MOOCS MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES A PRESENTATION BY BAYANDA YENDE - 201302151

WHAT IS A MOOC THEN???

Massive – by design. Accessed worldwide.

Open – free and open to allOnline – easily accessible around the

world and more efficient.Courses – like any single course, a MOOC

covers a single topic

A BRIEF HISTORY OF MOOCS

2004: George Siemens & Stephen Downes develop theory of Connectivism, “the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks

2008: First MOOC presented at University of Manitoba with ~ 2200 learners 2010: Dave Cormier videos about MOOCs added to YouTube 2011: MOOC for college prep skills helps freshmen prepare for college requirements 2012:

Harvard’s first MOOC has 370,000 registered students 2012: Coursera launches from Stanford; offers first xMOOCs New York Times calls 2012 “The Year of the MOOC”

2013: cMOOCs and xMOOCs too numerous to count accurately

TYPES OF MOOCS

Just as any other type of learning, one has the liberty to choose any MOOC of their choice. There are 2 types of MOOCS available online:

1. X-MOOC X-MOOCs have their background in the rise of open course ware They appear to have developed out of the idea of OpenCourseWare and Open Educational

Resources. The "X" in X-MOOC doesn't stand for anything specifically. But X-MOOCs are typically offered by a university in partnership with a for profit organization.

2. C-MOOC  The term C-MOOC refers to a MOOC designed to emphasize connecting learners. C-MOOC stands for Connectivist MOOC. C-MOOCs are built upon the idea and platform originally envisioned by George Siemens. SOURCE: http://oertools.weebly.com/types-of-moocs.html

MY FIELD OF INTEREST

My fields of interest are English (Grammar and Literature) and adolescent career development.

The MOOC that I will choose, though, will be about English literature. Anything from poetry to South African stories.

I am also interested in adolescent English teaching so finding a MOOC that has a focus on adolescent reading interests would be great.

WHY THIS MOOC???

I choose this type of MOOC because as an English major, anything that has to do with the English language and literature fascinates me.

This MOOC has to be time-efficient and not time consuming, so it will not affect my current school work

I believe that taking part in an English literature MOOC will enhance my knowledge of the English language.

REFERENCES

WEBPAGES www.mooc.ca http://distancelearn.about.com/od/isitforyou/tp/Top-Massively-

Open-Online-Courses-Moocs.htm http://oertools.weebly.com/types-of-moocs.html SLIDES Goodnight, L. 2013. MOOCs in the High school classroom: How

they work to connect learners