Would
you like to learn more about Massive
Online Open Courses? This week,
we’d like to share with you (I) news of an upcoming session courtesy of Chris
Luchs, our Associate Dean of Career & Technical Education, and (II) some MOOC
news links for further reading. Enjoy!
I. Got MOOC?
A MOOC is a massive online open course. MOOCs seem to have been
in the educational news quite a bit over the last few months. Stanford
University ran their first MOOC last fall. In May, Harvard announced that it will
be working with MIT to create a nonprofit called edX to offer MOOCs. But the
first MOOCs started out of Canadian universities in 2008 and were a little less
massive with enrollment of only 2000 – 3000 participants. This live online session will occur on Thursday, October 24th* at 7pm
MST and will offer a presentation and discussion of the different types of
MOOCs, an overview of what MOOCs you may want to take and what you will see if
you take one! Feel free to drop in at http://www.youtube.com/gamesmooc
Speakers: Kae Novak, FRCC; Chris Luchs, CCCOnline and Sherry
Jones, CCD.
*CORRECTION & UPDATE 10/8:
*CORRECTION & UPDATE 10/8:
The MOOC session mentioned last
week took place on Oct. 4. If you would like to watch the recording,
please go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAJxfQAGCY&feature=plcp
Those interested in
MOOCs and Games Based Learning may also note this exciting educational opportunity:
II. Below we’ve posted some recent news links related to
MOOCs. We welcome your additional links and
conversation in the CCCOnline Community.
--Registration in the Games-Based
Learning MOOC II session is ongoing; visit at www.gamesmooc.shivtr.com.
--This
session is part of the immersive learning faculty grant, and any CCCS
instructor, staff, or administrator can register and join the group.
Lurkers also are welcome!
(We encourage people to go the site and look around the course; to qualify for badges, though, participants must register.)
(We encourage people to go the site and look around the course; to qualify for badges, though, participants must register.)
In August, the initial Games
Based Learning MOOC session had 301 registered participants, 48,683 visitors,
and 86,862 page views. Kae, Chris, and Sherry look forward to another robust
experience!
“Marketing to the MOOC Masses” by Steve Kolowich (9/26/12)
From Inside Higher Ed:
From Inside Higher Ed:
“Gates, MOOCs and Remediation” by Paul Fain (9/14/12)
From Inside Higher Ed:
“MOOC’s Could Hurt Smaller and For-Profit Colleges, Moody’s Report Says” by Alisha Azevedo (9/12/12)
From The Chronicle’s “Wired Campus” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/moocs-could-hurt-smaller-and-for-profit-colleges-moodys-report-says/39864
“The
MOOC Survivors” by Steve Kolowich (9/12/12)
From Inside Higher Ed:
“MOOCs' Missing Pieces” by Gary S. May (9/11/12)
From Inside Higher Ed:
Commentary from The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Into-the-Future-With-MOOCs/134080/?cid=cr
“Before You Jump on the Bandwagon ...” by Alison Byerly (9/3/12)
Commentary from The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Before-You-Jump-on-the/134090/?cid=wb
“The Future Is Now, and Has Been for Years” by James J. O'Donnell (9/3/12)
Commentary from The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Future-Is-NowHas/134070/
“The MOOC-Led Meritocracy” by
Kevin Carey (8/23/12)
From The Chronicle’s “The Conversation” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2012/08/23/the-mooc-led-meritocracy/?cid=gn
“Dozens of Plagiarism Incidents Are Reported in Coursera's Free Online Courses” by Jeffrey R. Young (8/16/12)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Dozens-of-Plagiarism-Incidents/133697/
“Why Online Education Won't Replace College—Yet” by David Youngberg (8/13/12)
Commentary from The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Online-Education-Wont/133531/?cid=cr
“Bitter Reality of MOOConomics” by Carlo Salerno
(8/9/12) From The Chronicle’s “The Conversation” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2012/08/23/the-mooc-led-meritocracy/?cid=gn
“Dozens of Plagiarism Incidents Are Reported in Coursera's Free Online Courses” by Jeffrey R. Young (8/16/12)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Dozens-of-Plagiarism-Incidents/133697/
“Why Online Education Won't Replace College—Yet” by David Youngberg (8/13/12)
Commentary from The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Online-Education-Wont/133531/?cid=cr
Commentary from Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/08/09/real-economics-massive-online-courses-essay
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