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CATEGORIES:Friends of Cambridge University Library
SUMMARY:Learning is Changing: MOOCs\, The Open World\, and
  Beyond - Curtis J. Bonk\, Indiana University
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140630T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140630T153000
UID:TALK53087AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/53087
DESCRIPTION:Make no mistake\, learning has changed. It is now 
 more collaborative\, blended\, ubiquitous\, massiv
 e\, informal\, open\, video-based\, and personal. 
 The utopian visions of voice and finger controlled
  tablet computers\, interactive online databases\,
  and on-demand videoconferencing of Apple Computer
 ’s “Knowledge Navigator” video from 1987 are now c
 ommon today. Fast forward a quarter century. In hi
 s book\, "The World is Open: How Web Technology is
  Revolutionizing Education\,” Curt Bonk offers an 
 intriguing look at ten technology trends which he 
 calls educational openers. When combined\, the fir
 st letter of each opener spells the acronym: "WE-A
 LL-LEARN." This model helps make sense of the role
  of various technologies in open education\, inclu
 ding open courseware\, open access journals\, open
  educational resources\, and open information comm
 unities in Wikipedia\, Facebook\, YouTube\, TED\, 
 and Twitter. In the midst of this openness\, instr
 uctors are taking on roles of learning concierges\
 , consultants\, curators\, and cultivators\, inste
 ad of credit managers and camp commandants. With s
 uch technologies\, thousands of organizations and 
 scholars are sharing their course materials\, expe
 rtise\, and teaching ideas globally\, thereby expa
 nding learning opportunities and resources even fu
 rther. But this is only part of the open education
  story. Open education\, in fact\, was often laugh
 ed at or ignored until the emergence of Massive Op
 en Online Courses (MOOCs) with their tens--or even
  hundreds--of thousands of learners in a single co
 urse. Given the mass success of Stanford courses t
 opping 100\,000 each and startups like Udacity and
  Coursera as well as the announcement of edX (from
  Harvard and MIT)\, we can no longer look the othe
 r way. Still\, many questions about MOOCs and othe
 r forms of open education remain. Just how does an
  instructor keep thousands of students motivated a
 nd involved in such a course? And what are the mor
 e promising business models? In this talk\, Bonk w
 ill detail his experiences in teaching a MOOC and 
 offer guidelines for others hoping to create a hig
 hly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. He w
 ill also map out a set of MOOC business plans\, le
 adership principles and recent news related to MOO
 Cs\, and several types of MOOCs.\n\n*To book a pla
 ce\, go to http://tinyurl.com/kjts7du*
LOCATION:Milstein Seminar Rooms\, Cambridge University Libr
 ary
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