Putting MOOCs in their Place 
An institutional perspective 
Janet Small 
Laura Czerniewicz, Andrew Deacon & Sukaina Walji 
Centre for Innovation in Learning & Teaching (CILT) 
University of Cape Town 
Association for Learning Technology Conference 
3 September 2014, University of Warwick
MOOCs, variants and hybrids
Formal course with lectures and 
support. 
Massive Open Online Course 
Course offered simultaneously as a formal 
and as a open course. 
Small private open course nested inside a 
MOOC 
Massive Online Course: formal course 
inspired by MOOC pedagogy 
Students in a course taking a MOOC with 
added local support and additional material
Context: the region 
http://edutechnica.com/moocmap 
October 2013 
http://edutechnica.com/moocmap
Showcase teaching 
and introduce topics with 
high-profile ‘rockstar’ 
presenters 
Introduce fields and 
support students in 
undergraduate 
study 
Develop skills and 
introduce topics for 
postgraduate 
study 
Showcase research 
and special interest 
topics of interest to 
postgraduate level 
Showcase professional 
careers for continuing 
education, professional 
development and 
qualifications
Authors 
Laura Czerniewicz, Andrew Deacon, Janet Small 
and Sukaina Walji 
This presentation is based on the work of the UCT CILT 
MOOCs Implementation team
http://joglep.com/index.php/archives/voulme-2- 
issue/ 
To download our paper ‘Developing World 
MOOCs: a curriculum view of the landscape’ 
 Website: www.cilt.uct.ac.za 
 Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/cilt_uct 
 Follow developments @UCTMOOCs 
email: janet.small@uct.ac.za Twitter: @janetsmall

Putting MOOCs in their place: Altc2014 presentation final 3 sept

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    Putting MOOCs intheir Place An institutional perspective Janet Small Laura Czerniewicz, Andrew Deacon & Sukaina Walji Centre for Innovation in Learning & Teaching (CILT) University of Cape Town Association for Learning Technology Conference 3 September 2014, University of Warwick
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    Formal course withlectures and support. Massive Open Online Course Course offered simultaneously as a formal and as a open course. Small private open course nested inside a MOOC Massive Online Course: formal course inspired by MOOC pedagogy Students in a course taking a MOOC with added local support and additional material
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    Context: the region http://edutechnica.com/moocmap October 2013 http://edutechnica.com/moocmap
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    Showcase teaching andintroduce topics with high-profile ‘rockstar’ presenters Introduce fields and support students in undergraduate study Develop skills and introduce topics for postgraduate study Showcase research and special interest topics of interest to postgraduate level Showcase professional careers for continuing education, professional development and qualifications
  • 9.
    Authors Laura Czerniewicz,Andrew Deacon, Janet Small and Sukaina Walji This presentation is based on the work of the UCT CILT MOOCs Implementation team
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    http://joglep.com/index.php/archives/voulme-2- issue/ Todownload our paper ‘Developing World MOOCs: a curriculum view of the landscape’  Website: www.cilt.uct.ac.za  Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/cilt_uct  Follow developments @UCTMOOCs email: janet.small@uct.ac.za Twitter: @janetsmall