Creating a MiniMOOC

[Verena Roberts]

I have been following the recent "MOOC" trend (Massive Open Online Course) and I was wondering if I could create a "mini MOOC".

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc]

This is the link to the #change11 course that I recently joined....

Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of listening to Dr.Alec Couros discuss Digital Citizenship and leaving a digital footprint from a k-12 perspective. His Elluminate session is here: Dr.Couros Elluminate Session

Since learning about the MOOC process, I have been considering what a "MOOC" would look like in the k-12 online classroom. Based on Alec Couros' Digital Citizenship presentation...I began to ponder....

1) How can we offer digital opportunities to all students in any K-12 classrooms?

2) What can I do as a parent to offer EdtEch support at home?

Well- Why not start with a very short "mini" MOOC, maybe 6 weeks, with parents and students doing it together? Since the whole focus of education is engaging the learner and encouraging them to be independent learners...and it may or may not be offered in the classroom....why not offer it online to "families"? Start with the Elementary parents and students...at the bottom....and see what response I get?

The theme could be "My Digital Footprint"

We would meet in Blackboard Elluminate each week...and.....

We could ask the "families" to create a blog that we could link to a wiki or ePorfolio (like Mahara) - or use Desire2Learn.....

Each week the lesson would be short, and focus on one Web 2.0 tool...then we "watch" to see what the digital footprint may or may not look like...

A different "EdTech teacher" could present the lesson for the week......

Some possible themes could be....
week 1: Blog
week 2: ppt on slideshare
week 3: voicethread
week 4: youtube video
week 5: digital story

week 6: class presentations

Something to consider? What do you think? Anyone out there interested?

CEET and Classroom 2.0 are offereing their support....are there others out there?

Hope to connect soon...

Verena:)

[suehellman]

I like to think of Moodle Meets as mini-mini-MOOcs. At a week each, they're short and informal and the learning is very much self-directed with outcomes dependent upon each participants goals, participation style, time engaged, interests, and so forth. If you haven't been to one, you might like to try it.

[Verena Roberts]

Thanks Sue- I plan on attending my first one very soon. Very good point....

The miniMOOCs would be aimed at a different audience: parents and students (k-12) as well as teachers and librarians...I aim on taking away the LMS emphasis and focusing on "Our Digital Footprint" - whatever that may be (using web 2.0 tools)....what do you think?

Verena:)

[Sandy Hirtz]

Hi Verena. Momentum is growing. Michael Barbour created a special interest group to promote a massive online open course (MOOC) entitled Virtual School MOOC: Introduction to K-12 Online Learning Research that will held from 10 September-07 October 2012. I think we should add a strand for families to include them. We could tie it in with a Ceet Meet - combining three initiatives. Join Michael's MOOC group to help us plan the event.