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SUMMARY:Learning is Changing: MOOCs\, The Open World\, and Beyond - Curtis
  J. Bonk\, Indiana University
DTSTART:20140630T131500Z
DTEND:20140630T143000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Make no mistake\, learning has changed. It is now more collabo
 rative\, blended\, ubiquitous\, massive\, informal\, open\, video-based\, 
 and personal. The utopian visions of voice and finger controlled tablet co
 mputers\, interactive online databases\, and on-demand videoconferencing o
 f Apple Computer’s “Knowledge Navigator” video from 1987 are now com
 mon today. Fast forward a quarter century. In his book\, "The World is Ope
 n: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education\,” Curt Bonk offers a
 n intriguing look at ten technology trends which he calls educational open
 ers. When combined\, the first letter of each opener spells the acronym: "
 WE-ALL-LEARN." This model helps make sense of the role of various technolo
 gies in open education\, including open courseware\, open access journals\
 , open educational resources\, and open information communities in Wikiped
 ia\, Facebook\, YouTube\, TED\, and Twitter. In the midst of this openness
 \, instructors are taking on roles of learning concierges\, consultants\, 
 curators\, and cultivators\, instead of credit managers and camp commandan
 ts. With such technologies\, thousands of organizations and scholars are s
 haring their course materials\, expertise\, and teaching ideas globally\, 
 thereby expanding learning opportunities and resources even further. But t
 his is only part of the open education story. Open education\, in fact\, w
 as often laughed at or ignored until the emergence of Massive Open Online 
 Courses (MOOCs) with their tens--or even hundreds--of thousands of learner
 s in a single course. Given the mass success of Stanford courses topping 1
 00\,000 each and startups like Udacity and Coursera as well as the announc
 ement of edX (from Harvard and MIT)\, we can no longer look the other way.
  Still\, many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education rema
 in. Just how does an instructor keep thousands of students motivated and i
 nvolved in such a course? And what are the more promising business models?
  In this talk\, Bonk will detail his experiences in teaching a MOOC and of
 fer guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based le
 arning environment. He will also map out a set of MOOC business plans\, le
 adership principles and recent news related to MOOCs\, and several types o
 f MOOCs.\n\n*To book a place\, go to http://tinyurl.com/kjts7du*
LOCATION:Milstein Seminar Rooms\, Cambridge University Library
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