1. It’s Alive!
Steve Carson – scarson@mit.edu
8 May 2013

2. A simple theory: We don’t need another platform.

3. Content
Assessment
Interactivity

4. Content
Assessment
Interactivity

5. Content
Assessment
Interactivity

6. Content
Assessment
Interactivity

7. Content
Assessment
Interactivity

8. Content
Assessment
Interactivity
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9. Content
Assessment
Interactivity
The MOOC Maker

10. Content
Assessment
Interactivity
The MOOC Maker

11. Content
Assessment
Interactivity
The MOOC Maker
MOOC-E

12. HTTLCS open text book
Codecademy exercises
MIT OCW videos and assignments
OpenStudy for questions

13. Structured via e-mail list
Eight week course (w 1 break week)
No SME support—logistics only
Communication archived on WordPress
Three overlapping “sequences”

14. No teacher
No platform
No(t much) money

15. Provides a flexible
framework for
connecting projects
Leverages existing resources
& investments
Provides learners with
persistent access to resources
+’s

16. Lives at mercy of project
production schedules
Student data is scattered
Certification wasn’t an option
(at least not yet)
-’s

17. Seq 2: ~2,600 learners
Seq 1: ~ 5,700 learners
Seq 3: ~1,000 learners

18. E-Mails opened

19. Sequence 1 Survey
N = 83
Assuming a 5% response rate,
1660 “engaged learners” in
week eight.
25% were finished, so
around 415 complete, or
~7% of total enrollment.
But do we care…?

20. Sequence 1 Survey

21. Sequence 1 Survey

22. Sequence 1 Survey

23. Thoughts
Platforms are not necessary.
Learners do just fine moving across
resources.
Maybe communities ought to be
bigger than courses.

24. Thoughts
Openness remains important.
Learners now define success.
Maybe the problem with MOOCs will
be they are too cheap to produce, not
too expensive.

25. Finally
New sequence starts in June!
Thanks
http://mechanicalmooc.org
http://mechanicalmooc.wordpress.com