MultiMOOC: Multiliteracies for Social Networking and Collaborative Learning Environments MOOC is a model for knowledge-development that has been getting a lot of attention lately. By the time of this presentation, this year’s EVO (Electronic Village Online) sessions will be in their 4th week. One of these sessions, MultiMOOC (Multiliteracies MOOC), is exploring the concept of MOOCs through emulation of a cMOOC, a connectivist one. The session explores the MOOC movement since 2008, assesses its significance in supporting education, and plots its course as MOOCs diverge in purpose while gaining in popularity this far into 2013. It has been said that a cMOOC has a syllabus that participants are expected to break. A cMOOC sets the stage for learning, but the plot unfolds as the participants appear and carry out that learning through their own initiative stimulated through networking with one another (in fact, one of the most useful take-aways of participation in a MOOC is expansion of one’s PLN). In this presentation, participants in the MultiMOOC session and their moderators will gather at a time normally set aside on Sundays for another elearning initiative, Learning2gether. We will discuss our experiences in the EVO sessions so far in conjunction with the Learning2gether movement, as well as our connection with other online learning networks such as Connecting Online and Webheads, which the lead presenter helped to found. We will try to draw some conclusions from our perspectives on how the MOOC model is working for developing knowledge within our network in the context of elearning via the EVO sessions.

1. MultiMOOC EVO Session
Connecting Online 2013
Vance Stevens and participants
Feb 3, 2013 at Connecting Online Conference
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1078942-co13-multimooc
http://tinyurl.com/co13schedule

2. What is MultiMOOC
 MOOC is a model for knowledge-development
getting much attention lately
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course
 MultiMOOC is an EVO (Electronic Village
Online) sessions now in 4th week
http://evosessions.pbworks.com
 MultiMOOC (Multiliteracies MOOC) explores
MOOC concepts through emulation of a
cMOOC (connectivist MOOC)
http://multiliteracies.posterous.com/
Vance Stevens MultiMOOC CO13 Feb 3,
2013

3. MultiMOOC Goals
 Explore the MOOC movement since 2008
e.g. http://www.downes.ca/presentation/300
 Assesses significance of MOOC in supporting
education
◦ http://www.scoop.it/t/edumooc
◦ http://www.diigo.com/user/gsiemens/mooc?type=all
 Plot course of MOOC development as they
diverge in purpose while gaining in popularity
◦ cMOOC vs. xMOOC
◦ http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2012/07/25/moocs-
are-really-a-platform/
Vance Stevens MultiMOOC CO13 Feb 3,
2013

4. What happens in MultiMOOC
 Has a syllabus
◦ that participants are expected to break
http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com
◦ Follows Cormier progression of success in
MOOC (orient, declare, network, cluster, focus)
 Sets the stage for learning, but the plot unfolds
as participants
◦ Carry out learning through their own initiative
◦ Stimulated learning through networking with one
another
 Benefits of participation in cMOOC
◦ Expansion of one’s PLN
◦ Declaration of personal learning goals
◦ Documentation of / reflection on those goals in
some kind of ePortfolio
Vance Stevens MultiMOOC CO13 Feb 3,
2013

5. What might happen in this
presentation?
• Participants and co-moderators in the
MultiMOOC session normally meet on Sundays
around noon GMT
• We can discuss our experiences in the EVO
sessions
 With respect to other EVO sessions
 In conjunction with
 the Learning2gether movement
http://learning2gether.pbworks.com
 Connecting Online Conference
 Webheads http://webheads.info
Vance Stevens MultiMOOC CO13 Feb 3,
2013

6. Conclusions
We draw conclusions from our perspectives on how the
MOOC model can help develop knowledge within our
networks in the context of elearning in the EVO sessions
Slides online at http://slideshare.net/vances
Vance Stevens MultiMOOC CO13 Feb 3,
2013