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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.60,0:00:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a MOOC?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.52,0:00:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Massive Open Online Course
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.44,0:00:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a response to the challenges
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.100,0:00:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faced by organizations and distributed disciplines
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.88,0:00:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a time of information overload.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.76,0:00:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It used to be that when you wanted to know about something
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.96,0:00:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could do a few things
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.28,0:00:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could ask someone
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.36,0:00:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could buy a book
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.56,0:00:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could try to figure out for yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.20,0:00:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you could call a school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.76,0:00:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that school offered the course
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.80,0:00:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a thing that you were trying to figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.24,0:00:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could go there and take it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.100,0:00:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could get access to information about a topic
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.36,0:00:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An instructor would comb through journals and books
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.64,0:00:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pull the information together from a library
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.36,0:00:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might even find others
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.96,0:00:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are also interested in the same things that you are
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.16,0:00:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mooc is built for a world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.16,0:00:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where information is everywhere
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.36,0:00:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a social network obsessed with
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.84,0:00:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same things as you are
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.100,0:00:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a click away
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.84,0:00:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a digital world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.04,0:00:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a world where internet connection
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.60,0:00:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives you access
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.80,0:00:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a staggering amount of information
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.68,0:00:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This video will introduce you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.76,0:01:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how a Massive Open Online Course
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.88,0:01:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one way of learning in a networked world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.76,0:01:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A MOOC is a course.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.96,0:01:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's open.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.76,0:01:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's participatory
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.12,0:01:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's distributed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.80,0:01:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it supports life-long networked learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.40,0:01:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one sense
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.32,0:01:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Massive Open Online Course is just that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.32,0:01:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a course.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.44,0:01:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has facilitators, course materials...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.80,0:01:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has a start and an end date.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.28,0:01:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has participants.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.28,0:01:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the MOOC is not a school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.24,0:01:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not JUST an online course.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.24,0:01:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a way to connect and collaborate
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.12,0:01:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while developing digital skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.68,0:01:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a way of engaging in the learning process
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.72,0:01:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that engages what it means to be a student.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.56,0:01:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is maybe most importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.12,0:01:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an event,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.92,0:01:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around which people who care about a topic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.64,0:01:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can get together and work and talk about it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.20,0:01:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a structured way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.52,0:01:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The course is open.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.04,0:01:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of the work gets done
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.48,0:01:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in areas accessible for people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.48,0:01:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to read and reflect and comment on.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.76,0:01:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The course is open in the sense that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.72,0:01:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can go ahead
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.60,0:02:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take the course without paying for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.04,0:02:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might pay to get the credits through an institution
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.56,0:02:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you are not paying for participating in the course.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.36,0:02:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also open in the sense that the work done in the course
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.56,0:02:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is shared among all the people taking it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.08,0:02:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The material put together by the facilitators
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.88,0:02:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the work done by the participants
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.40,0:02:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's all negotiated in the open.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.20,0:02:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get to keep your work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.44,0:02:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone gets to learn from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.80,0:02:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The course is participatory
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.84,0:02:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you really become part of the course
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.56,0:02:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by engaging with other people's work
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.04,0:02:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Participants are not asked
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.64,0:02:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to complete specific assignments
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.08,0:02:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather to engage with the material
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.92,0:02:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with each other
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.04,0:02:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with other material that they may find on the Web.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.16,0:02:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You make connections between ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.16,0:02:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and between you and other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.76,0:02:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You network.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.72,0:02:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the outcomes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.20,0:02:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people get from the course
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.84,0:02:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the networked connections
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.72,0:02:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they build up through engaging with each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.80,0:02:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The course is distributed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.80,0:02:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all these blog posts and discussions posts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.04,0:02:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,video responses, articles, tweets and tags
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.12,0:02:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all knit together to create a networked course
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.96,0:03:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're mostly not found at one central location
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.20,0:03:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather all over the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.76,0:03:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in different pockets and clusters
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.32,0:03:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no right way to do the course
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.20,0:03:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No single path from the 1st week to the last
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.40,0:03:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this allows for new ideas to develop
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.88,0:03:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for different points of view to co-exist
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.04,0:03:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it also means that one of the side effects of a MOOC
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.76,0:03:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the building of a distributed knowledge base on the Net
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.68,0:03:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The course is a step on the road
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.56,0:03:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to life-long learning
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.12,0:03:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MOOCs promote independence among learners
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.28,0:03:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They encourage participants to work in their own spaces
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.88,0:03:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and create authentic networks
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.20,0:03:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can easily maintain after the course finishes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.56,0:03:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A MOOC can promote the kind of network creation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.60,0:03:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that life-long learning is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.20,0:03:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The course part is just the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.04,0:03:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you go about finding one of these?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.88,0:03:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, news that a MOOC will be offered
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.28,0:03:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually spreads on online networks
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.16,0:03:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who have reputations for interesting skills
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.100,0:03:54.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or innovative thinking on a topic
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.64,0:03:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decide to collaborate
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.76,0:03:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by offering an open online course
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.36,0:03:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,covering their topic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.76,0:04:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone who wants to join in, CAN
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.36,0:04:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a MOOC you can choose what YOU do
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.08,0:04:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you participate
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.12,0:04:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only you can tell
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.88,0:04:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the end
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.60,0:04:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have been successful
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.60,0:04:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like in real life.