mooc as connectivist environment
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Sloan-C Conference Presentation 11 October 2012TRANSCRIPT
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MOOC as Connectivist Environment
Betty Hurley-DasguptaCarol Yeager
Catherine A. Bliss (U. of Vermont)
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Presenters
Betty Hurley-Dasgupta and Carol Yeager
Catherine A. Bliss
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What is a MOOC ?(massive open online course)
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gRSShopperopen source by Stephen Downes
(grsshopper.downes.ca/about.htm )
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Visualization by participant of how cMOOC works
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Types of Posts: Facebook, Twitter, Blogs
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CMC11 participant closing comments
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Join us with our upcoming math MOOC
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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?
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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