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MOOC. Massive Open Online Course. Traditional Online. MOOC. Free Credit-less Massive Open to anyone Community Centered Mix of LMS with open source products Content and participants distributed across web. Tuition College Credit Limited enrollment Enrolled students only
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MOOC Massive Open Online Course
Traditional Online MOOC Free Credit-less Massive Open to anyone Community Centered Mix of LMS with open source products Content and participants distributed across web • Tuition • College Credit • Limited enrollment • Enrolled students only • Individually centered • Highly structured – LMS • Content specifically defined and distributed
A MOOC by any other name…cMOOC, xMOOC cMOOC xMOOC Well funded MOOC Traditional approach Knowledge duplication Prestige of expert Access to elite institutions and content • Connectivist MOOC • Social networked learning • Gamification • Knowledge creation • Crowd-sourced information
MOOC Types cMOOC xMOOC EdX https://www.edx.org Coursera https://www.coursera.org Class to go http://class2go.stanford.edu Udacity http://www.udacity.com Udemy http://www.udemy.com • P2P • https://p2pu.org/en/ • 3D GameLab • http://3dgamelab.org.shivtr.com • Moodle • https://moodle.org • Mashups • Blogsites • Youtube • Twitter • Flicker • Mozilla Badge Project • Edmodo • Google +, Hangout
Course Design • Formation of study groups- connectivism • Content presentation typically short • Intentional chunking and sequencing • Use of multimedia • Social Networking and open-source resources • Electronic feedback (TA, peer, panels) • Tasks, products and final exam
Challenges • Adequate instructor feedback • Adequate student interaction • Student authentication (cheating) • Course completion and completion rates • Grading, Credentialing, Badges, Accreditation • Revenue models
Benefits • Education to anyone • Help with career and personal network (Global) • Collaboration like-minded individuals (Global) • Content distributed across web • Participants distributed across web • Potential for Flipping the classroom • Scaffold of models
partnership • University/School District Partnership • Increasing access to higher education professional learning opportunities and massive collaboration • Opportunities for developing credentialing programs for school district personnel • Establishing a model for other school districts