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Randolph Hollingsworth

The MOOC Guide, moderated by Stephen Downes - 0 views

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    The purpose of this document is two-fold: - to offer an online history of the development of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - to use that history to describe major elements of a MOOC Each chapter of this guide looks at one of the first MOOCs and some early influences. It contains these parts: - a description of the MOOC, what it did, and what was learned - a description of the element of MOOC theory learned in the offering of the course - practical tools that can be used to develop that aspect of a MOOC - practical tips on how to be successful Contribute to this Book You are invited to contribute. If you participated in a MOOC, add a paragraph describing your experience (you can sign your name to it, so we know it's a personal story). If you know of resources or can add information about an element of MOOC theory, add to or edit the text that already exists. If you know of tools, provide a link to the tool, a short description, and your assessment of the tool. If you have a tip, add the tip. In order to participate, please email or message your contact details, and we'll you to the list of people who can edit pages. Send your request to stephen@downes.ca
Randolph Hollingsworth

The Quality of Massive Open Online Courses by Stephen Downes | MOOC Quality Project - 0 views

  • When we are evaluating a tool, we evaluate it against its design specifications; mathematics and deduction tell us from there that it will produce its intended outcome. It is only when we evaluate the use of a tool that we evaluate against the actual outcome. So measuring drop-out rates, counting test scores, and adding up student satisfaction scores will not tell us whether a MOOC was successful, only whether this particular application of this particular MOOC was successful in this particular instance.
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    Read the full text - download available. Issue is MOOC as a "tool" for educators and learners, not as an end in itself - so assessment strategies must be above and beyond test scores, satisfaction and completion rates.
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    Don't get seduced by retention/persistence rates - it's about the design principles, stupid!
Randolph Hollingsworth

ICTmagic - ICT & Web Tools - Section 4 - 0 views

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    awesome list of free web tools stuff
Randolph Hollingsworth

Free Survey Tools for Teachers and Students - 0 views

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    Richard Byrne shares free resources and lesson plans for teaching with technology - this blog entry includes Yarp, vorbeo, Urtak, Buzz Dash, Obsurvey, Fluid Surveys, Stellar Survey, Polldaddy, and Poll Everywhere (text messaging)
Randolph Hollingsworth

10 Tasks for Training Teachers to Use Web 2.0 Tools | TeachingEnglish | British Council... - 0 views

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    Not quite a toolkit since no place for users to comment on pro/con, or upload student comments?
Randolph Hollingsworth

Free mgt tool for backchannel - no accounts needed - TodaysMeet | Teach Gen Now - 0 views

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    TodaysMeet - a free online tool to allow for real time online conversations in a closed room with no ads - even good for primary grades. This review also shows examples with pix
Randolph Hollingsworth

HowOpenIsIt? Guide - 0 views

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    Comment by Tim Vollmer, Manager of Policy and Data for Creative Commons: "...a handy, human-readable reference guide for academic authors, publishers looking into supporting Open Access, and policy makers and funders adopting open policies that require Open Access to research that is funded through the public purse... focuses primarily on describing the spectrum of Open Access policies for journals. An increasingly important and related area is the sharing of data associated with the research process. Open data have the potential to facilitate enhanced scientific collaboration and reproducibility, but it is not yet settled, from both a legal and technical perspective, how this wealth of data that leads to the creation of scholarly work will be shared. And current research suggests an approach whereby articles are licensed under an open license (preferably CC-BY), while data associated with the article are dedicated to the public domain using a tool such as the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. In this way, researchers clearly communicate-in a comprehensive manner-the rights and permissions available to users for both the text and the data." Read more at http://blogs.plos.org/blog/2012/10/01/tim-vollmer-of-creative-commons-on-howopenisit/
Randolph Hollingsworth

MOOCs Fail Students With Dark Age Methods - 0 views

  • Some can lecture, some think they can lecture and other are just terrible at it.
  • However, we should not pretend that is is optimal even when it works.
  • If there is an idea inside the expert's head of how something works, programming or probability say, then there are graphics, usually animated graphics, that can present the core of the idea better than simply talking about it ever could. The problem is that it can be difficult to get right and this makes it expensive. You can transfer the abstract understandings inside an experts head much more effectively using interactive simulations of the fundamental mechanisms than by using only words. Once transferred, the words that surround it help make the whole thing clear and asking a few questions that are difficult if you don't understand and easy if you do provides the diagnostic.
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  • As programmers, our challenge is to create the tools for the job. Interestingly the tools are the same ones we already use to create games. They only require to be augmented with some smart diagnostics.
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    Mike James urges programmers to adapt gaming techniques to allow the regular-Joe academic expert to include a simulation quickly and easily into a learning experience (instead of videotaping them as they present it via words or pre-produced visuals)
Randolph Hollingsworth

The Rise of MOOCS - CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY August 2013 - 0 views

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    The MOOC Business Plan- With millions of students taking high-quality MOOCs for free, schools and course providers are searching for a viable business model. Editorial: MOOC Shake- MOOCs will change higher education radically, but not in the way we expect right now. Assessment Tools for MOOCs- As MOOCs are made available for credit, scalable assessment options are essential. Building a Sense of Community in MOOCs- Massive class sizes can breed feelings of isolation, but they also enable more student interaction. Blended MOOCs: The Best of Both Worlds?- Combining in-class instruction with high-quality MOOCs may resolve some of the hurdles facing xMOOCs, but questions about cost and the impact on faculty remain unanswered. Watch video: Catheryn Cheal, AVP and senior academic technology officer at San Jose State, discusses how the school adapted a course for use in a blended MOOC. The Rise of MOOCs… What does it mean for higher education? Watch video: Cathy Sandeen, VP of education attainment and innovation at ACE, talks about the potential of MOOCs to increase the number of Americans gaining a post-secondary degree. cMOOCs: Putting Collaboration First- Alternative MOOC models are fostering creativity and collaboration with peers. How to Convert a Class Into a MOOC- The sheer size and diversity of the student body in a MOOC require a new approach to teaching. C-Level- The role of MOOCs in learner-initiated learning. MOOC News & Analysis- Georgia Tech's MOOC Degree
Randolph Hollingsworth

Free Technology for Teachers: Free 33 Page Guide - Google for Teachers - 0 views

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    Goggle does more than offer search tools, maps, online docs or spreadsheets for collaborative writing and figuring - it can also offer online quizzes, map placemarking, embedding books in your blog, and more!
Randolph Hollingsworth

Univ S Florida's Mechanical Engineering Open Content -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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    Emphasizing lecture capture tool as a cheaper way to gather presentational materials for students to access anytime/anywhere; touches on issue of intellectual property but no analysis; mentions in passing that most of the open material comes from one or two profs from University of South Florida; reminds us that foundational grants are crucial to large initiatives' success
Randolph Hollingsworth

Bedford, Freeman, and Worth Publishers - 0 views

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    Find the free stuff here - free Online Student Centers; Companion Sites; eLibraries; Online Writing, Assessment and Skill sites as well as video tool kids
Randolph Hollingsworth

The Problem of Learning in the Post-Course Era - Randall Bass at ELI2011 - 0 views

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    Randy Bass, Assistant Provost and English prof, Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS), Georgetown University worked with Malcoml Brown (Director of ELI) on Evidence of Impact project - "what are the conditions for the most meaningful learning inside and outside the formal curriculum?" and "How do emerging digital tools make it possible to see and capture evidence of meaningful learning in new ways?" Post-Course Era = end of self-contained course at center of curric
Randolph Hollingsworth

Southern Spaces - 0 views

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    An interdisciplinary journal about regions, places, and cultures of the American South and their global connections Southern Spaces combines innovative scholarship about real and imagined spaces and places of the American South with the tools of digital media. Realizing that few scholars are experts in website design, we are eager to work with authors, photographers and videographers in the process of producing image, sound, and video files for submissions. We are committed to assisting scholars at varying levels of technological proficiency. If you are interested in submitting materials to Southern Spaces, please create a new account on the site and then follow the instructions for submitting. A submission will not be considered if it has have been previously published or is concurrently under consideration by another journal or press. Copyright for essays published in Southern Spaces is retained by the authors. All images, video, and sound files associated with published submissions are securely archived by Emory University's Woodruff Library. If you choose to submit by post, we accept flash drives, DV tapes, CDs, or DVDs containing your manuscript, images, sound files, etc.
Rose Black

Plagiarism checking tool - the most accurate and absolutely FREE! - 1 views

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    In this technological age a plagiarism checker is essential for protecting your written work. A plagiarism checker benefits teachers, students, website owners and anyone else interested in protecting their writing. Our service guarantees that anything you write can be thoroughly checked by our plagiarism software to insure that your texts are unique.
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    Great idea!
Randolph Hollingsworth

Omeka software - George Mason University - 0 views

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    Archive and collection presentations for scholars, museums and libraries from the Center for History and New Media - free, open source web-publishing platform. Can be used like a blog or to share collaborative work in digital scholarship. Used by Brown University's Center for Digital Scholarship
Randolph Hollingsworth

inetoo - i-NEE-too - 0 views

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    Social networking to prioritize curriculum development from open content and chosen by community (student generated content such as notes and internet-based resources while instructor-based content can be course notes), and new groups of students/faculty can build on the work oand experiences of previous students ("start where others left off") - instructors can use learner analytics to encourage deeper learning - currently being used for English composition by Stanford, CA Polytech, USC, Babson, Sacramento State and San Luis Obispo
Randolph Hollingsworth

CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology - 0 views

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    Universal design principles are critical to raising standards in faculty-designed learning experiences. When/how do we get awareness and then exploring best types of faculty (and grad students) development learning experiences?
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