in a context of flipped (blended) approach can help to evaluate the potential impact of MOOCs in a changing society. The following paragraphs are based on a non-systematic observation of disintermediation phenomena in the context of various educational experiences during the pilot phase of the Emma Project1, accordingly to its objectives and challenges.