Here are some thoughts after viewing the 2nd hangout with our tutors. HANG OUT HAPPENING February 15, 2013
Jen gave a few quick announcements regarding the Flickr image competition. That deadline for submission is Sunday the 17th. The page for submitting the final artifact is opening a week early at the request of some students. The deadline for that final assignment is Feb 27th. Jen reminded everyone to take their time, as even if you submit early, the peer review process can’t begin until after the deadline of the 27th. Hamish gave some STATISTICS gleaned from Coursera, GoogleAnalytics and from the Edinburgh survey at the beginning of the course. Coursera’s stats were that of 42,874 total registered- 7,392 were active users during the last 7 days. or 17 %. Outside Coursera- 3,939 visited EDMOOC NEWS. Of that number, 64% of the participants are from the United States and about 8% from the UK. Statistic from the Edinburgh survey show that 50.9% are from the fields of TEACHING and EDUCATION and 7.4 % are STUDENTS
60% of participants have POST GRADUATE degrees./p>
definitely some window shopping going on earlier in the course
SIAN BAYNE discussed themes of week 3 HUMANISM IN EDUCATION produced a lot of chin stroking.
Some people were critiquing the assumptions of what it means to be human, examining selfhood and the responsibility to others
how technology fails to limit human choice
are we disappearing into the mists of communication?
Is there time to connect?
CHRISTINE
TECHNOLOGY CONNECTION CHOICE
Christine discussed joining groups She likes the feel of the 60+ group comfort and respect
Lots of ways to still connect with groups. Some introverts don’t like joining groups.
EDCMOOC is about CHOICE
JEREMY
talks about Steve Fuller and WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN
2 different ways of thinking- NATURE being part or equal with humanity, embracing the earthy eco systems with animals and humans
Other view is that we are different- UNIQUELY HUMAN and strive to increase our differences with technological enhancements.This view purifies the meaning of being human…. keeping animals and nature separate
Jeremy suggested reading Helena Peddison critical animal studies debate.. the blurring of the boundary between animal and human suggest we are still having difficulty DEFINING WHAT WE ARE as human….
APPS for APES
Evidences of the personal touch in education would be Google Hangouts, video lectures.. humanizing or privileging of presence
Monk, however, says there is a disembodiment in online learning.. you only learn about stuff.
Jim Sweetman critiques Fuller’s assumptions. We really need to think about the NATURE OF REALITY and how we must PROGRESS.
Haven’t seen much in the discussion forums about the other idea about what is human… about humanity being more in touch with nature and animals
Process of MOOC development was discussed. This MOOC was an institutional Commitment and because the tutors were immersed already in e- learning it was obvious that they should develop this MOOC
JEN ROSS talked about why the team thought a Talking Head style was not the kind of MOOC they wanted. Hamish said that they CONSCIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED something different. Wanted to see how this way would develop without the PRIVILEGE of the TEACHING POSITION. It isn’t a reassuring process as Steve Fuller put it..: the lecture is an ancient artifice”. wanted some NEW NORMS lots of different ways to experience a MOOC
ENJOYING the PROCESS
First wave of Coursera in the UK
Flip side is the mooc might not be for people who don’t engage.
Hamish likened this mooc to A HAPPENING. It’s not a course but an EXPERIENCE.
Someone tweeted This MOOC is an ART FORM
There was some discussion of Connectedness after the course ends. Will people be able to access the Coursera site? Twitter hashtag will continue to be used. Great that people would like to stay in touch.
Discussing THE FINAL ARTIFACT
Hamish said the tutors are looking for anything CREATIVE.
Take a look at the artifacts that the MSC students did to spark some INSPIRATION
Jen said go back through content of course and build from that. Be BRAVE keep in mind that copyright issues are a bit tricky. Christine says to think about key messages in the course. How would you DELIVER THE MESSAGE in a new way. Think about adding your Flickr images to the Creative Commons Group
Sian gave an overview of Next week Being Human… What is precious? what do we want to keep , how do we improve on humans? trans-humanism
Tagxedo of A Happening 2/15/13
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Useful round up, thank you!