Creating communities in MOOCs “Safe bubbles in a sea of openness” Alastair Creelman

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Safe bubbles in a sea of openness
Alastair Creelman
@alacre
Linnaeus University, Sweden

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Is open always best?

3. Too much open?
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4. Open = confusing, lack of control
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5. Safe bubbles in a sea of
openness
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6. Online communities
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Empathy Security Peer support Privacy

7. MOOC ecosystems
Special interest groupsEnglish language
support
Translation
Local study
groups
For-credit spin-offs
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Study skills
Webinars

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MOOC scaffolding

9. Opening up MOOCs
• Open course platforms to
enable regional adaptations
• Tools to allow smaller
languages to exploit MOOC
movement
• Commonwealth of learning
MOOC4D
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10. Questions/ideas/examples?
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11. Group discussion
How can closed/restricted learning spaces
complement openness?
How can MOOC providers facilitate 3rd party
support services?
Examples?