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ORLANDO, FLORIDA(Marketwired - Sept. 29, 2014) - EDUCAUSE 2014 - D2L-the EdTech company that created Brightspace, the world's first truly integrated learning platform (ILP)-and Portland Community College (PCC) today announced a new MOOC called 'Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators' to address growing web accessibility issues associated with online learning. The free MOOC, sponsored by Portland Community College and D2L, provides an activity-based professional development opportunity to help eLearning professionals meet the challenges of addressing accessibility in online learning. Registration opens today, with course facilitation beginning on October 20.
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September 30, 2014 1:46 PM
Desire2Learn have developed an accessibility mooc - something that everyone could benefit from (all students)
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Katy's excellent resource. Regularly updated.
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KWCH
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What's the future for MOOCs? What are we learning from them. Since 2012 institutions have had access to data - this data has the potential to transform how we teach. By using this data effectively we will be able to better support our on campus students. That is what this article is proposing.
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Research on the role of the teacher in a MOOC - something that has been absent. Evolving moocs mean that the practice of teaching needs to evolve with them. From the folks at Edinburgh University who have a vast background and experience in MOOCs and online education.
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Two radically contrasting emerging models of higher education in the US offer academics a very different deal, says Steven Ward
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Next wave of results of MOOCs - what can of worms have we opened? Not convinced by this over here in UK. Not in my institution anyway. Adapt or die.
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Monetising career development courses could be the next step for the university, says Stanford professor
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Business models at the heart of this. I'm not sure if this is the way to go. Maybe there is time yet to come up with a sustainable business model. See 'The Curve', Nicholas Lovell.
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Brilliant UK MOOCs timeline - from Uni of Edinburgh (Prof Sian Bayne)
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I scooped this one because I am running a workshop with a group from Saudi Arabia. However, I have already been told that MOOCs are not that popular in KSA, and it appears that this conference also played them down. As an aside, the hype came from media and commentators who I think, didn't really understand online learning.
The idea that you can give away content and learning for free isn't going away. I'm glad MOOCs stirred up attention for learning and using the web to get it.
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Pick and mix approach instead of full degree programmes. MIT are considering this but what about employers?
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NOU 2014: 5MOOC til NorgeNye digitale læringsformer i høyere utdanningInnstilling fra utvalg oppnevnt ved kongelig resolusjon 21. juni 2013.Avgitt til Kunnskapsdepartementet 16. juni 2014.Dokumentet i pdf-format (4...
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Massive report from Norway covering many aspects of MOOCs. Includes quality assurance
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Interesting departure from using a regular platform to using an eportfolio system
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No longer 'Lurkers' but ' bystanders' 300,000 participants but how does this research impact on on campus students?
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July 8, 2014 2:16 AM
The debate around the importance of completion rates continues with this study categorising student behaviours. 
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July 12, 2014 6:53 AM
A new taxonomy of engagement for MOOC students: Bystanders Collectors Viewers Solvers All-rounders |
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Not Futurelearn but UCL eXtend. This was mentioned at the ALTMOOCSIG conference in Jun. Interesting to see what happens without the massive (they are not that bothered about the scale) but if thats the case, then will they not just be free online courses. I don't think people make use of the massive.
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Addressing the challenges of a new digital technologies curriculum: MOOCs as a scalable solution for teacher professional development
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MOOCs have increasingly been moving towards professional development. How long before they become part of the offering of our staff development centres in institutions?
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UBC running their MOOCs alongside their on campus classes. Excellent talk covering intro to moocs in Unis, the learners on campus, benefits of moocs and questions at the end. Worth watching the whole 54 mins.
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Using sentiment analysis as a measure of success of a MOOC, not drop-out rates.
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Yes! This is the best thing I've read all year on MOOCs - only because it relates to the fundamental application of how we learn. Platforms one end to chaos at the other end (inexperienced learners trying to do a cMOOC) but this points us into the direction of Vygotsky ZPD that's the bit in the middle. This could be the future of MOOCs.
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Glossary of Terms Relevant to the MOOC Revolution: ... http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc Via Lucas Gruez
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Great article covering range of popular terms etc.
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“Simon Nelson is head of FutureLearn, the OU's venture into Moocs – massive open online courses that some have claimed will revolutionise higher education”http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc
Via Lucas Gruez
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iinterview with Simon Nelson - nothing new here really, just references to past few years of MOOCs (ignores Canadian cMOOCs) article claims that Sebastian Thron started it all - little dismissive of this.
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Class Central is a free online course aka MOOC aggregator from top universites like Stanford, MIT, Harvard, etc. offered via Coursera, Udacity, edX, & others
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Lists and reports on MOOCs - even allows you to create your own class lists
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5 lessons for all education learned from MOOCs.
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Lessons from MOOCs - the story so far. I think he has missed out that, at least for the UK, MOOCs are a trojan horse for showing the potential of learning online, So for hybrid or blended learning, they can benefit on campus students (which is what I thought the point of the moocs would be, for all the investment, both time and money)
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My dissertation for my MSc E-Learning (Digital Education) I learnt so much about MOOCs from such an early time in their development. Be nice, hope that there is something of interest there.
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One of the wonderful things about MOOCs is that they don’t force students to be in a particular location in order to ‘attend’ class. Especially if you’re looking for a course that will help you gain a specific skill, MOOCs allow students access to teachers and other experts they might not have otherwise. The handy …
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Looks at IT jobs and MOOCs which have a natural home - not sure about the last stats that they present on their infographic though.
Students wanting certificates (I think their is some research from Shirley Williams in Reading that this is exactly want MOOC learners don't want, they just want the skills development). Also Institutions put off by the high cost, but they don't have to be high cost c- just thats what the institutions have gone with to meet the platform reqs...cMoocs are not as expensive and have potentially better learning outcomes if managed properly.
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While college presidents are skeptical about massive open online courses (MOOCs), they see plenty of potential "positive impact" with hybrid courses that blend face-to-face and online learning as well as adaptive learning that uses technology to modify lessons based on the progress shown by students.
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Report on responses from survey - MOOCs out of favour but hybrid (blended) learning in
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Continuing the debate over the value of MOOCs