Case study PLENK

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• In what ways is the pedagogy of this course similar or different to other MOOCs?

Overview

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• intended student audience
• Duration of the course in terms of student learning hours
• demographic information eg number of learners etc
• Whether a credit option was available (if so provide level and details of the course credit.)

Pedagogical model and tools

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Vital statistics

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Discussion

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Recommendations for the OERu

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Links

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• Who is to say what is active. Blog post by Welsh Cloggy (Rita Kop) providing data and reflections on participation rates in PLENK2010.
• The challenges to connectivist learning on open online networks: Learning experiences during a massive open online course - Paper by Rita Kop
• The Mooc Buffet Reflections on Plenk and an interesting analogy to attending a party where you don't know anyone by Carmen Tschofen