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Merging MOOC and mLearning for Increased Learner Interactions

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  • Inge de Waard

    (Athabasca University, Antwerpen, Belgium)

  • Apostolos Koutropoulos

    (Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Boston, MA, USA)

  • Rebecca J. Hogue

    (University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada)

  • Sean C. Abajian

    (California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA)

  • Nilgün Özdamar Keskin

    (Department of Distance Education, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Eskisehir Province, Turkey)

  • C. Osvaldo Rodriguez

    (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • Michael Sean Gallagher

    (Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, Newington, Edinburgh, UK)

Abstract

In this paper, the authors suggest the merger of the Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) format and mobile learning (mLearning) based on mutual affordances of both contemporary learning/teaching formats to investigate learner interactions and dialogues in an open online course. The paper presents a case study of how MobiMOOC, a course created using the MOOC format, demonstrates the synergistic characteristics between the MOOC format and mLearning, making a combination of both fields ideal for contemporary, digital, collaborative learning, and knowledge construction based on learner interactions and dialogue. MobiMOOC was a six-week online course focusing on mLearning that ran in April and May 2011. An end-of-course survey provides insight that supports the synergies between MOOCs and mLearning: collaboration, informal and lifelong learning, and dialogue.

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  • Inge de Waard & Apostolos Koutropoulos & Rebecca J. Hogue & Sean C. Abajian & Nilgün Özdamar Keskin & C. Osvaldo Rodriguez & Michael Sean Gallagher, 2012. "Merging MOOC and mLearning for Increased Learner Interactions," International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL), IGI Global, vol. 4(4), pages 34-46, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jmbl00:v:4:y:2012:i:4:p:34-46
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