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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

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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 )

http://youtu.be/K_dIXNGVZnk.

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