Massive Open Online Courses Flashcards
tools, concepts, innovations, and advancements utilized in diverse educational settings to serve varied education-related purposes.
emerging technologies
A technology is still emerging if it is not yet a ________
“must-have.”
5 characteristics of emerging technologies
- Emerging technologies may or may not be new technologies.
- Emerging technologies are evolving organisms that exist in a state of “coming into being.”
- Emerging technologies go through hype cycles.
- Emerging technologies satisfy two “not yet” criteria: not yet fully understood and not yet fully researched
- Emerging technologies are potentially disruptive but their potential is mostly unfulfilled.
Employing emerging technologies to further educational goals may necessitate the development of ___________to teaching, learning, assessment, and organization.
different theories, pedagogies, and approaches
4 key characteristics of MOOCs
- Massive
- Open
- Online
- Courses
There is technically no limit to MOOCs’ final size, because the cost of adding each extra participant is ____ for the institutions offering MOOCs.
nil
At least for the initial MOOCs, access was free for participants, although an increasing number of MOOCs are charging a fee for assessment leading to a________ or other fees
badge or certificate
There are no pre-requisites for participants other than access to a _______.
computer/mobile device and the Internet
MOOCs are offered at least initially wholly online, but increasingly institutions are negotiating with the rights holders to use MOOC materials in a _________ for use on campus.
blended format
In other words, the institution provides________for the MOOC materials through the use of campus-based instructors.
learner support
One characteristic that distinguishes MOOCs from most other open educational resources is that they are organized into a ________.
whole course
Although many MOOCs offer certificates or badges for successful completion of a course, to date these have not in most cases been __________ to universities or for advanced standing or credit, even (or especially) by the institutions offering the MOOCs
accepted for admission
xMOOCs Are MOOCs based primarily on a strongly _________, information transmission model
behaviourist
3 examples of Platforms where xMOOCs reside
Coursera, edX and FutureLearn
the most common MOOC
xMOOCs
Length of video lectures in xMOOCs
50 minutes
Most xMOOC assignments are based on ________, computer-marked questions
multiple-choice
moderation of individual comments by the instructor(s) offering the xMOOC is __________.
rarely possible
the xMOOC platforms have the capacity to collect and analyse ______ about participants and their performance
‘big data’
Platform used by cMOOCs
webcasts, participant blogs, tweets, software
four key design principles for cMOOCs (Downes, 2014)
- autonomy of the learner: although whoever organises the MOOC will usually choose a main topic and invite participants, there is no formal curriculum; participants decide what to discuss, what to read, and what they wish to contribute towards the topic;
- diversity: in the tools used, the range of participants, their knowledge levels, and the varied content;
- interactivity: in terms of co-operative learning, communication between participants, resulting in ’emergent’ knowledge
- openness: in terms of access, content, activities and assessment.
4 key design practices in cMOOCs
- use of social media: Partly because most cMOOCs are not institutionally based or supported, they do not at present use a shared platform or platforms but are more loosely supported by a range of openly accessible ‘connected’ tools and media.
- participant-driven content: In principle, other than a common topic that may be decided by someone wanting to organise a cMOOC, content is decided upon and contributed by the participants themselves.
- distributed communication: This is probably the most difficult design practice to understand for those not familiar with cMOOCs – and even for those who have participated.
- assessment: There is no formal assessment, although participants may seek feedback from other, more knowledgeable participants, on an informal basis.
MOOCs are a tool for_______, which has high value in its own right.
continuing and informal education
MOOCs work best when people are already reasonably ______.
well educated
