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Play With Your MOOC One Open Tool,
3 Flavors of LearningSteve Carson - MIT OpenCourseWare
Natalie Rusk - MIT Media Lab S. Alexander Ruthmann - NYU Steinhardt
Vanessa Gennarelli - P2PU
Digital Media and Learning Conference March 6, 2014 Boston, MA
3 Different Flavors
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Gentle Introduction to Python: Steve Carson
Learning Creative Learning: Natalie Rusk
Play With Your Music: Alex Ruthman
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It’s Alive!
Steve Carson – stephen.e.carson@gmail.com
6 March 2014
A simple theory: We don’t need another platform.
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The MOOC Maker
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The MOOC MakerMOOC-E
Structured via e-mail list
Eight week course (w 1 break week)
No SME support—logistics only
Communication archived on WordPress
Three overlapping “sequences”
No teacher
No platform
No(t much) money
Provides a flexible framework for connecting projects
Leverages existing resources & investments
Provides learners with persistent access to resources
+’s
Lives at mercy of project production schedules
Student data is scattered
Certification wasn’t an option (at least not yet)
-’s
Seq 2: ~2,600 learners
Seq 1: ~ 5,700 learners
Seq 3: ~1,000 learners
E-Mails opened
Sequence 1 Survey
N = 83
Assuming a 5% response rate, 1660 “engaged learners” in week eight.
25% were finished, so around 415 complete, or ~7% of total enrollment.
But do we care…?
Sequence 1 Survey
Sequence 1 Survey
Sequence 1 Survey
Thoughts
Platforms are not necessary.
Learners do just fine moving across resources.
Maybe communities ought to be bigger than courses.
Thoughts
Openness remains important.
Learners now define success.
Maybe the problem with MOOCs will be they are too cheap to produce, not too expensive.
Thanks
http://mechanicalmooc.org http://mechanicalmooc.wordpress.com
Learning Creative Learning
An open online learning community
Open Invitation to Experiment
G+ Community > 10,000
450+ Small Groups
Adriano Parracciani
Global Participation
Shady Hill School
Local Gatherings
Weekly Seminar (live)
developed in-house / open source !
“Should call this a top moment in my life -- so many of us from all over the world here for learning!” !“I'll have to watch the video again. I was so intrigued by the backchannel I paid more attention to this conversation.”
Backchannel Chat
Photos: John Iglar
Local Activities
Sharing Childhood Stories
Jeff Rudell typewriter made in 2nd grade
Photos: John Iglar
Organizing Community Events
Open creative learning by Graciela Arizmendi
Tinkering lab in Rome by Adriano Parracciani & Maria Beatrice Rapacini
What Worked Well
Viewing as collaborative experiment
Featuring community contributions
Adding backchannel chat
Highlighting personal stories
Encouraging local activities
Challenges
Assigned groups not active
Connectivity with panelists
G+ lacks continuity
Changes for LCL 2
Live discussion + recorded clips
New tools: Unhangouts and Discourse
6 sessions è projects è exhibition
Encourage local groups
playwithyourmusic.org
PWYM Learner Engagement Model
http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2012/sonic-analysis-of-tightrope-by-janelle-monae/
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/ruthmann/PWYM/airtraffic/
Our Experiences…
☺ Affinity-based grouping ☹ Email glitch delayed start of course ☺ Course content and structure – Clara & Brad ☺ Google charts & spreadsheets ☺ Custom mixing tool & Soundation DAW ☺ Live interview & process videos ☹Attendance at live interviews (Saturday mornings) ☺ Peer feedback in Google+ community ☹Strict cohort & fixed week-to-week structure
Looking forward…
Redesign course to engage G+ community • Start course anytime • Flexible timeline for course • Multiple pathways within content • Seed affinity groups in G+
!Content partnerships with major artists
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Get started: github: p2pu/mechanical-mooc find out more: reports.p2pu.org
Vanessa Gennarelli Learning Lead, P2PU Master’s Candidate, Harvard University @mozzadrella
Digital Media and Learning Conference March 6, 2014 Boston, MA
Questions
Vanessa Gennarelli Learning Lead, P2PU Master’s Candidate, Harvard University @mozzadrella
Digital Media and Learning Conference March 6, 2014 Boston, MA
Steve Carson - @SteveECarson Natalie Rusk - @nrusk1
S. Alexander Ruthmann - @alexruthmann Vanessa Gennarelli - @mozzadrella
Slides: bit.ly/dmlmooc
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