Merging MOOC and mLearning for Increased Learner Interactions

Inge de Waard, Apostolos Koutropoulos, Rebecca J. Hogue, Sean C. Abajian, Nilgün Özdamar Keskin, C. Osvaldo Rodriguez and Michael Sean Gallagher
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Inge de Waard: Athabasca University, Antwerpen, Belgium
Apostolos Koutropoulos: Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Boston, MA, USA
Rebecca J. Hogue: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Sean C. Abajian: California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA
Nilgün Özdamar Keskin: Department of Distance Education, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Eskisehir Province, Turkey
C. Osvaldo Rodriguez: Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Michael Sean Gallagher: Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, Newington, Edinburgh, UK

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL), 2012, vol. 4, issue 4, 34-46

Abstract: In this paper, the authors suggest the merger of the Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) format and mobile learning (mLearning) based on mutual affordances of both contemporary learning/teaching formats to investigate learner interactions and dialogues in an open online course. The paper presents a case study of how MobiMOOC, a course created using the MOOC format, demonstrates the synergistic characteristics between the MOOC format and mLearning, making a combination of both fields ideal for contemporary, digital, collaborative learning, and knowledge construction based on learner interactions and dialogue. MobiMOOC was a six-week online course focusing on mLearning that ran in April and May 2011. An end-of-course survey provides insight that supports the synergies between MOOCs and mLearning: collaboration, informal and lifelong learning, and dialogue.

Date: 2012
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