Personal learning environments as enablers for connectivist MOOCs

Author

Gillet, Denis

Author_Institution

Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

fYear

2013

fDate

10-12 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents how platforms initially designed to enable the construction of personal learning environments can help teachers and learners to aggregate their own MOOCs from resources freely available in the Cloud under Creative Commons licenses. Compare to the mainstream MOOC platforms like Coursera or EdX which are basically learning management systems open to external students, the proposed solution offers built-in social media features to boost opportunistic interaction and informal exchanges between students.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; educational courses; social networking (online); connectivist MOOC; creative commons licenses; learning management systems; massive open online courses; personal learning environments; social media; Collaboration; Communication channels; Communities; Education; Information services; Media; Video sequences; Cloud; Connectivism; Informal Learning; Lifelong Learning; MOOCs; Massive Open Online Courses; PLE; Personal Learning Environments; cMOOCs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Antalya

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671026

Filename

6671026