Despite being orientation week in ChangeMOOC there have already
been some interesting discussions. From these it is clear that
MOOC is becoming a more familiar term. There are increasing
numbers of MOOCs – (See Stephen Downes’ MOOC Guide) being
offered. To date these ‘courses’ have mostly been about the
effect of developing technologies on education and learning, but
interest is beginning to grow in whether subject specific MOOCs
will attract participants. Lisa Lane experimented with a History
MOOC which didn’t work for her – and Stanford University – are
currently offering one on Artificial Intelligence. It’ll be
interesting to see whether this one is successful. With the term
MOOC becoming more familiar, more people are questioning what it
means. Already in ChangeMOOC we have seen a discussion growing,
both in the Research Group and in some people’s blogs (Frances
Bell, Glen Cochrane) – around the questions: What is a MOOC? How
do we define it? These questions were also discussed in EduMooc
– I didn’t atten