'The Background It started with this tweet: stevemac121 ? MOOC-the M in Massive should be viewed as an aspiration and uncontested, If not truly Open, then it is not a MOOC. in conversation I quickly followed up with this tweet: stevemac121 ? if it''s not truly Open, its a MOC, and further more it is making a MOCERY of MOOCS :-) I have been encouraged to explain my thinking a bit further by Vanessa Vaile , an online friend and valued member of my personal learning network, so In relation to the tweets and the blog post title here we go. Image Courtesy of opensourceway under the CC 2.0 MOOC Ope MORE >>

In a previous post we looked at how to include voice-over sound in PowerPoint presentations. For those that also have access to the Articulate Presenter PowerPoint Add-In there is the opportunity to add sound to an enhanced presentational format. This two part series demonstrates how add to add voiceover sound to Articulate presentations and highlights a few basic points about the files and folders that are generated. powerpoint Audio Articulate MORE >>

Brief Overview of the MOOC Scene John Mak a long standing and leading analyst in the field of Moocs identifies five different types of Moocs in this article What are the main differences among these types of Moocs. For simplicity and for relevance to this post, i shall identify what i consider to be the three main approaches which are i) primarily an instructivist learning approach ii) primarily a free form distributed approach and iii) primarily a project based approach. initially joined up for #etmooc but have since got involved on both of the other courses. What are you expecting? MORE >>

Digital Participation - Why? Attended the ' Measuring the Unmeasurable: Digital Participation ' Seminar at Birmingham University on Monday 19th July. was unsure as to what to expect. My motivation to attend stems from my interest in informal online learning and how connectivist methods of online learning can be used to promote digital participation. Also interested in the notion of measuring participation. The purpose of the session was to provide a forum for discussion of the meaning and measurability of digital participation. The new coalition Government also shares this ambition. MORE >>

From the discussions and reflection so far in the CritLit 2010 course I set out to build on my earlier blog posts and develop my own understanding of critical literacies for the 21st century networked learner. Encouraged by Ruth Howard and John Mak i initially considered developing a taxonomy of literacies in the form of a visual model to capture the elements identified by the Critit2010 group. In considering what to include and how to represent it i started to reflect back on the course materials, presentations and discussions. their critical literacies. JohnM 5. Research * to explore. MORE >>