MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning
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Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning - MOOCs For Development

Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning - MOOCs For Development | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it
Teachers who want to learn more about teaching with technology will find this Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL), informative and engaging. Using up-to-date learning design and simple, accessible technology, the course runs on an easy-to-use learning platform available via the Internet. The course is designed for teachers who want to build on their knowledge and practice in teaching and learning with technology. It will run over five weeks and requires approximately three to five hours of time each week. Designed to accommodate teachers’ busy schedules, the course offers flexibility with options for learning the content. You will learn from readings, videos, discussions with other participants and instructors, meaningful exercises, quizzes and short assignments. Certification is available for those who wish to complete all required exercises and quizzes.
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Learning analytics at Stanford takes huge leap forward with MOOCs

Learning analytics at Stanford takes huge leap forward with MOOCs | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it
Stanford's Lytics Lab gathers data from massive open online courses to learn more about how we learn. The group studies student behavior to measure interaction and performance.

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Marci Segal, MS's comment, April 13, 2013 10:56 AM
Good to have a peek inside - thanks!
Marci Segal, MS's curator insight, April 13, 2013 10:57 AM

Good to have a peek inside what's going on, eh?  Ready to take the plunge?

Daniel Tan's curator insight, July 4, 2014 9:42 PM

The greatest contribution of  MOOCs to education will not be the  demographic  and geograhic reach it claims to provide, but the disruption it creates on the limitations and previous beliefs of the instructivist pedagogy model. Data and learning analytics will document how the student, and more specifically,  how the brain learns.  The truism that "(s)he who speaks the most learn the most" will be based on data Collected and analyzed.  For now, we content that in teaching a class, that teacher has  learned the most. :)

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#ETMOOC | A MOOC about educational technology & media – Coming January 2013

MOOC = Massive Open Online Course

"This space will act as an information hub for #etmooc, an open, online experience that is designed to facilitate & nurture conversations around the thoughtful integration of educational technology & media in teaching and learning.

Think of #etmooc as an experience situated somewhere between a course and a community. While there will be scheduled webinars and information shared each week, we know that there is a lot more that we will collectively need to do if we want to create a truly collaborative and passionate community.

We’re aiming to carry on those important conversations in many different spaces – through the use of social networks, collaborative tools, shared hashtags, and in personalized spaces. What #etmooc eventually becomes, and what it will mean to you, will depend upon the ways in which you participate and the participation and activities of all of its members. Let’s see if we can create something that is not just another hashtag – and, not just another course.

Some exciting topics will be explored during the #etmooc experience. We’ll be leading conversations around many of the recently popularized technologies, media and literacies including social/participatory media, blended/online learning environments, digital literacies, open education, digital citizenship/identity, copyright/copyleft, and multimedia in education. We hope that this list of topics will grow as we expand our membership and tap into the expertise of our participants. However it is not the topics that we cover, but it is what we discover, create and share together that will be critical to the success of the etmooc experience."

"Topics & Tentative Schedule

The 2013 tentative schedule of topics is found below. More detailed information will be provided soon, including exact dates and connection information. Each topic is 2 weeks long so that there is adequate attention and depth.

Welcome (Jan 13-19): Welcome Event & Orientation to #etmooc

- Topic 1 (Jan 20-Feb. 2): Connected Learning – Tools, Processes & Pedagogy
- Topic 2 (Feb 3-16): Digital Storytelling – Multimedia, Remixes & Mashups
- Topic 3 (Feb 17-Mar 2): Digital Literacy – Information, Memes & Attention
- Topic 4 (Mar 3-16): Digital Citizenship – Identity, Footprint, & Social Activism
- Topic 5 (Mar 17-30): The Open Movement – Open Access, OERs & Future of Ed."


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Jim Lerman's curator insight, December 21, 2012 2:22 AM

Looks like it's going to be a great course.

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Blackboard Inc.: The Rise of the New “Online Learning” and the Race for Profits - e-Literate

Blackboard Inc.: The Rise of the New “Online Learning” and the Race for Profits - e-Literate | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it

 

A very intersting read from Jim Farmer. Well worth a read! :-)

 

PM - Thanks to Mark Smithers for originally posting this link on Twitter.

 

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Building dementia knowledge globally through the Understanding Dementia Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) | npj Science of Learning

Staff of the university’s Wicking Centre wanted to know what impact their MOOC had, so they surveyed a sample of the 42,000 people who have completed it. Claire Eccleston and colleagues report the results in the journal Science of Learning.

 

Using Wicking’s Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale, they discovered that people, with all sorts of experience in dealing with dementia and different levels of education increased their knowledge.

 

This is very good indeed. “The current data indicate that the UDMOOC is effective in improving awareness and understanding of dementia, across groups including informal carers, care workers, health professionals and the general public,” the team suggest.

 

So, listen-up ministers and mandarins, what works for dementia may also be delivered by MOOCs a bunch of other community needs where the state relies on citizen carers to carry the burden.

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More flexibility needed for "online evolution"

More flexibility needed for "online evolution" | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it
MORE flexibility in course accreditations is required for Australia to properly benefit from a boom in online education, a new report says.

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At Stanford, scholars debate the promises, pitfalls of online learning

At Stanford, scholars debate the promises, pitfalls of online learning | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it
Tanner Lecturer and respondents tackle the challenges of preserving the best of higher education while venturing onto new ground.
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Audrey Watters Wrestles with MOOCs | Open Education | HYBRID PEDAGOGY

Audrey Watters Wrestles with MOOCs | Open Education | HYBRID PEDAGOGY | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it
Hybrid Pedagogy is an academic and networked journal of teaching and technology that combines the strands of critical and digital pedagogy to arrive at the best social and civil uses of technology and digital media in education.
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