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Exploring the Impact of MOOCs on Student Learning and Innovation Opportunities

This article by Joseline Castaños delves into the transformative role of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in education. It highlights the necessity for English support, cost-free access, and networking opportunities for potential students. The origins and development of MOOCs are discussed, alongside their diffusion patterns and the S-Curve model involving innovators and laggards. Castaños emphasizes the importance of MOOCs in enhancing learning while addressing the critical mass needed for effective implementation. The piece also references substantial literature to support its findings.

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Exploring the Impact of MOOCs on Student Learning and Innovation Opportunities

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  1. Massive Open Online Courses MOOCs A Technological Innovation for Potential Students By Joseline Castaños

  2. The Need • English support • Potential students • No cost • Networking

  3. MOOCs…

  4. Origins

  5. Development

  6. Timeline

  7. Diffusion & S-Curve

  8. S-Curve

  9. Innovators

  10. Laggards

  11. Change Agent

  12. Critical Mass

  13. Approach to Diffusion Centralization Decentralization

  14. References Baggaley, J. (2013). MOOC rampant. Distance Education, 34(3), 368–378. doi:10.1080/01587919.2013.835768 Clarà, M., & Barberà, E. (2013). Learning online: massive open online courses (MOOCs), connectivism, and cultural psychology. Distance Education, 34(1), 129–136. doi:10.1080/01587919.2013.770428 Daniels, J. (2012). Making sense of MOOCs: Musings in a maze of myth, paradox and possibility. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, p1-20. Retrieved from http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/jime/article/viewArticle/2012-18/html Laureate Education, Inc. (2013). Mission. Retrieved from http://www.laureate.net/AboutLaureate/Mission Marques, J. (2013). A short history of MOOCs and distance learning. Retrieved from http://moocnewsandreviews.com/a-short-history-of-moocs-and-distance-learning/ Massive open online course. (n.d.); In Wikipedia. Retrieved January 1, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press.

  15. References – cont. Waldrop, M. (n.d.). Massive Open Online Courses, aka MOOCs, Transform Higher Education and Science. Retrieved from http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=massive-open-online-courses-transform-higher-education-and-science Weisbard, H. P. (2013). Going Mooc: Massive open online courses. Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women’s Studies Resources, 34(1/2), 19–22. Retrieved from http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=89287716&scope=site Yang, D. (2013. March 14). Are we MOOC’d out? Huff Post Business. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-yang/post_4496_b_2877799.html

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