These notes and slides are for a webinar I’m doing with the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction on “Open Professional Learning.” In this session, I’m talking about open resources for learning about copyright and OER and for
My personal MOOC learning
Over the last year, I’ve learned a lot about MOOCs, both as a participant and as a facilitator, in all cases as a learner. Much like my learning curve with Twitter, I dove deep and went from “meh” to “wow.”
What does “deeper learning” mean to you?
I’m working on another MOOC, this one focused on deeper learning, and it is prompting me to think a lot about what deeper learning means to me. (As background, the Deeper Learning MOOC or DLMOOC is a free, flexible, nine-week
MOOCs: the platform question
In doing some thinking about planning and setting up connectivist MOOCs, the first question that often comes up is “What platform should we use?” To answer that question, like many other design questions, one should first think about the goals
Reclaiming the MOOC name
I have heard a lot of poo-pooing of MOOCs. A lot of “we-are-not-going-to-get-on-this-bandwagon” talk. A lot of “we don’t want no stinking MOOCs.” I can only assume that what people are reacting to is the new breed of xMOOCs from