MOOCs!

[|Our virtual MOOC agenda for February 1, 2013]

** DASSC 2/1/2013 ** ** Online Courses and MOOCs **

** Key Questions **

 * ** What digital skills do participants need to learn in open online courses? **


 * ** What are some implications for open, online teaching and learning on professional learning in a large school district? **

** Skill Building **

 * I can identify three types of MOOCs **


 * I can identify the 21st Century Literacy Skills associated with working in a MOOC **


 * I can respond to and build upon ideas in an online discussion from the MOOC **


 * I can read and respond to distributed online texts **


 * I can reflect upon the tools I’ve seen in action in a MOOC context **

** Part 1: Understanding MOOCs **

** Intro to MOOCs 15 minutes **

 * Google MOOC **


 * [|NBC News story about MOOCs] **
 * [|MOOC Video] **
 * What questions do you have about MOOCs? [|Respond] **

** Clarifying MOOCs 15 minutes **

 * [|Intro to 3 kinds of MOOCs] **


 * [|3 Kinds of MOOCS] **
 * What are your initial impressions of MOOCs? What’s exciting? What’s disconcerting? [|Respond] **

** Exploring MOOCs 15 minutes **

 * Reading to explore the three types of MOOCs (Permission to focus) **


 * [|#etmooc blog hub] **
 * [|Thrum Article] **
 * [|DS106] **
 * What do you notice about your reading? What did you focus on? [|Respond] **

** Part 2: Digging into #etmooc- an ongoing connectivist MOOC **
 * [|Planning Document] - This document is the original collaborative plan for this MOOC. Note the invitation to edit freely (What do you notice? [|Today’s Meet] ) **


 * [|Blog Hub] - An aggregation of the blogs that participants have tagged and submitted to the course. Note participant-to-participant comments (Respond to blog posts that interest you or share reflections on [|Today’s Meet] ) **


 * [|Diigo Group] - Related articles bookmarked by participants (Share article URLs on [|Today’s Meet] ) **


 * [|A MOOC Conversation] - A discussion thread that exemplifies the discourse that happens in a networked course (Highlight portions that you would like to respond to and insert comments) **


 * ** What digital skills do participants need to learn in open online courses? **


 * ** What are some implications for open, online teaching and learning on professional learning in a large school district? **

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