Internet Learning Volume 3, Number 2, Fall 2014 | Page 17

Enter the Anti-MOOCs: The Reinvention of Online Learning as a Form of Social Commentary
• Google created an open course builder
and its first massive open online course,
"Power Searching with Google." It drew
150,000 students, and helped sharpen
their Internet search skills. go.nmc.org/
googco
• In the spring of 2013, Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis and
the Purdue University Department of
Music and Arts Technology will offer a
new MOOC, “Music for the Listener,”
that can be converted into credit. The sixweek
course covers the music of western
civilization from 600 AD to the present.
The learning environment is bethrough
Course Networking, with full translation
features, rich media, and social networking
tools: go.nmc.org/thecn.
• Maricopa Community Colleges’ Career
and Technical Education 230: Instructional
Technology course stems from a
National Science Foundation-funded
project to increase the ability of STEM
teachers to collaboratively learn and apply
STEM skills using information and
communication technology. Participating
educators acquire knowledge and
skills using Canvas and 3D Game Lab
learning management systems, and Google+
Community. go.nmc.org/opecou
• Maricopa Community College offers
600 online courses via a cohort of ten
community colleges, and serves nearly
70,000 students each year: go.nmc.org/
maricopa.
• A MOOC called “Landmarks in Physics”
delivered through Udacity was created by
an MIT graduate who filmed in Italy, the
Netherlands, and England to create a virtual
tour that explains the basic concepts
of physics at the sites of important discoveries
in our history: go.nmc.org/phy.
• The online learning platform Veduca provides
Brazilian users with 5,000 online
classes, licensed from some of the world’s
top universities, such as MIT, Harvard,
Yale, and Princeton, and translates them
into Portuguese: go.nmc.org/ved.
• Open Universities Australia launched
Australia’s first MOOC provider, called
Open2Study, in March, 2013: go.nmc.
org/ouamooc.
• Senior academic leaders at the University
of Queensland have resolved to develop
up to 12 open online learning courses
over the next two years. Their main interest
is in how MOOCs will enable new
opportunities for campus-based students:
go.nmc.org/uqmooc.
• Oregon Virtual Education is an online
learning program that offers free enrollment.
Classes can be taken to supplement
or replace traditional classroom
learning: go.nmc.org/orved.
• Through the open source platform unX,
Iberoamerican universities can offer
MOOCs for online learning and vocational
training. The model includes interactive
features, along with a digital
badging system: go.nmc.org/unXIA.
• The University of Melbourne became
the first Australian university to join
Coursera, a leading international online
course provider. Macroeconomics
and Epigenetics are two of the courses
planned to go live by the end of 2013:
go.nmc.org/auscou.
• The University of Texas Online High
School provides students with an opportunity
to receive their high school diplomas
through a flexible, distance education
model: go.nmc.org/uths.
For Further Reading
A
sampling of recommended readings
related to massively open online
courses that have been highlighted
in recent Horizon Project research
includes the following:
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