What is cMOOC

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A loosely organized online community of learners focused on a shared interest in a content area, using various social media and personal interaction to both learn from and share with the participants’ collective knowledge. Learn more in: Massive Open Online Courses: An Educational Revolution

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Based on theories of “connectivism”; the format of the first MOOC created by Downes. Learn more in: A (Critical) Distance: Contingent Labor, MOOCs, and Teaching Online

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In a cMOOC, learners are encouraged to contribute actively, using digital platforms and technologies. Learn more in: MOOCs for Enhancing Engineering Education

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Massive open online course built around the idea of connectivity among a group of peer-learners. Knowledge creation/distribution is decentralized, with each participant acting as both teacher and student. Learn more in: Principled/Digital: Composition's “Ethics of Attunement” and the Writing MOOC

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The “c” in cMOOC stands for connectivism. As Haber (2013) describes it, “in a cMOOC environment the participants in the course act as both teachers and students, sharing information and engaging in a joint teaching and learning experience through intense interaction facilitated by technology.” The cMOOC is not a central repository of knowledge, but a primary conduit that connects a diverse network of learners. Learn more in: A Typology of MOOCS

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Connectivist MOOC (based on connectivist principles) does not run on a single website and allows its participants to meet elsewhere and self-organize. Learn more in: The Structural and Dialogic Aspects of Language Massive Open Online Courses (LMOOCs): A Case Study

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Refers to a connective MOOC which is supposed to enable students to develop learner webs through social and mechanical networking. The MOOC exponents claim that students mutually develop these conceptual and technical skills on their own in cMOOC environment. The educational foundation for cMOOCs comes from Ivan Illich’s philosophy in Deschooling Society (1971) which views institutions as inadequate for distributing universal education and asks for self-directed learning through social webs. Learn more in: MOOCs in the Global Context

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A cMOOC emphasizes the connectivist philosophy. It is a social platform for collaboratively sharing and building knowledge within a community of people. Learn more in: A Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach for Evaluation of MOOCs Platforms

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The “c” in cMOOC signifies “connectivist” and such digital spaces support a group of co-learners creating meaning together rather than being lead by a teacher or centralized leader. Learn more in: Getting “Girly” Online: The Case for Gendering Online Spaces

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connectivist Massive Open Online Course. Learn more in: Designing a cMOOC for Lecturer Professional Development in the 21st Century

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Massive Open Online Course using the theory of connectivism. Learn more in: MOOCs in Engineering Education: First Practical Experiences from two MOOCs