Overview of MOOCs, the Games MOOC and other game based learning professional development opportunities for spring and summer 2013. Summer 2013 Games MOOC Sign-up http://bit.ly/12rDKit The Games MOOC will be divided into two parts. Each part will be designed to be a standalone MOOC, so feel free to sign-up for only one part or both. Video Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuInCYMogUg

1. Shall We Play A
Game?
Game Based Learning Opportunities
for Instructors

2. Presented by:
Kae Novak - FRCC
Chris Luchs - CCCO

3. PLN
Personal Learning
Network

4. MOOC
Massive Open
Online Course

5. Three Types of MOOCs
Connectivist MOOC
Community MOOC
xMOOC

6. Connectivist
MOOCs
cMOOC

7. Connectivism
Learning Theory for the Digital
Age

8. Principles of Connectivism
 Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of
opinions.
 Learning is a process of connecting specialized
nodes or information sources.
 Learning may reside in non-human appliances.
 Capacity to know more is more critical than what
is currently known

9. Principles of Connectivism
 Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed
to facilitate continual learning.
 Ability to see connections between fields, ideas,
and concepts is a core skill.
 Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the
intent of all connectivist learning activities.

10. Principles of Connectivism
 Decision-making is itself a learning process.
Choosing what to learn and the meaning of
incoming information is seen through the lens of a
shifting reality. While there is a right answer now,
it may be wrong tomorrow due to alterations in
the information climate affecting the decision.

11. Siemens & Downes
 Aggregate
 Repurpose
 Remix
 Feed Forward

12. Community Based
MOOCs
Social Network
Knowledge
Construction

13. DS106
Found at: http://ds106.us/

14. P2PU
Peer 2 Peer University

15. Anne Frank MOOC
Educators use a virtual world and a MOOC (massive open online course) to teach
about the holocaust. Imagine "entering the book" as an avatar and exploring the
cramped quarters where Anne Frank lived in hiding.

16. Important Attributes
 Facilitator not the sole provider of
knowledge
 Facilitator not the determiner of
space
 High-end knowledge exchange to
occur

17. xMOOCs

18. xMOOCs
Stanford AI
Coursera
Udacity
Edx

19. xMOOC Characteristics
 AI Grading
 University or Corporate
Sponsorship
 Rating of Questions Discussion
Forum
 Instructor record answers on video
but may not participate in the
discussion forums

20. Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence MOOC
Found at: https://www.ai-class.com/

21. Udacity
Found at: http://www.udacity.com/

22. Coursera
Found at: https://www.coursera.org/

25. MOOC’s Influence on Higher
Education?
Well………

27. Games Based Learning MOOC
Third Iteration

28. Games MOOC
Listed in the US Department of Education’s
Connected Educators Project’s Community
Directory

29. M stands for Modest
 “Coursera gamification12 is
totally LMS. OTOH #gamemooc
has morphed into a wonderfully
supportive guild of educators.”

30. Social Network
Knowledge Construction
 Level 1 – Identify the Network
 Level 2 – Lurking
 Level 3 – Contributing
 Level 4 – Creating
 Level 5 – Leading

31. After First MOOC
 48,683 visitors
 86,862 page views
 283 threaded discussions
 301 registered participants

32. Now
 181,226 visitors
 267,767 page views
 479 threaded discussions
 582 registered participants

33. YouTube
Over 30 videos of live educational
presentations and discussions were created
during the Games MOOC I.
The videos have collectively had 3,003 views.
We have 81 people who have subscribed to
the YouTube channel.

34. YouTube
Over 100 videos of live educational
presentations and discussions were created
during the Games MOOC.
The videos have collectively had 9,993views.
We have 181 people who have subscribed to
the YouTube channel.

35. Asynchronous LMS
LMS –like site
http://gamesmooc.shivtr.com/

37. Popular Discussions
 Big “G” Games
 Fun, Flow and Fiero
 Anything by Jim Gee
 Anything by Jane McGonigal
 Augmented Reality
 Lurking
 MOOCs

38. Badges
 Brave Beginner
 Game Based Learning
 Networked Educator

40. Live Events Online
 Google Hangout on Air as a quick
overview each Monday
 Tweetchat each Wednesday evening
 Thursday livestreamed discussion or
panel of guests through Google Hangout
on Air and also through Second Life.

41. Twitter
hashtag
#gamemooc

43. Tweetchat
 Wednesday night
 Games based learning tweetchat
 7 pm MT
 One hour
 Hashtag #gamemooc

44. flickr
Games Based
Learning MOOC
group

46. Social Media and Online
Presence
YouTube – gamesmooc
http://www.youtube.com/gamesmooc

48. Social Media and Online
Presence
Second Life
Front Range and ISTE SIGVE

50. Social Media and Online
Presence
World of Warcraft
Inevitable Betrayal
Cognitive Dissonance

52. Games Based Learning MOOC
III
March 18 – April 28th

53. 6 Weeks
 Week1: Intro to the Course and Topics
 Week2: Apps and Mobile Possibilities
 Week3: AR (Augmented Reality) and IF
(Interactive Fiction)
 Week4: Mysteries, Puzzles and Scavenger
Hunts
 Week5: Narratives and Storyboarding
 Week6: Creating the Clues & Playing the Games

54. PLN
Upcoming
Game Based
Learning

55. It Takes A Guild
A Guild of Educators
Webinar Series
Every Third Thursday of the month

56. Reacting to the Past Conference
 Regional Conference at Pikes Peak Community
College
Hosted by the Rocky Mountain Consortium
Fri April 19 - Sun April 21, 2013
 Faculty will have the opportunity to network and
collaborate and to learn about a special
opportunity available through the RMC to design
their own games. The RMC will begin to field
proposals from faculty to create short, chapter
games with support from the RMC grant. Faculty
who attend the workshop on the third day of the
conference will get priority consideration.

57. rgMOOC
RHETORIC AND GAME-BASED
MOOC
Rhetoric and Composition:
The Persuasive Power of
Video Games as Paratexts

58. rgMOOC
RHETORIC AND GAME-BASED
MOOC
Arapahoe Community College
May 28, 2013 - August 1, 2013

59. Summer Games
MOOC
2 Parts

60. Games MOOC Part I
June 3 – June 24

61. Multi-Player Games
Communities,
Collaborations and
Economies

62. MMORPG
Massively Online
Role-Playing Game

63. MMORPG
WoW in Business
Inevitable Instructors
Cognitive

64. Games MOOC Part II
July 7 – July 29

65. Immersive
Environments
Online and
Game Based
Learning

66. Collaborating and Touring
 rgMOOC Rhetoric and game-
based MOOC
 3D GameLab
 ISTE Special Interest Group
SIGVE
 Virtual Pioneers

67. FALL Games
MOOC
CCCS
Hackathon