Proposal for a Technological Innovation for Potential Students

By Joseline Castaños

Massive Open Online CoursesMOOCs

The Need

• English support• Potential students• No cost• Networking

MOOCs…

Other info:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGMrzQ7YOfIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqQNvmQH_YMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6qKHn-RJvEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSxTw3pXCj4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8avYQ5ZqM0

Origins

Development

Timeline

Diffusion & S-Curve

S-Curve

Innovators

Laggards

Change Agent

Critical Mass

Approach to Diffusion

Centralization Decentralization

Final thoughts

http://laureate.net

References

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Clarà, M., & Barberà, E. (2013). Learning online: massive open online courses (MOOCs), connectivism, and cultural psychology. Distance Education, 34(1), 129–136. doi:10.1080/01587919.2013.770428

Daniels, J. (2012). Making sense of MOOCs: Musings in a maze of myth, paradox and possibility. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, p1-20. Retrieved from http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/jime/article/viewArticle/2012-18/html

Laureate Education, Inc. (2013). Mission. Retrieved from http://www.laureate.net/AboutLaureate/Mission

Marques, J. (2013). A short history of MOOCs and distance learning. Retrieved from http://moocnewsandreviews.com/a-short-history-of-moocs-and-distance-learning/

Massive open online course. (n.d.); In Wikipedia. Retrieved January 1, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course

Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press.

References – cont.Waldrop, M. (n.d.). Massive Open Online Courses, aka MOOCs, Transform Higher

Education and Science. Retrieved from http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=massive-open-online-courses-transform-higher-education-and-science

Weisbard, H. P. (2013). Going Mooc: Massive open online courses. Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women’s Studies Resources, 34(1/2), 19–22. Retrieved from http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=89287716&scope=site

Yang, D. (2013. March 14). Are we MOOC’d out? Huff Post Business. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-yang/post_4496_b_2877799.html