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Can I get a method: The EdinburghX SOCRMx Social Research Methods MOOC Week #1

MOOC Week #1 question responses Making a blog post is part of the participation in the MOOC. I’m just going to put my answers here at the top so people don’t need to read the […]

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Teaching with Moodle – the Moodle for beginners MOOC

I’ve been using Moodle for 3-4 years now but as a big part of my job is to train our teachers in it, it seemed wise to sign up for the new Teaching with Moodle […]

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Negotiation and Conflict Resolution – Open2Study – a course review

On the weekend I wrapped up studying Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, a free 4 week/module online course offered through Open2Study Open2Study is the MOOC* offering of Open Universities Australia, a more conventional provider of free […]

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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry | Now Enrolling

http://bit.ly/1iQSjDY Now this is a MOOC that I approve of – study seven courses (9 lessons each) at Hogwarts online. via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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Mooc creators criticise courses’ lack of creativity | News | Times Higher Education

Stephen Downes pulls few punches as he discusses how the current iteration of the MOOC is far removed from the original ideas behind it. This has also been a concern of mine – the much […]

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MOOC Discussion Forums: barrier to engagement? |e-Literate

http://mfeldstein.com/mooc-discussion-forums-barriers-engagement/ I’ve often felt daunted by the volume of posts and chaotic nature of discussion forums in MOOCs – glad to see that I’m not the only one. Interesting that posters tend to be higher […]

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Using forums in MOOCs

http://acreelman.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-silent-majority-why-are-mooc-forums.html Some well thought out ideas about the issues surrounding the use of forums in MOOCs – what happens when there are hundreds of pages of posts on the first day or subject experts dominate […]

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San Jose State’s MOOC Missteps Easy to See – Higher Education

http://diverseeducation.com/article/54903/# Some useful lessons about running MOOCs gained by looking at a poorly run one. The fact that these courses were still being built as they were being delivered – something perhaps not uncommon in […]

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