Education 2020 presentation: How can the MOOC model be applied in the UAE

How can the MOOC model be applied in the UAE?

Vance Stevens HCT/CERT/KBZAC Al AinEducation 2020 Abu Dhabi UAE

http://educationabudhabi.com/conference.phpJanuary 30, 2014

All my slides are at: http://slideshare.net/vances

http://educationabudhabi.com/conference.php

http://educationabudhabi.com/conference.php

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What is a cMOOC (2008)• Massive Open Online Course• First one in 2008 CCK

https://sites.google.com/site/themoocguide/3-cck08---the-distributed-course

• The term MOOC was coined in 2008 by Dave Cormier

• You should be familiar with – George Siemens, connectivism

Siemens, G. (2004). Connectivism: A learning theory for the digital age. Elearningspace. Retrieved from http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

– Stephen Downes on CCKhttp://www.downes.ca/me/mybooks.htm

– Dave Cormier, rhizomatic learning http://davecormier.com/edblog/2011/11/05/rhizomatic-learning-why-learn/

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http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm

http://www.downes.ca/me/mybooks.htm

http://www.downes.ca/me/mybooks.htm

http://davecormier.com/edblog/2011/11/05/rhizomatic-learning-why-learn/

http://davecormier.com/edblog/2011/11/05/rhizomatic-learning-why-learn/


Flipped xMOOCs (2011)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course

http://sco.lt/6pPkcD






Talking about MOOCs

• Presenter credentials

• Training vs. deep learning

• xMOOCs vs. cMOOCs

• xMOOCs in UAE • cMOOC

framework• Chaos• cMOOCs in UAE

https://www.coursera.org/




My own approach = SMALLSocial media assisted language learning

• Webheads in Action http://webheads.info

• EVO (Electronic Village Online)http://evosessions.pbworks.com

• Learning2getherhttp://learning2gether.net

• MultiMOOChttp://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GWVtAH2yfp5tL3bdMg58_M5Deq36Ot_jQ_w8rflsGuA/edit#heading=h.wwfgxw6e65fd

http://webheads.info/

http://evosessions.pbworks.com/

http://learning2gether.net/

http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com/




MultiMOOC is a course about MOOCs(but it’s not a MOOC)

http://gplus.to/multimooc

http://gplus.to/multimooc


Training vs. Learning

I train SCUBA diving My students LEARN English• I don’t TEACH it – I can’t!

http://tesl-ej.org/ej28/int.html

http://tesl-ej.org/ej28/int.html


xMOOCs and cMOOCs

We must distinguish training• Coursera• EdX• Udacity

from deeper learning• CCK08• Rhizomatic Learning

http://www.connectivistmoocs.org/

http://www.connectivistmoocs.org/


xMOOCs

https://www.udacity.com/courses#!/All

https://www.edx.org/course-list






xMOOCs in UAE

Tamilselvan Mahalingam MOOC at HCT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oslsaj0iHsU

http://prezi.com/fsonhifqdsjx/integrated-mooc/






The cMOOC Framework






What is Chaos?

Chaos Theory

Benoit Mandelbrot and fractal diagramsfrom an images.google.com advanced search licensed for ‘free to use or share’


Downes on Chaos

• “What we see is chaos”

• From this YouTubeNoves maneres daprendre i treballar en la societat xarxa. Stephen Downes http://youtu.be/wyaeTvGQDsA

http://youtu.be/wyaeTvGQDsA


Siemens on Chaos

Howard Reingold interviews George Siemens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMfipxhT_Co&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMfipxhT_Co&feature=related


Siemens on Chaos

"I’m not aware of any research actually that says linear structure produces better outcomes than more chaotic meandering structure. Our intent … is to argue that

– the experience of learning, making sense of that chaos, is actually the heart of the learning experience,

– but if an instructor makes sense of that chaos for you and gives you all the readings and sets the full path in place for you then • you are eviscerating the learner’s experience • because now you’ve made sense of them and all you’ve told them is walk

the path that I’ve formed.

– When it comes to complexity I’m a great fan of letting learner’s hack their way through that path and getting the value of that learning experience and that sense-making process.”


Chaos Navigation

http://www.vancestevens.com/papers/evonline2002/wiaoc2007help.htm

http://www.vancestevens.com/papers/evonline2002/wiaoc2007help.htm


Intuitive chaos navigation

http://hawksey.info/tagsexplorer/?key=tDHgQeSbHR3fcvN81EHnxQQ&sheet=oaw



What do learners need

In an era of accelerating change?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQ1ULfQawk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQ1ULfQawk


Thomas and Brown (2011) A New Culture of Learning

Teaching someone to fish helpful to extent that• fish stocks last and that • radically new techniques

for catching them won’t be required in his lifetime


Coping with chaos requires

• Strategies• Literacies skills• A network= Connectivism

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37794987@N00/6313423840/

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37794987@N00/6313423840/


How do we inculcate these skills in young learners?

• We have to learn them ourselves

• How do we do that?


http://learning2gether.net/about/

http://taedtech.ning.com

http://www.iatefl.org/webinars


http://learning2gether.net/about/

http://taedtech.ning.com/




Avoiding chaos in (language) classes

A good thing?

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldendragon613/250121794/

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldendragon613/250121794/


Language is a chaotic problem

http://youtu.be/N7oz366X0-8

http://youtu.be/N7oz366X0-8


MOOCs• According to Cormier, MOOCs address the left

side of Cynefin quadrant

http://learning2gether.net/2013/01/20/dave-cormier-discusses-cmooc-and-multimooc-co/

http://learning2gether.net/2013/01/20/dave-cormier-discusses-cmooc-and-multimooc-co/


Serendipitous Learning in MOOCs

http://evomlit.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/revisiting-the-question-of-tagging/

http://evomlit.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/revisiting-the-question-of-tagging/


Understanding MOOCs is Ineffable

http://x28newblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/rhizo14-opml-feedlist/

https://p2pu.org/en/courses/882/rhizomatic-learning-the-community-is-the-curriculum/

http://x28newblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/rhizo14-opml-feedlist/




Intuitive chaos navigation




How is chaos resolved?

• Conversations• Connections• Coping with chaos– Orient– Declare– Network– Cluster– Focus

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/108458862109297898812

From Success in a MOOC (Dave Cormier) http://youtu.be/r8avYQ5ZqM0



http://youtu.be/r8avYQ5ZqM0


My own context

• I teach pilot cadets 18-20 years old

• Not a good candidate for cMOOC

http://learning2gether.net/2013/12/11/contacting-delin-and-her-students-at-taiwan-air-force-academy-in-bbc-elluminate/



Practical Projects?Collaboration - Taiwan and KBZ Air Colleges





Drones for Schools



Vance Stevens January 2014

PD within the UAE

TESOL Arabia efforts• chapter events http://www.tesolarabia.net/ta/

• TAEDTECH http://taedtech.ning.com

EdTech Mojo (a new one)

http://www.tesolarabia.net/ta/



http://taedtech.ning.com/


EdTech Mojohttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Edtechmojo/662114503840851

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Edtechmojo/662114503840851

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Edtechmojo/662114503840851


EdTech Mojo on Google+

http://gplus.to/edtechmojo




To resolve the present chaos

• Rethink learning• Flip everything• Participate in MOOCs• Join colleagues

regularly online• Join and form

communities of practice• Empower your students

to be creativehttp://www.evoluzination.com/2014/01/talking-about-wearables-with-ieee.html

http://www.evoluzination.com/2014/01/talking-about-wearables-with-ieee.html

Thank You

These slides with hyperlinks hopefully preserved can be found at


http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3f4n/3951143570/

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en

Recording of talk Jan 26, 2014 on Chaos and Learning is online:http://learning2gether.net/2014/01/26/vance-stevens-chaos-in-learning-and-resolving-that-chaos-through-networking/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3f4n/3951143570/

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en

http://learning2gether.net/2014/01/26/vance-stevens-chaos-in-learning-and-resolving-that-chaos-through-networking/

