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Tschofen, Carmen; Mackness, Jenny; McGreal, Rory; Conrad, Dianne

Connectivism has been offered as a new learning theory for a digital age, with four key principles for learning: autonomy, connectedness, diversity, and openness. The testing ground for this theory has been massive open ...

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Ozturk, Hayriye Tugba; McGreal, Rory; Conrad, Dianne

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) came to prominence with Open Educational Resources Movement (OERM). It was based upon the idea of libre in removal of some permission barriers and gratis in removing the price barrier ...

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Bell, Frances; McGreal, Rory; Conrad, Dianne

The sociotechnical context for learning and education is dynamic and makes great demands on those trying to seize the opportunities presented by emerging technologies. The goal of this paper is to explore certain ...

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Siemsen, Sabine; Jansen, Rainer; Uden, Lorna; Sinclair, Jane; et al.

Knowledge is not 'a thing' and not a mere pool of data which can be managed. Knowledge is the process of learning. So what really matters is the question of how the process of learning changes in context with Social ...

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Downes, Stephen

Connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks. The bulk of this work is devoted to ...

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Daniel, John; Uvalić-Trumbić, Stamenka

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a portent of the potential of online learning and teaching to transform higher education. The University of Manitoba offered the first online course to bear the name MOOC in 2008. ...

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Kop, Rita; Carroll, Fiona

This paper explores cloud computing and how it might advance learning and teaching, particularly in terms of social creativity and collaborative learning. We present a study of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – a ...

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Saadatmand, Mohsen; Kumpulainen, Kristiina; Ilsley, Paul

This dissertation focuses on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) which have emerged and heralded as new online learning environments able to serve large numbers of students. Identifying two main types of MOOCs known as ...

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Mak, Sui Fai John; Williams, Roy; Mackness, Jenny; Dirckinck-Holmfeld, L.; et al.

This paper presents the findings of research carried out into the use of blogs and forums as communication and learning tools in Connectivism and Connective Knowledge (CCK08), a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that ...

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Ebben, Maureen; Murphy, Julien S.

The rapid rise of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) signals a shift in the ways in which digital teaching and learning are engaged in and understood. Drawing upon a comprehensive search of nine leading academic ...

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