A MOOC with a Difference: Creating Community for Learning in MOOCs
A MOOC with a Difference: Creating Community for Learning in MOOCs
Author(s): Martha Cleveland-Innes, Daniel Wilton, Nathaniel Ostashewski, Nancy ParkerSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education
Published by: European Distance and E-Learning Network
Keywords: Collaborative learning; Distance and e-learning methodology; Distance and e-learning theory; Learning effectiveness, improvement of learning experience; MOOCs
Summary/Abstract: In keeping with ERW9 theme of Evolving Practices in Technology Enhanced Learning and Teaching this paper presentation will offer participants the opportunity to discuss the MOOC initiative and how MOOCs may, or may not, offer increased access to learning, in higher education and beyond. In addition, the review of MOOC courses provides another opportunity to consider online learning and teaching; what is essential, and how those essential pieces may support a pedagogical sound learning experience in MOOCs. This study examines different methods of facilitation in an instructionally designed MOOC for novice online learners called Learning to Learn Online (see http://www.ltlo.ca) and the role of both design and interaction for different dimensions of presence in a Community of Inquiry (COI) framework.
Journal: European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Conference Proceedings
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 27-33
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English