A 15 minute introduction to the #WVUCommMOOC, narrated by Dr. Nick Bowman. NOTE: This Powerpoint is accompanied by a narrative track, so you will need to download the presentation to your device in order to play the narration. Here, we cover the basics of MOOCing, we preview our upcoming MOOC for February 2013, and we offer a few tips on successfully using a MOOC.

1. #WVUCommMOOC
PROLOGUE: MOOCING IT UP!

2. WHAT IS A MOOC?
Massive. Open. Online. Course.
– Goals of Access and Participation (Web2.0)
– Scalable to fit “one or one million”
– cMOOCs (Connectivist) vs. xMOOCs
(traditionalist)
• QUESTION: Which type is #WVUCommMOOC?

3. WHAT IS A MOOC?
Massive. Open. Online. Course.
– Massive: Scalable
– Open: Access upon request
– Online: People and their Connections
– Course: A central point of study, discussion

4. #WVUCOMMMOOC
• The science of how communication
technologies have shaped our social lives

5. #WVUCOMMMOOC
@bowmanspartan
Week of 4 Feb 2013

6. #WVUCOMMMOOC
@DKWesterman
Week of 11 Feb 2013

7. #WVUCOMMMOOC
Week of
18 Feb
2013

8. #WVUCOMMMOOC
@ElizabethCohen
Week of 25 Feb 2013

9. #WVUCOMMMOOC
Massive. Open. Online. Course.
– Get at us!
• wvucommmooc.org
Read about us in the:
• #WVUCommMOOC • WVU Daily Athenaeum
• wvucommmooc.org FAQ • WVU Eberly College of
Arts & Sciences
• SlideShare.net

10. #WVUCOMMMOOC
• Some tips:
– Lessons at your leisure
– Congregate and collaborate
– Engage for enlightenment
– The Autotelic Process

11. HAPPY MOOCing!
#WVUCommMOOC