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OERs, cMOOCs and the Opening of Education
Carol Yeager22 April 2013
Introductions ~
What does mean
to you?
http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2013/4/prweb10628753.htm
Creative Commons
Disruption of Education?
Three major MOOC typesAs posited by Lisa M. Lane in a blog post …*Networked knowledge based : cMOOC aka
connectivist MOOC*Task based : ds 106, Potcert*Content based : Coursera, Udacity, Edx
What is a MOOC ?(massive open online course)
Visualization by participant of how cMOOC works
Co-Facilitators and Researcher
Betty Hurley-Dasgupta and Carol Yeager
Catherine A. Bliss
With RetSam Zhang, tech support
Our first MOOC Fall 2011(http://cdlprojects.com/ )
Offered for both credit and not for credit
gRSShopperopen source by Stephen Downes
(grsshopper.downes.ca/about.htm )
Types of Posts: Facebook, Twitter, Blogs
CMC11 participant closing comments
What is your learning style? Others?
(http://math.cdlprojects.com/ )our second MOOC Fall 2012
Not offered for credit
You Tube Videos of VizMath Presentations
Questions • What challenges do cMOOCs present for assessing
learning gained through engaging with the MOOC, including other MOOC participants?
• Is the cMOOC an accessible learning environment for all learners?
• What are essential elements of a MOOC? Is size (over 100) sufficient for it to be a MOOC?
• Is a cMOOC really a course?
Your thoughts?
Reflections and my thoughts
Some References
• Research article on MOOCs:• http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/
view/1041/2025• Dave Cormier on MOOCs:• http://davecormier.com/edblog/2012/07/31/2
0-questions-and-answers-about-moocs/• George Siemens on MOOCs (video):• http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/george-siemens-
on-massive-open-online-courses/2011/05/14• Stephen Downes on MOOCs (video):• http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/xmooc-the
-massive-open-online-course-in-theory-and-in-practice
As these online universities gain traction, and start counting for actual college course credit, they’ll most likely have enormous real-world impact. They’ll help in getting jobs and creating business ideas. They might just live up to their hype. For millions of people around the globe with few resources, MOOCs may even be life-changing.A.J. Jacobs
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/opinion/sunday/grading-the-mooc-university.html?hp
