metaversia: a proposal for a drupal based mooc publisher

OSDOC 2013WORKSHOP OPEN SOURCE AND DESIGN OF COMMUNICATION

TIAGO SANTOSISCTE-IUL

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CARLOS COSTAISCTE-IUL

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MANUELA APARÍCIOISCTE-IUL

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METAVERSIAA PROPOSAL FOR A DRUPAL BASED MOOC PUBLISHER

METAVERSIA

My view is that in the open-access movement, we are seeing the

early emergence of a meta-university —

a constructed framework of open materials and platformson which much of higher

education worldwidecan be constructed or enhanced.

Vest, 2006

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OPENCOURSEWARE (OCW)

Promotes free and open digital publication of high quality university-level educational materials under a Creative Commons license

Vladoiu, 2011

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METAVERSIA \\ LITERATURE REVIEW

MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOC)

A MOOC is a model for delivering learning content online freely and generally with no limit on attendance

Siemens, 2011McAuley & Stewart, 2010


BARRIERS TO MOOC SUSTENTAINABILITY

• Developing revenue models to make the concept self-sustaining;

• Delivering valuable signifiers of completion such as credentials, badges or acceptance;

• Providing an experience and perceived value that enables higher course completion rates.



MOOC state-of-the-art

Open Learning Initiativeoli.web.cmu.edu

Khan Academywww.khanacademy.org

Udemywww.udemy.com

P2PU Peer to Peer Universityp2pu.org

Udacitywww.udacity.com

TED-Eded.ted.com

Courseracoursera.org

EdXwww.edx.org

Class2Goclass.stanford.edu



MOOC initiative website comparison table

COURSE STRUCTURE MEDIA SOCIAL ACTIVITIES SOCIAL NETWORKS TECHNOLOGY

Classic course structure, subdivided in lectures

Khan Academy Fields of study and topics

TED-Ed Series or subjects and lessons

P2PU6 Schools, challenges and tasks

Video lectures/lessons played in built-in video players

P2PUWYSIWYG editor for content building.

Khan Academy, Coursera and EdX video subtitles

Gradebooks

Foruns

Wikis

Quizzes

Udemy & P2PUCollaborative coursecreation

Bookmarklets

YoutubeVimeo

UdemyFacebook appSlideshare

CourseraGoogle FormsGitHubLinkedIn

Class2GoPiazza foruns

N.D.

Class2Go and edXOpen source

METAVERSIA \\ CONCEPTUAL MODEL

GLOBAL NETWORK FOR HIGHER LEARNING

The universities to succeed need to cooperate at three levels to create a Global Network for Higher Learning Taspscott & Williams, 2010

1st Course content exchange

2nd Course content co-innovation

3rd Open access


METAVERSIA

Any user can create metaversities, programmes, courses and lectures


KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Knowledge creation always begins with the individual and translated into valuable, public organizational knowledge

Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995

Socialization Externalization Combination Internalization

User messagesFriendshipsCommentsForumChat

LecturesBlogsPublicationsLibraryNewsTutorials and textbooksWikiTagging

Build programmes and/or courses from lectures from all available metaversitiesRSSRating

The option to all users create and manage metaversities, programmes, courses and lecturesQuizzes and Gradebook


KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Enabling Conditions for Organizational Knowledge CreationDalkir, 2005

Enabling Condition Metaversia’s model

Intention Provide a network for global collaborative teaching and learning.

Autonomy Any user can create a metaversity, programme, course or lecture and enrol freely in each one of these and its related activities

Fluctuation and Creative Chaos

Any user can create a metaversity, programme, course or lecture and enrol freely in each one of these and its related activities

Redundancy Being intrinsically open to everyone with an internet connection, the platform interacts fully with its global environment

Requisite Variety Any user can create a metaversity, programme, course or lecture and enrol freely in each one of these and its related activities.

METAVERSIA \\ PROTOTYPE

DRUPAL

Drupal provides the tools to make custom content management solutions, and can be described both as a CMS and a Content Management Framework (CMF).

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Homepage

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METAVERSIA Metaversity page

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Programme page

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Course page

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Lecture page

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User profile page

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METAVERSIA \\ CONCLUSION

METAVERSIA

Metaversia, takes the concept of meta-university, reproducing the Nonaka & Takeuchi’s model of Knowledge Management and it was prototyped in open source CMS Drupal

METAVERSIA \\ CONCLUSION

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A collaborative network that harness the capital exchange potential, and knowledge-building opportunities that rests on the connections between people

METAVERSIA

OBRIGADO!TIAGO SANTOS

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OSDOC 2013WORKSHOP OPEN SOURCE AND DESIGN OF COMMUNICATION

metaversia: a proposal for a drupal based mooc publisher

Education