Using mLearning and MOOCs to Understand Chaos, Emergence, and Complexity in Education

dc.creator	Inge deWaard
dc.creator	Sean Abajian
dc.creator	Michael Sean Gallagher
dc.creator	Rebecca Hogue
dc.creator	Nilgün Keskin
dc.creator	Apostolos Koutropoulos
dc.creator	Osvaldo C. Rodriguez
dc.date	2011-11-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:05:02Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:05:02Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ffd8b86544574bbbb8b4e744701a6866
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9494
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/ffd8b86544574bbbb8b4e744701a6866
dc.description	In this paper, we look at how the massive open online course (MOOC) format developed by connectivist researchers and enthusiasts can help analyze the complexity, emergence, and chaos at work in the field of education today. We do this through the prism of a MobiMOOC, a six-week course focusing on mLearning that ran from April to May 2011. MobiMOOC embraced the core MOOC components of self-organization, connectedness, openness, complexity, and the resulting chaos, and, as such, serves as an interesting paradigm for new educational orders that are currently emerging in the field. We discuss the nature of participation in MobiMOOC, the use of mobile technology and social media, and how these factors contributed to a chaotic learning environment with emerging phenomena. These emerging phenomena resulted in a transformative educational paradigm.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1046/2026
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 12, Iss 7 (2011)
dc.subject	Mobile technology
dc.subject	complexity
dc.subject	mLearning
dc.subject	MobiMOOC
dc.subject	MOOC
dc.subject	collaborative learning
dc.subject	chaos theory
dc.subject	emergence
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Using mLearning and MOOCs to Understand Chaos, Emergence, and Complexity in Education
dc.type	Article