Course Welcome Message

Hello Everyone – What happens when … we open the doors of our virtual classrooms? … students create the tools with which they learn? … learners leverage the power of resources that are openly licensed? … learn from and engage with social...

Timeline Assignment

Assignment Directions | Group Discussion Prompts Each assignment in Online Learning involves independent work and group discussions to share, discuss, and provide feedback on the work. This page is divided into two sections: Assignment Directions and Discussion...

COOL Collection Assignment

Overview What happens when people make the tools with which they learn?  The COOL Collection assignment calls upon you to do just that.  The acronym is short for Crowdsourced Open Online Learning Collection. This week you will begin to seek out, evaluate, and annotate...

Mini-MOOC Assignment

Overview The Mini-MOOC assignment is your opportunity to give back to the world of open learning that has been so generous to you. In Weeks 3 and 4 you will kick around ideas for a MOOC topic and post them to a discussion. You are free to work on your own, or to...
Proficiency 1: Origins and Context

Proficiency 1: Origins and Context

Student Reflections “I thought I understood what open learning meant, but soon realized I really had no idea of how big a concept this is and how long it has been evolving. What has really stuck with me throughout the is the basic idea of generosity … How exciting is...