This was a presentation to the Future Technology Group, a group of VCCS Vice Chancellors and senior staff that meet monthly to discuss various emerging technologies.

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A brief overview of Massive Open
Online Courses

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2012: Year of the MOOC
“…the single BIGGEST CHANGE in education
since the printing press.”
-Anant Agarwal, President, edX
“MOOC’s are a failure, both as an educational
product and as a business model.”
-Carol Edwards, British Columbia Institute of
Technology

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cMOOCs
&
xMOOCs

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cMOOCs
Knowledge creation &
generation

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Connectivism
“Knowledge is distributed across a network of
connections and learning consists of the ability
to construct and traverse those networks. It
shares with some other theories a core
proposition: that knowledge is not acquired, as
though it were a thing. Knowledge is, in this
theory, literally the set of connections formed by
actions and experience.”

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The
Canadians

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The Canadians

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The Canadians

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The Canadians

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The Canadians

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Groom : ds 106
http://iantthomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/jim-groom.jpg://mooc.ca/

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What is a cMOOC?
Source: Dave Cormier, http://youtu.be/eW3gMGqcZQc

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The First MOOC | 2008
http://connect.downes.ca/archive/08/09_15_thedaily.htm

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xMOOCs
knowledge distribution

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“Why we can’t afford to wait”
Helen Dragas, Rector, UVA Board of Visitors

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cMOOCs vs. xMOOCs
http://etec.ctlt.ubc.ca/510wiki/images/thumb/e/e8/MOOC_Timeline.jpg/800px-MOOC_Timeline.jpg

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DAVID WILEY
There are a number of reasons why the
term MOOC is a misnomer.
• Many MOOCs are massive but not
open http://www.udacity.com/legal/
• Many MOOCs are open but not
massivehttp://learninganalytics.net/syl
labus.html
• Many MOOCs try very hard not to be
courses
http://cck11.mooc.ca/how.htm
Well, at least all MOOCs offered to date
have been online – so at least there’s
one thing we can agree on.
http://davidwiley.org/philbrick-profile-full.jpg

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How do MOOCs make money?

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Are accrediting agencies paying attention
to MOOCs?

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Are employers paying attention to
MOOCs?
Employers are recruiting top students from
MOOCs.
http://chronicle.com/article/Providers-of-Free-MOOCs-Now/136117/

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Discussion
1. What is the value of MOOCs to the
VCCS?
2. What type of courses would be
appropriate
3. How would they be funded?
4. Would it be a cMOOC or an xMOOC?
http://mooc.ca/

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Research and News
See these papers on MOOCs
• European University Association: MOOCs (Jan. 2013)
• John Daniel: Making Sense of MOOCs: Musings in a
Maze of Myth, Paradox and Possibility (2012)
• EDUCAUSE: What Campus Leaders Need to Know
About MOOCs (2012)
MOOC News
• InsideHigherEd: MOOC articles
• Chronicle of Higher Education: MOOC articles

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Resources/Additional materials
Link from Dr. Hatch
Mission, MOOCs, and Money
http://agb.org/trusteeship/2013/1/mission-
moocs-money

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Sources
Considering MOOCs: Pros, Cons, Questions
Doug Holton, Associate Director
Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
http://www.slideshare.net/edtechdev/consideri
ng-moo-cs-16842646

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Sources
Demystifying MOOCs
Zaid Ali Alsagoff, E-Learning Manager
International Medical University, Malaysia
http://www.slideshare.net/zaid/demystifying-
moocs

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Pre-MOOCs | 2007
EC&I 831 - Social Media & Open Education
(Fall 2007)
INST 7150 - Intro to Open Education
(Fall 2007)
http://mooc.ca/

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MOOCs | 2009-2010
2009
Connectivism
Connect! Your PLN Lab
2010
PLENK - Personal Learning Environments
Networks and Knowledge
http://mooc.ca/

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MOOCs | 2011
2011
Change.MOOC - Change: Education, Learning, and
Technology!
eduMOOC - Online Learning Today and Tomorrow
DS106 - Digital Storytelling
MobiMOOC - Mobile Learning
LAK11 - Learning and Knowledge Analytics
CCK11 - Connectivism and Connective Knowledge
http://mooc.ca/

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MOOC platforms
EdX: http://www.edx.org
Udacity: https://www.udacity.com
Coursera: https://www.coursera.org
Canvas Network: https://www.canvas.net/
FutureLearn: http://futurelearn.com
Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/
http://mooc.ca/

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Images
Slide:
1. OMG!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/8477120167/
2. Chinese Zodiac:
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/264/d/a/chinese_zodiac_by_caelen
vasius-d5fgb2f.png
3. Hype Cycle: http://navigatehighed.com/wordpress/wp-
content/uploads/2012/11 MOOC_HypeCycle_12111.png
4. Darker Side of MOOCs: http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2013/02/18/the-
dark-side-of-moocs/ (Slides 4, 22, 24, 29, 30)

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Images
Slide:
5. Canada Map:
http://media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/6/5533/wallpaper_Canada.jpg
6. Toronto: http://cdn.enjoyourholiday.com/wp-
content/uploads/2012/10/Canada-Fun-Facts-161.jpg
7. Groom: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/2533948716/
8. MOOC video, Dave Cormier: http://youtu.be/eW3gMGqcZQc
9. MOOCS Rising:http://www.nature.com/news/online-learning-campus-2-0-
1.12590
10. MOOC Players: http://chronicle.com/article/The-Major-Players-in-the-
MOOC/138817/

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Images
Slide:
11. Delta Initiative: http://www.deltainitiative.com/
12. MOOC
Timeline:http://etec.ctlt.ubc.ca/510wiki/images/thumb/e/e8/MOOC_Timel
ine.jpg/800px-MOOC_Timeline.jpg
13. Wiley: http://davidwiley.org/philbrick-profile-full.jpg
14. Emerging Patterns: http://www.deltainitiative.com/bloggers/author-phil-
hill/emerging-student-patterns-in-moocs-a-graphical-view
15. Money: Board of Innovations, 2012