On how #edcmooc did a cmooc on Coursera. By demonstrating that you could build a very “open” course on Coursera, the University of Edinburgh team in charge of E-learning and Digital Cultures succeeded in breaking down some walls between the large-scale free course (called xMOOC by some critics) and the cMOOC connectivist learn-fest.
How did that happen? Incubating a community: Long lead-in time for the learning community. This made the community ready to go at the start of the course and the early birds in the community were very open and welcoming look at the stats on Circlecount for the Google+ EDCMOOC community:Participants: for a large part of the participants, this was a professional/personal development event about the affordances of MOOCs. Many of the participants are teachers, says the EDCMOOC team blog, “learning from edcmooc students”Course subject: reflecting on learning and being human in relation to technology. It was learning about learning and the affordances of the Internet for learning. Like this: What is a MOOC?
25 Tips For A Better MOOC Experience. Massive online open courses (also known as MOOCs) are quite popular these days.
A huge, or massive, version of open online courses, these classes bring thousands together, often around the world, to learn simultaneously. Discussions, connections, and learning are the focus on MOOCs, but with the low level of commitment and their overwhelming nature, it’s easy to get disconnected. Read on, and we’ll share 25 ways to stay in the loop, on task, and get the most out of your MOOC experience. GET CONNECTEDIt’s easy to lose interest and drop out of a MOOC, but don’t let that happen. Find at least one other person to keep you connected to the course, and you’ll be much more likely to stay on track.INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SHARE WAYS TO CONNECTBe sure that you’re easy to find if your coursemates would like to connect with you. CogDogBlog Wiki - What Mean Ye Storytelling. A MOOC about educational technology & media – Coming January 2013. Learning Creative Learning - Session 1.
Course Overview - Learning Creative Learning. Course Syllabus The Syllabus for Spring 2014 is a work in progress.
You can find the 2013 syllabus here. 1 - Creative Learning (18 March 2014) Storytellers: Mitch Resnick, Natalie Rusk, Philipp Schmidt Readings: Activity: Read Seymour Papert’s essay on Gears of My Childhood and write about an object from your childhood that interested and influenced you. 2 - Projects (25 March) Storytellers: Mitch Resnick, Natalie Rusk, Joren Lauwers Natalie Rusk, Mitch Resnick, Robbie Berg, & Margaret Pezalla-Granlund (2008). Create a Scratch project about things you like to do. 3 - Passion (1 April) Storytellers: Mitch Resnick, Natalie Rusk, Jackie Gonzalez, Jaleesa Trapp Visit a local creative learning space, and discuss how it supports creative learning experiences.
Projects - What kinds of projects are people working on? 4 - Peers (8 April) Storytellers: Philipp Schmidt, Kristen Swanson, Bekka Kahn, and Delia Browne Philipp Schmidt: The Great Peer Learning Pyramid Scheme. 5 - Play (15 April)
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