MOOCs, w/the learner hat on: What am I taking and why
Michael Gallagher I have written before about MOOCs. I have participated in MOOCs as a student and facilitated one as well. I have published articles about MOOCs, along with my colleagues (also…
open learning
MobiMOOC 2012: (My) Learning Expectations
Reflect Early and Often I think it is a critical piece of MOOC participation to critically reflect beforehand on what you want to acquire from the experience and what kind…
MobiMOOC 2012: participant expectations and (open) learning as an act of courage
MobiMOOC and chaotic connectivism We are just about ready to start the 2012 edition of MobiMOOC, an open course on mobile learning. It is an impressive lineup of facilitators and…
Open Learning, Labor Surplus, and (Complex) Microtasking
It will become painfully obvious rather quickly here that I am most certainly not an economist, although I will throw out economic terms with a callous disregard for their accuracy…
MobiMOOC Week 3: ICT4D Activities, Presentations, Feedback
In keeping with the intoxicating open and democratic spirit in which Inge de Waard has crafted the MobiMOOC course this year (polling on topics, etc.), I have decided to try…
Participatory design for MobiMOOC: call for participation
In the spirit of open learning and MOOCs, with all their emphasis on openness, collaboration, even transparency, it seems natural enough to extend that thought of openness all the way…
MOOC Learning Design: What does participatory design look like in open learning?
Constructivist is what constructivist explores I am in the process of constructing a week of activities on ICT4D (and Mobile for Development-M4d) for the next installment of the MobiMOOC scheduled…