Using mLearning and MOOCs to understand chaos, emergence, and complexity in education

Michael Gallagher; Inge  de Waard; Sean Abajian; Rebecca  Hogue; Nilgun Keskin; Apostolos  Koutropoulos; Osvaldo Rodriguez

doi:10.19173/irrodl.v12i7.1046

Using mLearning and MOOCs to understand chaos, emergence, and complexity in education

Michael Gallagher, Inge de Waard, Sean Abajian, Rebecca Hogue, Nilgun Keskin, Apostolos Koutropoulos, Osvaldo Rodriguez

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	94-115
Number of pages	22
Journal	International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
Volume	12
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v12i7.1046
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2011

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mobile learning
open learning
MOOCs
digital education
MobiMooc
mLearning
complexity
mobile technology

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