MOOC as Connectivist Environment

Betty Hurley-DasguptaCarol Yeager

Catherine A. Bliss (U. of Vermont)

Presenters

Betty Hurley-Dasgupta and Carol Yeager

Catherine A. Bliss

Reference Page

http://tinyurl.com/moocit

What is a MOOC ?(massive open online course)

Our first MOOC Fall 2011( http://cdlprojects.com/ )

gRSShopperopen source by Stephen Downes

(grsshopper.downes.ca/about.htm )

Visualization by participant of how cMOOC works

http://youtu.be/K_dIXNGVZnk.

Types of Posts: Facebook, Twitter, Blogs

CMC11 participant closing comments

(http://math.cdlprojects.com/ )

Join us with our upcoming math MOOC

Questions • What challenges do MOOCs present for assessing

learning gained through engaging with the MOOC, including other MOOC participants?

• Is the MOOC an accessible learning environment for all learners?

• What are essential elements of a MOOC? Is size (over 100) sufficient for it to be a MOOC?

• Is a MOOC really a course?

Some References

• Research article on MOOCs:• http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/

view/1041/2025• Dave Cormier on MOOCs:• http://davecormier.com/edblog/2012/07/31/2

0-questions-and-answers-about-moocs/• George Siemens on MOOCs (video):• http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/george-siemens-

on-massive-open-online-courses/2011/05/14• Stephen Downes on MOOCs (video):• http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/xmooc-the

-massive-open-online-course-in-theory-and-in-practice