UAS Livetext and the MOOC The MOOC CMOOC

UAS, Livetext and the MOOC

The MOOC CMOOC XMOOC

Why MOOC?

The Question

Our Inspiration http: //tinyurl. com/m 4 dmrcc. THE MOOC MODEL FOR DIGITAL PRACTICE: Created through funding received by the University of Prince Edward Island through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's "Knowledge Synthesis Grants on the Digital Economy".

Our Model Google Groups Social Bookmarking Live. Text Twitter Student Blog Web Page Other Wikispaces

Instruction http: //www. diffimooc. com

Weekly Blogging Self-selected blogging tool (Blogger, Wordpress, Weebly) Listed on Blogroll (Google Spreadsheet) Comment on the blogs of others Document interaction with others on blog Respond to “Essential Question” on blog Submit blog address to Livetext weekly

Weekly Participation

Criticality of Creation Self-selected groups Aligned with standards According to standards - students self-select projects Individual counseling for students who are struggling

Three Assignments

Surveys Survey. Monkey Week Two - level of understanding/affect Week Eight - level of understanding/affect End of Program - knowledge gained, changes in practice

Focus Groups After the class is complete After the initial write-up of the findings Ongoing - students act as critical friends and validity groups

Strangely. . . We saw Livetext as the center of the experience We believed students would see the web site as the center of the experience Students saw their own blogs as the center of the experience

Primary Findings Great majority of students moved through stages of disequilibrium to embrace connectivism Great majority of students intend to continue to engage with their PLN (Professional Learning Networks) Small contingent of students remained resistant and are still offended at being asked to learn in this way

Now What? This summer #oltak - Online Teaching and Learning Fall 2013 #seaccr - Action Research for Common Core Spring 2014 #diffimooc - Revised and Reloaded!

Contact Lee: email: drlee. graham 1@gmail. com Twitter: ak_leeg Virgil: virgilfredenberg@gmail. com Twitter: Web: UAS. alaska. edu/education Slides: http: //www. slideshare. net/drlee 66/livetext