Open, Online and Connectivist: Lessons from our cMOOCs

Betty Hurley-Dasgupta

October 29, 2013

Open Learning- UNESCO Definition

OPEN LEARNING - instructional systems in which many facets of the learning process are under the control of the learner. It attempts to deliver learning opportunities where, when, and how the learner needs them.

http://www.unesco.org/education/lwf/doc/portfolio/definitions.htm

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“Open” Defined by David Wiley

“By ‘open’ it is generally meant that the resource is available at no cost to others for adaptation and reuse in different contexts.”

http://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=M47HR7IAAAAJ&citation_for_view=M47HR7IAAAAJ:mVmsd5A6BfQC

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What is Connectivism?

• Principles of connectivism:• Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions. • Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or

information sources. • Capacity to know more is more critical than what is

currently known • Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to

facilitate continual learning.

What is Connectivism? (con’d)

• 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.

• 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.

What is a cMOOC?

What is a MOOC ?(massive open online course)

gRSShopperopen source by Stephen Downes

(grsshopper.downes.ca/about.htm )

Co-Facilitators and Researcher for ESC MOOCs

Catherine A. Bliss

With RetSam Zhang, tech support

Betty Hurley-Dasgupta and Carol Yeager

Our first cMOOC Fall 2011(http://cdlprojects.com/ )

Offered for both credit and not for credit

Structure of cMOOC

Topic Resources

Data From CMC11 MOOC

http://youtu.be/K_dIXNGVZnk.

(http://math.cdlprojects.com/ )our second MOOC Fall 2012

Not offered for credit

You Tube Videos of VizMath Presentations

Lessons Learned

Need critical mass for blogs and connections to occur

Webinar space is not ideal

Assessment- challenge!

Connect with ePortfolios

What is learning?

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Mathematical Journey

Metaliteracy MOOC

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

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/2012/07/31/20-questions-and-a

nswers-about-moocs/• George Siemens on MOOCs (video):• http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/george-siemens-on-massive-ope

n-online-courses/2011/05/14• Stephen Downes on MOOCs (video):• http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/xmooc-the-massive-open-on

line-course-in-theory-and-in-practice

• Article by Yeager, Hurley-Dasgupta and Bliss on MOOCs: http://jaln.sloanconsortium.org/index.php/jaln/article/view/347

References

https://groups.diigo.com/group/mooc-research