ccmooc: cultivating change with moocs

CCMOOC

CULTIVATING CHANGE WITH MOOCS

ABRAM ANDERS, ANN HILL DUIN, JOE MOSES, JODI SANDFORT

THE CCMOOC PROJECT

We explored MOOCs as co-learners and co-researchers in a “local chapter” or “study group” for the fall 2012 “Current/Future State of Higher Education” MOOC. Through the “Cultivating Change Community” blogging site, we engaged an extended community of participants with a diversity of academic backgrounds, institutional roles, technological skills, and engagement levels (see http://z.umn.edu/ccmooc/)

CCMOOC STATISTICS10/08/12 – 11/16/12

SUMMARY SITE STATS

3,003 Views All-Time

400+ Unique Visitors

• from 37 US States

• and 32 Nations

PARTICIPATION STATS

102 total registered participants

• 33 participants completed profiles

• 15 participants contributed posts

• 40+ Posts

• 25+ Comments

PARTICIPATION RATIOS

PARTICIPANT PERSPECTIVES

Interests and Opportunities

• Faculty Development

• Interdisciplinary Research

• Institutional Innovation

• Open Collaboration

CCMOOC ARTICLE PROJECT

Challenges of MOOC participation

• “low social presence” contexts of MOOC learning

• The learning curve of virtual collaboration tools

• becoming overwhelmed by information flows and distracted by outside demands (see Kop 2011)

CCMOOC ARTICLE PROJECT

We identify two critical perspectives essential to theorizing and leading MOOC inspired collaborative projects:

• Networks of Practice (NOPs)

• Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)

NETWORKS OF PRACTICE

MOOCs constitute communities built on the power of “weak ties” and are best described as “networks of practice” or “networks of interest” (Cox 2008).

NETWORKS OF PRACTICE

Like communities of practice, networks of practice can be organized to overcome common problems and support common infrastructures for success.

PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS

• Social and Technical Networks

• Self-motivation and Self-directed Learning

• Learning through “Making Connections”

• Lifelong Learning and Professional Development

MOVING FORWARD

• CCMOOC Article Project(s)

• Future MOOCs?

• Other Applications

REFERENCES

CCMOOC Site:

http://z.umn.edu/ccmooc/

References:

https://www.evernote.com/pub/adanders/ccmooc

Bibliography:

http://www.mendeley.com/groups/2495571/ccmooc/papers/