Massive Open Online Course

MOOC

Three Types of MOOCs

Connectivist MOOCxMOOCCommunity/Task Based MOOC

cMOOC

Connectivist MOOCs

Learning Theory for the Digital Age

Connectivism

Source: George Siemens Quote from: http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

“One of the most persuasive factors is the shrinking half-life of knowledge. The “half-life of knowledge” is the time span from when knowledge is gained to when it becomes obsolete. Half of what is known today was not known 10 years ago.”

Principles of Connectivism

Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions.

Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources.

Learning may reside in non-human appliances.

Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known

Principles of Connectivism

Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning.

Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and concepts is a core skill.

Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities.

Principles of Connectivism

Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality. While there is a right answer now, it may be wrong tomorrow due to alterations in the information climate affecting the decision.

Siemens & Downes

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Important Attributes

Facilitator not the sole provider of knowledge

Facilitator not the determiner of space

High-end knowledge exchange to occur

Open Source

Personal Learning Network

PLN

MOOC

University of Manitoba2008Connectivism & Connected Knowledge

25 registered students2300 participants

Social Network Knowledge

Construction

Task Based MOOCs

Games MOOCFound at http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com

DS106Found at: http://ds106.us/

Community Funding of DS106Found at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jimgroom/ds106-the-open-online-community-of-digital-storyte

Anne Frank MOOCEducators use a virtual world and a MOOC (massive open online course) to teach about the holocaust. Imagine "entering the book" as an avatar and exploring the cramped quarters where Anne Frank lived in hiding.

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P2PU Peer 2 Peer University

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xMOOCs

xMOOCs

Stanford AICourseraUdacityedX (MIT,Harvard & Berkley)

xMOOC Characteristics

AI GradingUniversity or Corporate Sponsorship

Rating of Questions Discussion Forum

Instructor record answers on video but do not participate in the discussion forums

Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence MOOCFound at: https://www.ai-class.com/

UdacityFound at: http://www.udacity.com/

CourseraFound at: https://www.coursera.org/

Coursera Course CatalogFound at: https://www.coursera.org/courses

Good MOOC, Bad MOOC Venture capitalists who have poured at least $20-million into the

20-person Coursera storefront must be impatient for these revenue streams to get settled. So far they’re considering the following:

a) Charging for certification and testing. b) Vending of tutorial services, translations, facilitation of

small-group discussion and peer learning, etc. c) Direct tuition for courses or clusters of courses in

relation to certification, standard distance-ed practice, just with the new midscale Coursera brand. Harvard and MIT, for instance are trying to have their brand cake and

dilute it too by branding their Edx courses as the product of “Harvardx” and “MITx.”

d) Miscellaneous revenue sources, like advertising and employment-service revenue from job seekers and potential employers.

October 8 – November 16, 2012

#cfhe12

Future of Education MOOC

Future of Education MOOC

1. Net pedagogies

2. Entrepreneurship and commercial activity

3. Big data and analytics

4. Distributed Research

5. Power Shifts

http://edfuture.net/

Current/Future of Education MOOC

October 8 – November 18th

Games Based Learning MOOC II

M stands for Modest

“Coursera gamification12 is totally LMS. OTOH #gamemooc has morphed into a wonderfully supportive guild of educators.”

Some Numbers

48,683 visitors86,862 page views283 threaded discussions301 registered participants

6 Weeks

Week 1 Games Based Learning Intro and Research

Week 2 Game MechanicsWeek 3 GamificationWeek 4 Immersive Environments Week 5 Games and MobileWeek 6 Assessment in Games

Social Network Knowledge Construction

Level 1 – Identify the NetworkLevel 2 – LurkingLevel 3 – ContributingLevel 4 – CreatingLevel 5 – Leading

Games MOOC II

Brave Beginner TrackAdvanced TrackLurk and Learn!

Live Events Online

Google Hangout on Air as a quick overview each Monday Morning

Tweetchat each Wednesday evening

Thursday livestreamed discussion or panel of guests through Google Hangout on Air and also through Second Life.

Tweetchat

Wednesday night games based learning tweetchat

7 pm MTOne hourHashtag #gamemooc

Badges

Game Based LearningNetworked EducatorBrave Beginner

Discussion

Questions?