MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning
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Examining the development of the Massive Open Online Course and its variants.
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the problem with EdX: a MOOC by any other name? | theory.cribchronicles.com

the problem with EdX: a MOOC by any other name? | theory.cribchronicles.com | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it

"Back when the course started in September, it seemed like a reasonable description. #change11 was designed and run by Massive Open Online Course pioneers George Siemens, Stephen Downes, and Dave Cormier, and had 36 separate facilitators lined up to cover everything from soup to nuts in the grand scheme of instructional technologies and 21st century learning.

 

Apparently, however, George and Dave should have kept the crystal ball from their Edfutures MOOC a few years back.

 

Because in thinking about the Mother of All MOOCs, it seems none of us in #change11 were thinking big enough."

 

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There's an interesting rejoinder from Joshua Kim at http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/david-brooks-confuses-moocs-online-learning


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More reflections on MOOCs and MITx

More reflections on MOOCs and MITx | MOOCs, SPOCs and next generation Open Access Learning | Scoop.it

In the above post, Stephen Downes sets out very clearly his views on what MOOCs are and what they do, mainly in response to an earlier post by Clark Quinn, in which Clark argued that there should be some way to integrate both cognitive and social learning theory within the design of MOOCs.


Via Mark Smithers, Learning Futures
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