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Learning 2.0 Presentation - Ho/Why to create a k-12 MOOC http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/creating-a-minimooc-for-k-12TRANSCRIPT
Blackboard Collaborate Overview:
Poll Question #1
Have you ever participated in an
online course?
Please click on the yes or no button under the moderator
window.
Poll Question #2
Have you ever participated in a MOOC (Massive Open Online
Course)?
Poll Question #3
What is your role in education?
A. K-8 teacherB. Secondary or post-secondary teacherC. AdministratorD. Distance learning instructorE. Other - type in the chat
Session Question:What is a MOOC, how is it created and how is it relevant to K12 education?
Retrieved from: http://gbl55.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/cck11-man-this-mooc-is-something-else/
Rather than thinking of public education as a burden that schools must shoulder
on their own, what would it mean to think of public education as a
responsibility of a more distributed network of people and institutions...
....what would it mean to enlist help in this endeavour from an engaged and diverse set of publics that are
broader than what we traditionally think of as educational and civic institutions? In addition to publics
that are dominated by adult interests, these publics should include those that are relevant and accessible
to kids now, where they can find role models, recognition, friends, and collaborators who are co
participants in the journey of growing up in a digital age.
Mimi Ito, 2010
Why and How to make a K-12 Why and How to make a K-12 MOOCMOOC
Massive Open Online Course
What Ignited the idea...
Professionally:• I am the CEO- Chief Education Officer for
www.GlobalEd.ca• Completed pilot "Online ESL Blended Program"
using moodle• Looking for the most cutting edge Blended Learning
options for 2013
What ignited the idea even more...
Personally:
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From: http://victoriadee.blogspot.ca/2010/01/monday-meditation-voice-by-shel.html
Question #1Did you listen to your inner voice or did you ignore it?
Has your inner voice ever told you to do something? You knew it wasn't "wrong" but you knew you might be alone with your idea? You knew that you be facing a challenge and the Road Less Travelled....
My inner voice kept saying...
I need to find a way bridge technology and learning outside the classroom walls.
MOOC's seem like"cutting edge" online learning
The website said register here: So.....I joined a MOOC.
#change11 MOOC - Massive Open Online Course
Alec Couros led week 29 - Understanding Digital Citizenship
As I listened and participated in Alec's As I listened and participated in Alec's session - I wondered how come I had session - I wondered how come I had never experienced this kind of "online" never experienced this kind of "online"
learning before? How could I apply it to k-learning before? How could I apply it to k-12 audience? Is there a k-12 MOOC? 12 audience? Is there a k-12 MOOC?
What does it look like? Would others want What does it look like? Would others want to help me create a MOOC for k-12?to help me create a MOOC for k-12?
My Perceptions of a MOOC...
Major Differences in MOOC and regular Online CoursesMajor Differences in MOOC and regular Online Courses
• Everyone was there to learn together (no hierarchy)• Weekly Synchronous Meeting Times• Teachers gave contact information• Teachers encouraged you to connect with them• "Nodes" (Digital Learning areas) to interact and connect
with others • Flipped Learning • Content given in Digital Format• Choice of Activities• Activities presented in open forum for feedback• No formal assessment• All activities presented using social media
What I felt was missing in a MOOC based on MY expectations
• As the course progressed, I learned that not every lead facilitator was like Alec Couros - he is unique
• I started the course late and full of enthusiasm...and felt alone
• I was expected to figure out how to connect, network, create a blog, link my RSS feed and use twitter before I could complete activities.....all by myself!
• I felt excluded from the "community" and did not know how to connect with like minded people....for support
What I did not get out of the course and I What I did not get out of the course and I wanted....wanted....
• I wanted to create a course like #change11, that could teach others how to use social media and discover their digital footprints - giving everyone time, scaffolded support and that created an encouraging digital learning environment for all.
• I wanted to take the Higher Education MOOC and put a K-12 stamp on it.
Question #4
When you create a new project for a course, do you learn as
much (or more) than your students?
Why #DigiFoot12? - Why #DigiFoot12? - Everyone learnsEveryone learns
As a parent, I wanted to look for topics that I would want my child's teacher to cover in some way during the school year. I chose general topics hoping that my children's teachers would hear about the course and be able to start somewhere.
Why #DigiFoot12I want to be a learner too!I want to be a learner too!
As an educator... I knew that I wanted open content resources so that anyone anywhere would have access- anytime. I wanted something to be collaborative where people could find and link to "what they have learned"
Topics "everyone" "everyone" could learn from...
The topics were:Week 1 - What is/Building a PLNWeek 2 - Twitter (Social Networking)Week 3 - Digital CitizenshipWeek 4 - Researching OnlineWeek 5 - Students as EducatorsWeek 6 - CyberbullyingWeek 7 - Badge Presentation
Focus:Focus:
http://thecleversheep.blogspot.ca/2012/06/seven-degrees-of-connectedness_06.html
7 Degrees of Connectedness
1. Lurker2. Novice3. Insider
4. Colleague5. Collaborator
6. Friend7. Confidant
#DigiFoot12 MOOC#DigiFoot12 MOOC
It's not in what the course looks like...it's what you DO with it!
Web Tour of #DigiFoot12
http://digifoot12.wikispaces.com/
WikispacesWikispaces
Student 2.0Student 2.0
MightyBellMightyBell
EdmodoEdmodo
Traditional Online Learning has made Traditional Online Learning has made attempts.....attempts.....
to Connect and Network
Why MOOCs offer a different way to learn...
http://venspired.com/?p=2804
Retrieved from: http://tarateach.blogspot.ca/2011/01/blooms-taxonomy.html
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html
http://engineerofknowledge.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/the-holy-oak-tree-religion/
http://kmbeing.com/2012/03/21/the-new-tree-of-knowledge/
Why MOOC-like courses...Why MOOC-like courses...
...have a future in K-12...have a future in K-12
Renaissance Man
http://thingsithinkithunk.com/2010/06/09/renaissance-man/
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http://forwardslashdublin.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/renaissance-man-brainstorm-ep/
http://www.agilebusinesslogic.com/blog/?p=1719
Learning is a network...Part of a system...
...“an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something.”
... “more than a sum of its parts. It may exhibit adaptive, dynamic, goal-seeking, self-preserving, and evolutionary behavior.”
Meadows - Based on Business Innovation
Verena's Learning....#1Verena's Learning....#1
• I wanted to work on making all #digifoot participants feel "included"
When I spoke to Alec Couros he reminded me to always make a daily email that includes examples of student work - we all like to be
the examples
Verena's Learning #2Verena's Learning #2
• How to connect all participants new to "open learning"? Participants were beginners to advanced - I needed to scaffold options for new learners while challenging my
advanced learners. MOOCs naturally offer personalized learning options
Participant mentors were asked to volunteer to MODEL, to write comments anytime they saw something
unanswered, to help me moderate Blackboard sessions, Twitter, Netvibes, Google.docs and various other tools. I
encouraged others to lead in order to help make the course sustainable for me.
Verena's Learning #3Verena's Learning #3
Student questions and teacher feedback seemed "amplified" in an open online forum
I learned to accept that failure was possible, learn from my mistakes and do my best.
Being authentic got me through
How MOOC's "could be used in k-12How MOOC's "could be used in k-12
An online Module or Course (Students, Teachers, Admin, Districts, Gov't)
• Using an open or closed wiki, you could use the MOOC model to create an online course or module of your own based on this PPT presentation
• MOOC's can be offered on any topic and can be a "course" or way to connect and learn.
• Pick one topic - then pick various subtopics for your "experts" to focus on.
• You don't have to ask others to be "experts" you could be the lead facilitator the whole way through....However, asking others to "lead" a week based on their "strength" is a great way to connect and network.
• You can choose to keep the course within a school, district or consider opening your "course" to others.
As a professional development optionAs a professional development option
How to design a MOOCHow to design a MOOC
1. Who is your audience or what are your creating the
MOOC for?
• Set up a pages about:
o Course Information (Course objectives,how to register, how it is run...)
o FAQ or Help and Supporto Privacy Issueso Resourceso How to "Track" RSS Feeds, Blogs and
Twitter Tweets
2. Create a wikispaces homepage
•Start looking for "experts" in the topics you would like to cover
• Have a template for them to follow
3. Weekly synchronous Guest Facilitators3. Weekly synchronous Guest Facilitators
• Start setting up a schedule ensuring F2F recorded sessions
• Ask facilitators to create weekly activities
4. Schedule4. Schedule
• Be the facilitator for the first session in order to create a template and to start the first page
5. Design Opening Week
• Set up a Google RSS Feed page, Netvibes page and Twitter tracking page with hashtag
6. Start Connecting/Planning the Social Media6. Start Connecting/Planning the Social Media
#DigiFoot12 Tracking#DigiFoot12 Tracking
Netvibes - Mentor David Truss
#DigiFoot12 TrackingTwitter
Hashtracking - Beta
• Start Google Docs for the collection of Twitter names and blog links
• Sit back and wait for the class the start.
7. Start Building Networks7. Start Building Networks
AssessmentAssessment
Created by: Jeremy Macdonald @MrMacnology
I chose a "Badge" System of Assessment
Will Richardson - Assessment GraphWill Richardson - Assessment Graph
http://willrichardson.com/post/28626310240/the-immeasurable-part-2
What will you end with?What will you end with?
Collection of Resources
• You will have a collection of resources based on a collaborative effort
• You will have developed leadership skills among your peers and ensured that everyone is identified by their strengths
• You will have created the foundations for autonomous learning for all participants which will offer them the opportunities outside of the school and/or district
You will have taken away the idea that Professional Development is GIVEN, and instead proven that
Professional Development is CREATED
Steve Hargadon www.MOOC.me
Resources:Resources:
Please check out the Resources Page at #DigiFoot12
http://digifoot12.wikispaces.com/Resources
What if you want to examine and study different free online course?
LiveBinder FULL of On Demand Professional Development by Peggy George
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=429095
