Massive Open Online Courses and the New Game of Higher Education

Beyond the Walls of the Academy: Massive Open Online Courses & the New Game of Higher Education Bonnie Stewart, UPEI

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) =Not your average online courses

MOOCs = The Great Disruption?

The New Game of Higher Educationhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ranil_amarasuriya/2770495948/The linear, structured world of knowledge scarcity http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveweaver/3937785267 The complex networked world of knowledge abundance

Cynefin Frameworkhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Cynefin_framework_Feb_2011.jpeg/486px-Cynefin_framework_Feb_2011.jpeg

Three Facets of OpenAccessResources http://www.flickr.com/photos/smichael/4563914649/Knowledge Creation

Narrative InquiryWhat does it mean to be in a MOOC?

Emergent Themes MOOCs embody digital practicesHarness knowledge abundance Are participatory Are networked Are distributedShare the processes ofknowledge work, not just the products http://www.flickr.com/photos/rofi/2647699204 /

Emergent Themes MOOCs reflect the broader culture: when change is continual & expected, people engage in learning opportunities in order to increase personal capital and remainhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/heycoach/1197947341 marketable

Knowledge in MOOCs =Negotiated, Public, Indeterminate “Today, whatever can be easily duplicated cannot serve as the foundation for economic value. Instead of producing entities with known and approved knowledge, the digital economic model harnesses the capacity of its citizens to connect, innovate, andreconﬁgure the known into new knowledge.” p. 43

Fast Forward: 2011-2012 #change11“The Mother of All MOOCS” 36 weeks, 36 facilitators

...Along come the Really Massive MOOCS http://www.flickr.com/photos/godutchbaby/3945653742/

- The X Model -Stanford AI – Sept 2011MITx – Dec 2011Udacity – Jan 2012Coursera – April 2012EdX – May 2012 ...? http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisinplymouth/3552059342

Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood... http://www.flickr.com/photos/paro_for_peace/2715460542/

Connectivist MOOCs & X MOOCS - Commonalities - Open Access Open Resource Online Global interest & registration Post-registration filtering

Connectivist MOOCs & X MOOCS - Differences - Who are the registrants?How do they connect with/learn from each other?How do they connect with/learn from facilitators? What counts as learning? What is the business model? Where is the disruption?

The X Model: Triumph of the Traditional? http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiccked/133164205/ In a global educational economy,network power laws favour wealth & status

- EdX Press Release May 2, 2012

X MOOCs Business Model... = Data? http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/5066287053

Measuring known/knowable will not help us understand complexity, networks, or knowledge abundancehttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Cynefin_framework_Feb_2011.jpeg/486px-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/2551375149/What Will Be Our Move?

Keeping Complexity in the Game: the FHE12 Open Online Course

Be part of the conversation. http://edfuture.net/ THANK YOU! @bonstewart bstewart@upei.caCreated with the support of the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council

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Massive Open Online Courses and the New Game of Higher Education

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