1. Connectivist Massive Online Open Course
(cMOOC)
Through the Lens of Teacher Education
Dalit Levy and Sarah Schrire
Kibbutzim College of Education,
Technology & Arts
Tel Aviv, Israel
The 6th International Conference on Teacher Education: Changing Reality Through Education
MOFET Institute, Tel Aviv, July 4, 2013

2. WHAT SHOULD TEACHER
EDUCATORS DO?
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
• Examine models for learning and
teaching
• Provide experiences that
prepare future teachers for
education in the digital age and
for work in the knowledge
economy

3. WHAT IS LEARNING?
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
Commognition
Thinking as communicating
Learning as communicating
To learn is to take part in a conversation
Learning outcomes are products of
collective doing
“…thinking is an individualized form of
interpersonal communication… whatever one
creates is a product of collective doing. Even
when sitting alone at her desk and deeply
immersed in thoughts, a person is engaged in
a conversation with others.” (Sfard, 2008)
Sfard, A. (2008). Thinking as communicating: Human development, the growth
of discourses, and mathematizing. (pp. xiii - xix) Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press.
BI
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

4. AI (After the Internet): CONNECTIVISM
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
• knowledge is distributed across a
network of connections
• learning consists of the ability to
construct and traverse those
networks (commognition?)
Connectivism is the combined effect of three
components: chaos theory, networks, and the
interplay of complexity and self-organization.
George Siemens, Stephen Downes, Dave Cormier
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

5. THE FIRST MOOC
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
• Connectivism and Connective Knowledge
(CCK08)
• Offered by the University of Manitoba,
Canada
• Facilitated by Siemens and Downes
• The term MOOC was coined by Dave Cormier
• Regarded MOOC as a practical
implementation of the theory of
Connectivism
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

6. THE FIRST MOOCs WERE cMOOCs
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
2009, 2010, 2011 -
• MOOC
From August 2011 -
• Connectivist Massive Open Online Course
• cMOOC vs. xMOOC
• Rizhomatic vs. Stanford/MITx version
• Canadian vs. Silicon Valley Narrative
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

7. THE MOOC CONVERSATION
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

8. Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
The Connectivist Model
“…highly social. The learning comes
from content presented by a lecturer,
and then dialog via social media,
where the contributions of the
participants are shared.”
• CCK08, CCK09, CCK11
• PLENK2010
• MobiMOOC (2011)
• LAK11
• DS106
• CHANGE (began 2011, ended 2012)
…
The “Stanford” Model
“The goal is to ensure a high quality
learning experience to anyone with
sufficient technical ability and access
to the Internet... the experience is,
effectively, solo.”
• Udacity
• Udemy
• MITx
• EdX
• Coursera
• Khan Academy
(Clark Quinn, February 29, 2012)
THE MOOC CONVERSATION
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

9. Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
The Connectivist Model
“…highly social. The learning comes
from content presented by a lecturer,
and then dialog via social media,
where the contributions of the
participants are shared.”
• CCK08, CCK09, CCK11
• PLENK2010
• MobiMOOC (2011)
• LAK11
• DS106
• CHANGE (began 2011, ended 2012)
…
The “Stanford” Model
“The goal is to ensure a high quality
learning experience to anyone with
sufficient technical ability and access
to the Internet... the experience
is, effectively, solo.”
• Udacity
• Udemy
• MITx
• EdX
• Coursera
• Khan Academy
(MIFRAS blog, May 16, 2013)
THE MOOC CONVERSATION
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

10. THE MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

11. THE MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

12. Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
Learning Experience I, 10.10.10
PLENK2010 - Massive Open Online Course
Many resources, many participants, many
communication types
“all-at-once-ness”
THE cMOOC EXPERIENCE
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

13. Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
Learning Experience II, 05.16.12
During the last synchronous session of “the mother of all MOOCs” (11:50-11:54)
THE cMOOC EXPERIENCE
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

14. Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
Learning Experience II, 05.16.12
THE cMOOC EXPERIENCE
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

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16. Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
4 types of cMOOC activities:
• Aggregate – read, watch and play with various
resources
• Remix – keep track of it all, using various (web)
technologies of one’s choice
• Repurpose – constructing personal accounts,
composing own thoughts, creating new
understandings of the course subject
• Feed Forward – share the learning with others,
when and where each person chooses to do so
THE cMOOC EXPERIENCE
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

17. Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
Learning Experience III
Imagine yourself participating in a synchronous MOOC
session while the facilitators and the other participants are
speaking a different language than you do
Read
Write
Listen
THE cMOOC EXPERIENCE
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

18. SO… WHY?
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
The importance of experiencing
learning in cMOOCs in Teacher
Education Programs:
• It’s available for free
• It’s “IN”
• It’s how (some of our) students are/will be
learning in the future
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY
• Examine models for learning and
teaching
• Provide experiences that
prepare future teachers for
education in the digital age and
for work in the knowledge
economy

19. Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
(Levy, 2011)
20th century education:
From one (teacher)
To many (learners)
21th century education:
From many (info resources)
To one (learner)
SUMMARY
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY

20. Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
Current and future teachers should:
• Participate in cMOOCs as learners
• Gain experience in facilitating learning in
cMOOCs
• Be involved in the MOOC conversation
• Take part in the process of instructional
design of MOOCs (c and x alike)
This implies also for current and future teacher
educators!
SUMMARY
MOTIVATION
LEARNING
CONNECTIVISM
THE 1st MOOC
MOOC CONVERSATION
MOOC INFOGRAPHIC
cMOOC EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY