Monthly Archive: February 2013
Reading Time: 5 minutesWeek 4 of the MOOC E-Learning + Digital Cultures explores the theme of “Redefining the Human”. I think the over-arching message this week is that our concept of humanity has become a relative and...
Reading Time: 5 minutesHere is my “Digital Artifact” for the MOOC E-Learning + Digital Cultures. This blog post and the embedded video, form my Digital Artifact , my personal response, to the MOOC “eLearning and Digital Cultures”. In...
Reading Time: 2 minutesMOOCs and UBC: Top 12 things you need to know now… In September 2012, UBC entered into an agreement with Coursera to deliver online web-based free courses as part of MOOCs. UBC has four...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome students are now completing the MOOC E-Learning and Digital Cultures. This Prezi gives an interesting overview of some student experiences and observations from this massive MOOC: http://prezi.com/fsfqdiusthcc/sentimental-campus-dublin-february-19/?auth_key=eb36ed77d88e4c2a191d5a7df9d0eba58f701a8c Also, yes, I’m tooting my own...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEDCMOOC statistics These usage statistics were provided by faculty from Edinburgh University, who are running the E-Learning + Digital Cultures MOOC on Coursera: Total Registered Participants: 42874 Active Participants Over the Last 7 Days (“Active”...
Reading Time: 2 minutesWeek 3 of the MOOC E-Learning + Digital Cultures explores the theme of “Reasserting the Human”. In the videos I’ve seen so far in Week 3, the idea of humanity is brought to the foreground...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor an assignment for the MOOC, eLearning and Digital Cultures, I created my first Prezi… It’s my little abstract reaction to the bewilderment of feeling lost inside a 40,000 member Massive Open Online Course....
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe MOOC I’m taking, E-Learning + Digital Cultures, continues to unfold in front of me, gradually showing me new perspectives and more detail. But it’s not for the impatient… For me, being in a...
Reading Time: 2 minutesI finally caught up on two of the education-centred readings for week 2 of the massive MOOC, “E-learning and Digital Cultures”. Shirky, C. (2012). Napster, Udacity and the academy. shirky.com, 12 November 2012. http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2012/11/napster–udacity-and-the-academy/...
