Fall 2012 - MOOCs and Connectivism: a brief introduction

MOOCs and Connectivism: a brief introduction Abram Anders University of Minnesota Duluth adanders@d.umn.edu http://www.d.umn.edu/~adanders http://change.mooc.ca/ http://cck12.mooc.ca/ http://lak12.mooc.ca/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/education/moocs-large-courses-open-to-all-topple-campus-walls.html http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2012/03/05/moocs-for-the-win/ What is a MOOC? http://www.itdl.org/journal/jan_05/article01.htm http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2011/11/mooc-statistics-thus-far.html What is Connectivism? http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/images/2/24/Connectivism_chart.gif http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE+Diagrams http://twitter.com/AbramAnders References: http://www.diigo.com/list/adanders/etw_mooc Additional Thoughts The Network Effect on Learning Not just better tools for transmission of content and/or traditional education Disruptive Innovation: new kinds of connectivity for People, Organizations, Information and Task Flows Personal Learning Networks and Social Media:"It's not what you know, it's who you know." Who you know (the people and information flows you are connected with and can make sense of) are increasingly the horizon of what you can know ... Experience as a MOOC participant Pedagogical implications/inspirations Questions? Evolving Pedagogical Approach From Personal Learning Environments To Personal Learning Networks Cultivating Change Community: the CCMOOC Project Google Analytics Jetpack Site Statistics for Wordpress All works from the Cultivating Change Community at https://cultivatingchange.wp.d.umn.edu/community/ are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Credits Wordpress Posts Google Analytics Participation Ratios 102 total registered participants 33 participants completed profiles 15 participants contributed posts Total contributions 40+ Posts 25+ Comments Participation Stats CCMOOC began October 8th, 2012 2,662 Views All-Time 400+ Unique Visitors from 37 US States and 32 Nations Summary Site Stats Through November 7th, 2012 CCMOOC Project Statistics http://z.umn.edu/ccmooc/