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MOOC as Connectivist Environment
Betty Hurley-DasguptaCarol Yeager
Catherine A. Bliss (U. of Vermont)
Presenters
Betty Hurley-Dasgupta and Carol Yeager
Catherine A. Bliss
What is a MOOC ?(massive open online course)
Our first MOOC Fall 2011( http://cdlprojects.com/ )
gRSShopperopen source by Stephen Downes
(grsshopper.downes.ca/about.htm )
Visualization by participant of how cMOOC works
http://youtu.be/K_dIXNGVZnk.
Types of Posts: Facebook, Twitter, Blogs
CMC11 participant closing comments
(http://math.cdlprojects.com/ )
Join us with our upcoming math MOOC
Questions • What challenges do MOOCs present for assessing
learning gained through engaging with the MOOC, including other MOOC participants?
• Is the MOOC 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 MOOC really a course?
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