Comments on: I’ve been in this really good MOOC for the past 20 years, it’s called “The Internet.” http://pmasson.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/ive-been-in-this-really-good-mooc-for-the-past-20-years-it-called-the-internet/ facilitate, not mandate Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Prestidigitation » The Emerging Doitocracy http://pmasson.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/ive-been-in-this-really-good-mooc-for-the-past-20-years-it-called-the-internet/#comment-1670 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:25:20 +0000 http://pmasson.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-1670 [...]  The best learning examples are these self-built learning spaces (my colleague Patrick Masson said this beautifully early on in the current MOOC-mania: “I’ve been in this really good MOOC for [...]

]]> By: pmasson http://pmasson.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/ive-been-in-this-really-good-mooc-for-the-past-20-years-it-called-the-internet/#comment-1590 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:21:20 +0000 http://pmasson.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-1590 SDM,

You should be able to access the “tutorials” at http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers. I did not try to get into all of sessions, but I could not find any that required an account to access. I looks like the moderators of LinuxQuestions.org identifies common issues and the best threads, replies, solutions to post.

In referencing this content, I do not endorse it’s quality, rather I simply wanted to highlight (and I think I have) how a community of practice can create and share original content relevant to self-motivated learners. Again, the approach to content creation and distribution, as well as how learners interact on LinuxQuestions, to me is no different than the MOOC’s of current interest (and their supporting organizations).

]]> By: SDM http://pmasson.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/ive-been-in-this-really-good-mooc-for-the-past-20-years-it-called-the-internet/#comment-1587 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:49:56 +0000 http://pmasson.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-1587 I went to LinuxQuestions.org, looked for tutorials and basically got told I couldn’t see zilch unless I registered. End of.

]]> By: | The Brainscape Blog: Learn How to Learn Faster http://pmasson.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/ive-been-in-this-really-good-mooc-for-the-past-20-years-it-called-the-internet/#comment-1427 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:12:14 +0000 http://pmasson.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-1427 [...] of trying to use the internet to get lots of people talking about a specific thing. As has been mentioned by others lots of great learning happens on the internet already. There are discussion forums, [...]

]]> By: #MOOCMOOC Reflection on different MOOCs | Learner Weblog http://pmasson.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/ive-been-in-this-really-good-mooc-for-the-past-20-years-it-called-the-internet/#comment-1371 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:54:05 +0000 http://pmasson.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-1371 [...] emphasis of assessment for the cMOOC is significantly different from x MOOC.   If the argument of internet (and part thereof) is the MOOC - online (www.linuxquestions.org), then assessment within a MOOC is  Whilst Dave argues that the [...]

]]> By: Dominik Lukes http://pmasson.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/ive-been-in-this-really-good-mooc-for-the-past-20-years-it-called-the-internet/#comment-1329 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:25:11 +0000 http://pmasson.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-1329 I agree with the sentiment of open, self-directed and continuous learning. I’m not sure we get anywhere by calling it a MOOC. I’ve laid out some arguments for why this really isn’t a MOOC: http://researchity.net/2012/08/14/what-is-and-what-is-not-a-mooc-a-picture-of-family-resemblance-working-undefinition-moocmooc/. At best, it’s OO.

]]> By: dave cormier (@davecormier) http://pmasson.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/ive-been-in-this-really-good-mooc-for-the-past-20-years-it-called-the-internet/#comment-1272 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:53:23 +0000 http://pmasson.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-1272 btw. Why would you want it ‘recognized’ as a MOOC? And if you do… just recognize it. The word has been around for 4 years… and is a bit silly, but if you want to recognize it… go ahead.

]]> By: dave cormier (@davecormier) http://pmasson.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/ive-been-in-this-really-good-mooc-for-the-past-20-years-it-called-the-internet/#comment-1271 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:51:40 +0000 http://pmasson.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-1271 I couldn’t agree more. For me… the MOOC was about trying to do it on purpose at a specific time.

I, at least, am familiar with how communities of practice have developed on the web and so are the rest of the people who were around for the initial MOOCs.

As you no doubt also realize… it is very, very difficult to ‘make’ a community on purpose. If you want to talk about a given topic, and bring a bunch of people together to commit time to it, without the 5-10-20 year commitment to developing/nurturing a community, one of the things you can do is start a MOOC.

]]> By: Glenyan http://pmasson.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/ive-been-in-this-really-good-mooc-for-the-past-20-years-it-called-the-internet/#comment-1254 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:44:37 +0000 http://pmasson.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-1254 Great post Patrick, I’ve often thought along the same lines. I think with MOOCs, many of them have had a difficult time in handling the concept of structure. Perhaps this is because they are a reaction to traditional education that is far too structured for today’s world, thus they’re naturally swinging a bit too far the other way. I think the idea is for MOOCs to allow for a Learner Originated structure, maybe based on content or individual prior learning. I do think that MOOCs really do need to figure out how to impose structure more overtly, because, as you point out, some aren’t much more than saying “ok, let’s go” and turning on a browser.

]]> By: plerudulier http://pmasson.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/ive-been-in-this-really-good-mooc-for-the-past-20-years-it-called-the-internet/#comment-1213 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:02:38 +0000 http://pmasson.wordpress.com/?p=236#comment-1213 Reblogged this on Things I grab, motley collection .

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