This document discusses different types of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). It outlines connectivist MOOCs (cMOOCs), which focus on networking and knowledge sharing; xMOOCs, offered by companies like Coursera and Udacity, which feature video lectures and automated grading; and task-based MOOCs that center around community projects. The document also notes that while MOOCs aim to provide open education, concerns exist around the role of corporations and commercialization of the MOOC model.
7. Source: George Siemens Quote from:
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm
“One of the most persuasive factors is
the shrinking half-life of knowledge. The
“half-life of knowledge” is the time span
from when knowledge is gained to when
it becomes obsolete. Half of what is
known today was not known 10 years
ago.”
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
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. Important Attributes
Facilitator not the sole provider of
knowledge
Facilitator not the determiner of space
High-end knowledge exchange to occur
Open Source
15. xMOOC Characteristics
AI Grading
University or Corporate
Sponsorship
Rating of Questions Discussion
Forum
Instructor record answers on video
but does not always participate in
the discussion forums
23. Community Funding of DS106
Found at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jimgroom/ds106-the-open-online-
community-of-digital-storyte
24. 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.
32. Good MOOC, Bad MOOC
Venture capitalists who have poured at least $20-million into the 20-
person Coursera storefront must be impatient for these revenue
streams to get settled. So far they’re considering the following:
a) Charging for certification and testing.
b) Vending of tutorial services, translations, facilitation of small-
group discussion and peer learning, etc.
c) Direct tuition for courses or clusters of courses in relation to
certification, standard distance-ed practice, just with the new
midscale Coursera brand.
Harvard and MIT, for instance are trying to have their brand cake and
dilute it too by branding their Edx courses as the product of “Harvardx”
and “MITx.”
d) Miscellaneous revenue sources, like advertising and
employment-service revenue from job seekers and potential
employers.
37. Recommendations Summer 2013
Games MOOC ( CCCS)
rgMOOC - "Rhetoric and Composition: The
Persuasive Power of Video Games as Paratexts“
(Canvas)
DS 106 ( Indie)
Online Games: Literature New Media, & Narrative
(Coursera)
Model Thinking ( Coursera)
