THE CCMOOC PROJECT We explored MOOCs as co-learners and co-researchers in a “local chapter” or “study group” for the fall 2012 “Current/ Future State of Higher Education” MOOC. #CFHE12

1. CCMOOC
CULTIVATING CHANGE WITH
MOOCS

2. ABRAM ANDERS, ANN HILL DUIN,
JOE MOSES, JODI SANDFORT

20. THE CCMOOC
PROJECT
We explored MOOCs as co-learners and
co-researchers in a “local chapter” or “study
group” for the fall 2012 “Current/Future
State of Higher Education” MOOC. Through
the “Cultivating Change Community”
blogging site, we engaged an extended
community of participants with a diversity of
academic backgrounds, institutional roles,
technological skills, and engagement levels
(see http://z.umn.edu/ccmooc/)

24. CCMOOC
STATISTICS
10/08/12 – 11/16/12

25. SUMMARY SITE STATS
3,003 Views All-Time
400+ Unique Visitors
• from 37 US States
• and 32 Nations

26. PARTICIPATION STATS
102 total registered participants
• 33 participants completed profiles
• 15 participants contributed posts
• 40+ Posts
• 25+ Comments

27. PARTICIPATION RATIOS

28. PARTICIPANT
PERSPECTIVES
Interests and Opportunities
• Faculty Development
• Interdisciplinary Research
• Institutional Innovation
• Open Collaboration

29. CCMOOC ARTICLE
PROJECT
Challenges of MOOC participation
• “low social presence” contexts of
MOOC learning
• The learning curve of virtual
collaboration tools
• becoming overwhelmed by information
flows and distracted by outside
demands (see Kop 2011)

30. CCMOOC ARTICLE
PROJECT
We identify two critical perspectives
essential to theorizing and leading
MOOC inspired collaborative projects:
• Networks of Practice (NOPs)
• Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)

31. NETWORKS OF
PRACTICE
MOOCs constitute communities built on
the power of “weak ties” and are best
described as “networks of practice” or
“networks of interest” (Cox 2008).

32. NETWORKS OF
PRACTICE
Like communities of practice, networks of
practice can be organized to overcome
common problems and support common
infrastructures for success.

34. PERSONAL LEARNING
NETWORKS
• Social and Technical Networks
• Self-motivation and Self-directed
Learning
• Learning through “Making
Connections”
• Lifelong Learning and Professional
Development

40. MOVING FORWARD
• CCMOOC Article Project(s)
• Future MOOCs?
• Other Applications

43. REFERENCES
CCMOOC Site:
http://z.umn.edu/ccmooc/
References:
https://www.evernote.com/pub/adanders/ccmooc
Bibliography:
http://www.mendeley.com/groups/2495571/ccmooc/p
apers/