MOOCSEUM

USING THE OPEN MOVEMENT TO INVIGORATE MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES & NONFORMAL LEARNING SPACES

ABOUT THE PRESENTERRolin Moe

Ed.D Candidate, Learning Technologies

Pepperdine University

Twitter: RMoeJo

Hashtag: #MOOCseum

URL: http://rolinmoe.org

http://allmoocs.wordpress.com

Slides: http://rolinmoe.org/moocseum

Background: http://www.slideshare.net/robemoco/ moocseumpepperdine

*A loss of authority

*Culturally viewed as social mausoleum

*Declining patronage

*Declining government patronage

*Archaic views of ownership/IP & education

*Inertia

THE STRUGGLES FACING MUSEUMS

Detroit Museum of Art

2001: A MUSEUM ODYSSEY

EVERY TIME I LOOK AT A GREAT PIECE OF ART, I SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. EACH EXPERIENCE IS UNIQUE. - NUMEROUS

Self Portrait (1889)by Vincent Van Gogh

Collection of Mr. & Mrs. John Hay Whitney

On display at National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)

Similar works owned by same collector have sold for $80M US

Open Access image use

UNDERSTANDING TERMS

*The role of museums is to facilitate the increase and diffusion of knowledge among citizens.

- paraphrase of James Smithson

*The purpose of education is to help foster citizens to be publicly useful and privately happy.

- paraphrase of George Siemens

Experts Agree

?There is a great deal of discussion about the MOOC, little consensus on its variables and origins amongst educators, and a one-sided debate of one variant of the model in mainstream literature.

OUR WORKING DEFINITION

Massive – Available to many; potentially limitless

Open – The structured learning experience (course & supplemental materials) is free of charge

Online – The hub of the course is based on the Internet via the host museum; interaction happens throughout the Web.

Course – A time-defined period of study including registration, affiliation and commencement.

*In this definition scalability is not synonymous with standardization.

MOOCSEUM THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONConnectivism (see Siemens, 2004)

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (see Dietterich & Michalski, 1984)

Collaborative Knowledge-Building (see Riel & Sparks, 2010)

Participatory Museum (see Simon, 2010)

Open Education Resources (See Wiley, 2001)

1. A MOOCSEUM IS A “TRADITIONAL” MOOC

http://www.plataformaproyecta.org/metodologia/conectivismo

via Chronicle of Higher Education

2. A MOOCSEUM IS A TANGIBLE EVENT

CFC Film Festival

3. A MOOCSEUM AUGMENTS TANGIBLE AND DIGITAL

Museum of London iPhone App – Augment London!

4. A MOOCSEUM IS A SUPPLEMENT; IT EXPLORES “THE GAP”

Cakes (1963) by Wayne Thiebaud. Oil-on-canvas

Cupcakes (2010) by Megan Fizell. Icing-on-Flour/Sugar

HOW DOES THE MUSEUM BENEFIT THE MOOC?

*OER

*Digital Humanities

*MOOC as Nonformal Learning Space

MUSEUM/INSTITUTION CONCERNS

*Cost to Museum

*Protection of Intellectual Property

*Soliciting Learners for MOOCseum

*Hosting – Internet or Intranet?

*The Place of the Expert in a User/Creator Society

A FINAL CONSIDERATION

People say that in a great painting you see something different every time you view it.

Why are the places that host these great paintings doing the same pedagogical things every time they display the works?