MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

A sampling of the current state of

the MOOC

UdemyMaking no bones about it, the ‘about’ blurb

on the home page of the UdemySite states, “Our goal is to disrupt and

democratize education by enabling anyone to learn From the world’s experts.”

CourseraThis growing powerhouse in the world of

MOOCs, Coursera currently hosts Courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley,

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Pennsylvania.

UdacityOffering only a Handful of course, all in the computer sciences field. Founded by three Roboticists who Believed that much of the

educational value of their university classes could be offered Online, over 160,000 students enrolled in their first offering,

“Introduction to Artificial Intelligence.” Pretty impressive.

Creativity & Multicultural Communication from SUNY Empire

State College

This Course was offered as both a MOOC and a for-credit course at the same time.

Change.mooc.a

This course is just wrapping up, and has leveraged a mix of over 30

Innovative thinkers, researchers, and scholars from the field of instructional technology, from

11 different countries.

The course consists of 5 modules

Weeks 1 & 2Projecting the best you –

communication and presentation skills

Weeks 3 & 4Playing well with others (the interpersonal)

Weeks 5 & 6Internalizing the habits of successful

people (the intrapersonal)

Weeks 7 & 8Training your brain to make great

choices (critical thinking)

Weeks 9 & 10Navigating the path to put your best

professional foot forward

Dr. Nicholas Langlie

Director of Planning, Innovation, and Implementation for the College of Graduate and Professional Studies at Longwood. He explained how Longwood is “establishing a new paradigm for learning in education … we have created an interactive online

course that incorporates gaming elements to increase engagement and foster retention.”

Jonathan Finkelstein

Director of the BadgeStack project stated that, “this MOOC is an example of why we created BadgeStack.BadgeStack played a vital role in the development and delivery of this course. BadgeStack

“an innovative system with a game-like approach that assesses skills, recognizes learner achievement, sparks community, and

excites learners of all ages.”

Virginia Department of Education

Has embraced this project, promoting it on the front page of their web site for a while and putting together

enthusiastic promotional materials

MOOCsMOOCs have been a very hot topic throughout 2012, and the

momentum keeps building. A key Development in the latter half of the year has been increased effort by many colleges to

Determine how to offer credit for completed massive online open courses.

“The Widening World of Massive Open Course”

(Http://www.Onlinecolleges.Net/2012/07/11/the-world-of-massive-open-online-courses/)

This info graphic provides insights into why MOOCs are becoming so popular, some benefits

and Some issues, major providers, and more.

“The Evolution of Distance Learning”

(Http://www.Evolution-of-distance-learning.Com/)

This is not a traditional info graphic, but rather an interactive one. Scroll down through it to Reveal the nuggets of information associated with each year in the image, starting with

1892 (When the University of Chicago created the first college-level distance learning program) all

the Way through to 2035 (where it is predicted that individuals minds will, “Converge and

Communicate through bioengineered technologies …”).

“Tomorrow’s College Will Be Free (or Else)”

(Http://www.Onlineclasses.Org/2012/10/22/mooc/)

This info graphic makes the case for MOOCs with a rather negative spin on college In general. While its certainly valid to question the cost of some degrees in comparison to Potential earnings they can bring, painting a picture of college as generally not worth the investment in misleading.

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