ed@edc » moocs https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman Ed's Education and digital culture blog Sun, 05 Apr 2015 22:11:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 On the two types of MOOCs https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/2015/03/01/on-the-two-types-of-moocs/ https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/2015/03/01/on-the-two-types-of-moocs/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2015 14:02:19 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/?p=306 Although set apart by a few years, these two videos to me seem typical of how the main proponents of xMOOCs and cMOOCs frame their accounts of the history of Massive Open Online Courses.

It is quite telling how the two types do not seem to acknowledge each other. On one hand, Dave Cormier in his account of MOOCs does not mention that the popularity of MOOCs is often attributed to platforms like Coursera, EdX and Udacity, and not the cMOOC variety. On the other hand, Daphne Koller does not acknowledge the pedagogical innovations, both early and continuing, conducted by cMOOCs. While xMOOCs have gained a mass audience, cMOOCs are often attended by educators.

Why is it that these networks have never crossed or combined? I wonder if it would be possible to combine the reach of cMOOCs with the innovation of xMOOCs. If anyone knows of a video with both cMOOCs and xMOOCs proponents has been posted online, please let me know!

]]> https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/2015/03/01/on-the-two-types-of-moocs/feed/ 0 Sketchnotes: Massiveness + Openness = New Literacies of Participation? https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/2015/02/06/notes-on-stewart-2013/ https://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/2015/02/06/notes-on-stewart-2013/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2015 11:01:52 +0000 http://edc15.education.ed.ac.uk/eguzman/?p=248 Here are my sketchnotes on Stewart (2013). I am uploading partial shots to capture the development process. I also think hat taking notes this way forces me to slow down, allowing me to absorb and understand the text better.

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