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It’s common these days to hear that free online mega-courses, called MOOCs, failed to deliver on their promise of educating the masses. But one outcom 
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"As digital learning environments, MOOCs are ideal for incorporating game elements. In fact, many MOOCs already have some kind of gamification, such as digital badges, which are becoming preferred alternative credentials in both the education and training spheres. Gamification in MOOCs can take a variety of forms, from merely introducing a progress bar into courses (these now come standard in many learning management systems) to full-scale gamified training programs, with competitions, levels, content unlocking, rewards, and more…" Via SusanBat
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I report on the demographics and experiences of two cohorts of students who completed an 8 week course. The cohorts include: 29,000 students who took the course via MOOC, and 100 students who took the course on campus at Georgia Tech. Of those students, the data is based on 879 respondents who completed the course online and 57 who completed the course on campus. Both groups were provided the same curricula and were assessed according to the same criteria... http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc Via Lucas Gruez, Fiona Harvey, SusanBat
Fiona Harvey's curator insight,
November 24, 2013 2:09 PM
Fascinating. Great to get so much 'proper' research. It will come by in waves now.
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Coursera uses data on clicks and response to emails to see how engagement with course content changes, co-founder Andrew Ng said at an IBM event today. http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc Via Lucas Gruez, SusanBat
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"The aim of this scoreboard is to highlight the huge potential that European institutions have in the world of MOOCs and to help visualize this potential by compiling the existing European-provided MOOCs and open courses available on different open websites" Via SusanBat
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An impressive array of MOOCs on the subject of online learning and education more broadly are either underway or about to start...
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Check out how they interact with their students and wider audiences. You might get some ideas. Via SusanBat
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Another take on the profitabilty of MOOCs - this time looking at who is likely to 'lose in the face of the growing availability of MOOCs'.
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As top-ranked universities join the MOOC revolution, backed by big-name investors, Mike Boxall asks what we can learn from the first dot.com history and who the eventual winners will be... Via Mark Smithers, Vasi Doncheva
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... Passively watching a video doesn’t achieve the same level of rich learning, because it does not require the student to do anything but sit, watch, and hopefully absorb information. The great news is, designing active learning experiences for your MOOC is fun and won’t cost you a thing! ... http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc Via Lucas Gruez, SusanBat
Jarrod Johnson's curator insight,
April 14, 2015 6:39 PM
These insights are pretty obvious when you read them and a lot of MOOCs I have completed have used at least one of these methods. 
elearning at eCampus ULg's curator insight,
April 21, 2015 3:15 AM
Some interesting ideas to serve variety in learning
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"Whilst the initial success of MOOCs has been substantial, there has been a growing desire to see the format of learning offered updated to reflect the way people study in a modern world…" Via SusanBat
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Ebba Ossiannilsson's curator insight,
December 1, 2013 1:08 PM
George Siemens introduces a new MOOC Framework
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"... an analysis of Twitter usage surrounding a German-language MOOC that could indicate future trends in technology-enhanced learning. Our research focuses on the Twitter stream accompanying the course and ask how Twitter is used and for what purposes by the heavy twitter users, by the educators / organisers / guestspeakers in the course and if tweets from “outside” get into to the stream.."
Reference: van Treeck, T., Ebner, M. (2013) How Useful Is Twitter for Learning in Massive Communities? An Analysis of Two MOOCs. In: Twitter & Society, Weller, K., Bruns, A., Burgess, J., Mahrt, M., Puschmann, C. (eds.), Peter Lang, p. 411-424 Via SusanBat
Terry Elliott's curator insight,
November 12, 2013 10:30 AM
Figuring out how the pieces that you cobble together to create a MOOC actually work. Read this and make your own decisions about whether Twitter should be part of your MOOC sandwich.
Fiona Harvey's curator insight,
April 8, 2014 5:17 AM
Use of TWitter within MOOCS - expect more of this to come. Rather detailed and reviews two German Language MOOCs. Some ideas on how Twitter can be applied to on campus classes
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"MOOCs as a keystone concept in helping higher edudcation transition to digital networked learning" Via SusanBat
SusanBat 's curator insight,
October 27, 2013 9:29 PM
A slideshare presentation by George Siemans with references to the 'MOOC Canvas model' (Alario-Hoyos et al) and 'Design and Evaluation Framework' (Grover et al) 
MIT ODL SEI's curator insight,
November 16, 2013 8:14 AM
A good summary of key words/topics relevant to MOOC development and delivery from a number fields.
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Coursera's co-founder, Andrew Ng, argues that most college-level classes don't need to run 12 weeks. In many cases, shorter is better. (@Coursera’s average student is about 30 years-old, which means a lot of them have full-time jobs. Via SusanBat
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The dramatic increase in online education, particularly Massive Open Online Courses MOOCs, presents researchers, academics, administrators, learners, and policy makers with a range of questions as to the effectiveness of this format of teaching and learning. To date, the impact of MOOCs has been largely disseminated through press releases and university reports. The peer-reviewed research on MOOCs has been minimal. The proliferation of MOOCs in higher education requires a concerted and urgent research agenda. The MOOC Research Initiative MRI will begin to address this research gap by evaluating MOOCsand how they impact teaching, learning, and education in general.
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A new research hub which is beign set up to evaluate MOOCs and how they impact teaching, learning, and education in general.
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As the MOOC buzz continues to reverberate across higher education, the question of which subjects and populations these massive open online courses are best-suited to remains a mystery. The data released so far by the companies that run MOOC platforms have offered little insight beyond what countries students are logging in from and some information on who took a particular computer science course.
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/09/12/edx-explores-demographics-most-persistent-mooc-students#ixzz26JPks6tn Via Mark Smithers
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