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MOOCs, Group Work, and Instructional Design
Debate Chamber of the Oxford Union Society (Wikipedia) Everything Old is New AgainIn my last post I pointed out that all the arguments about MOOCs sound so much like the old arguments against online education in the 90s. One of … Continue reading
Posted in connectivism, constructivism, elearning101, instructionaldesign, MOOC
Tagged Stephen Downes
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MOOCs: Lets Do The Timewarp Again!
I love all the arguments from the 1990s that were leveled at online teaching and learning that are now being leveled at MOOCs. I re-read all of my favorite straw-man hits from the 90s including the digital divide, lack of … Continue reading
MOOCs and Other Four-Legged Chickens
I have just moved to Humboldt State University. The college is fairly rural but we get a lot of folks from urban areas. I over heard a very interesting conversation between some students in the cafeteria. One of them was … Continue reading
What Part of MOOC Don’t You Understand?
Stephen Downes (Photo credit: WordShore) Educators who have not taken a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) and do not understand their history, are currently writing about these courses which is causing them to be inaccurately represented in the press. The … Continue reading
Posted in connectivism
Tagged Massive open online courses, Stephen Downes, Vaidhayanathan
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MOOCs and Connectivist Instructional Design
I am very interested in the instructional design of MOOCs. While I was working at Tacoma Community College, I co-taught a course called “Health Information Management 101.” The purpose of the course was to introduce health information management students to … Continue reading
Posted in connectivism, ds106, education, Instructional Design, MOOC, twitter
Tagged Second Life, Stephen Downes, Tacoma Community College
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Keeping Open Education Resources Open
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) What does the “open” in “open education resources” mean? What it should mean is free to reuse, remix and share. If your open education resources are locked up with a proprietary platform, they are no longer open. … Continue reading
Posted in OER, Open Educational Resource, Open textbook
Tagged Open content, Stephen Downes
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Nine Essential MOOC Links
George Siemens at TEDxNYED. (Wikipedia) A few of us from today’s NGLC presentation “MOOCs: open online courses as levers for change in higher education” by George Siemens on MOOCs were passing around a few URLs, and I thought it would … Continue reading
The Real Trouble With Online Education
E-learning ( London College of Fashion) An editorial piece in the New York Times on July 19th by Mark Edmundson attempts to tell us about “The Trouble with Online Education.” Despite the fact that the author does not appear to have … Continue reading
Why MOOCs Work
Jim Groom as Edupunk (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I have been reading articles lately written by educators who have not participated in MOOCs but nonetheless seem to have some pretty strong opinions about them such as the “What’s the Matter With MOOCs” … Continue reading
Posted in connectivism, ds106, Instructional Design, MOOC, pedagogy
Tagged Siva Vaidhyanathan, Stephen Downes
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Connectivism and Agile Software Development
Image by sjcockell via FlickrAs a director of distance education, I often have multiple projects going on: some with the in-house team or with others at a distance in grant projects. I have been researching how projects get done for … Continue reading
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Tagged Stephen Downes, Tacoma Community College
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