Connectivist Massive Online Open

Course (cMOOC) Through the Lens of Teacher

Education

Dalit Levy and Sarah Schrire Kibbutzim College of Education,

Technology & ArtsTel Aviv, Israel

The 6th International Conference on Teacher Education: Changing Reality Through EducationMOFET Institute, Tel Aviv, July 4, 2013

WHAT SHOULD TEACHER EDUCATORS DO ?

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARYLevy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

• Examine models for learning and teaching

• Provide experiences that prepare future teachers for education in the digital age and for work in the knowledge economy

WHAT IS LEARNING?

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

CommognitionThinking as communicating

Learning as communicating

To learn is to take part in a conversation

Learning outcomes are products of

collective doing

“…thinking is an individualized form of interpersonal communication… whatever one creates is a product of collective doing. Even when sitting alone at her desk and deeply immersed in thoughts, a person is engaged in a conversation with others.” (Sfard, 2008)Sfard, A. (2008). Thinking as communicating: Human development, the growth of discourses, and mathematizing. (pp. xiii - xix) Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

AI (After the Internet): CONNECTIVISM

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

• knowledge is distributed across a network of connections

• learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks (commognition?)

Connectivism is the combined effect of three components: chaos theory, networks, and the interplay of complexity and self-organization. George Siemens, Stephen Downes, Dave Cormier

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

THE FIRST MOOC

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

•Connectivism and Connective Knowledge (CCK08) •Offered by the University of Manitoba, Canada• Facilitated by Siemens and Downes• The term MOOC was coined by Dave Cormier•Regarded MOOC as a practical implementation of the theory of Connectivism

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

THE FIRST MOOCs WERE cMOOCs

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

2009, 2010, 2011 - •MOOCFrom August 2011 -•Connectivist Massive Open Online Course• cMOOC vs. xMOOC•Rizhomatic vs. Stanford/MITx version•Canadian vs. Silicon Valley Narrative

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

THE MOOC CONVERSATION

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

The Connectivist Model

“…highly social. The learning comes from content presented by a lecturer, and then dialog via social media, where the

contributions of the participants are shared.”

• CCK08, CCK09, CCK11• PLENK2010• MobiMOOC (2011)• LAK11• DS106• CHANGE (began 2011, ended

2012) …

The “Stanford” Model

“The goal is to ensure a high quality learning experience to

anyone with sufficient technical ability and access to the

Internet... the experience is, effectively, solo.”

• Udacity• Udemy• MITx• EdX• Coursera• Khan Academy

(Clark Quinn, February 29, 2012)

THE MOOC CONVERSATION

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

The Connectivist Model

“…highly social. The learning comes from content presented by a lecturer, and then dialog via social media, where the

contributions of the participants are shared.”

• CCK08, CCK09, CCK11• PLENK2010• MobiMOOC (2011)• LAK11• DS106• CHANGE (began 2011, ended

2012) …

The “Stanford” Model

“The goal is to ensure a high quality learning experience to

anyone with sufficient technical ability and access to the

Internet... the experience is, effectively, solo.”

• Udacity• Udemy• MITx• EdX• Coursera• Khan Academy

(MIFRAS blog, May 16, 2013)

THE MOOC CONVERSATION

W

atch

Vid

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Clips

Mak

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eo

Clips

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

THE MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC

INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

THE MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

Learning Experience I, 10.10.10

10.10.10

PLENK2010 - Massive Open Online Course

Many resources, many participants, many communication types

“all-at-once-ness”

THE cMOOC EXPERIENCE

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

Learning Experience II, 05.16.12

During the last synchronous session of “the mother of all MOOCs” (11:50-11:54)

THE cMOOC EXPERIENCE

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

Learning Experience II, 05.16.12

THE cMOOC EXPERIENCE

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

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Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

4 types of cMOOC activities:• Aggregate – read, watch and play with

various resources• Remix – keep track of it all, using

various (web) technologies of one’s choice

• Repurpose – constructing personal accounts, composing own thoughts, creating new understandings of the course subject

• Feed Forward – share the learning with others, when and where each person chooses to do so

THE cMOOC EXPERIENCE

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

Learning Experience III

Imagine yourself participating in a synchronous MOOC session while the facilitators and

the other participants are speaking a different language than you do

Read

Write

Listen

ITS

COMPLICATED…

THE cMOOC EXPERIENCE

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

SO… WHY?

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

The importance of experiencing learning in cMOOCs in Teacher Education Programs:• It’s available for free

• It’s “IN”

• It’s how (some of our) students are/will be learning in the future

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

• Examine models for learning and teaching

• Provide experiences that prepare future teachers for education in the digital age and for work in the knowledge economy

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

(Levy, 2011)

20th century education:

From one (teacher)To many (learners)

21th century education:

From many (info resources)

To one (learner)

SUMMARY

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY

Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

Current and future teachers should: • Participate in cMOOCs as learners• Gain experience in facilitating

learning in cMOOCs • Be involved in the MOOC

conversation• Take part in the process of

instructional design of MOOCs (c and x alike)

This implies also for current and future teacher educators!

SUMMARY

MOTIVATION

LEARNING

CONNECTIVISM

THE 1st MOOC

MOOC

CONVERSATION

MOOC INFOGRAPHIC

cMOOC

EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY