MOOCs and Corporate Learning: An Invitation
January 23, 2014 TO: Corporate Learning, Training and Higher Education Colleagues
FROM: Elliott Masie, Editor - Learning TRENDS
DATE: January 23, 2014
RE: Invite: MOOCs & Corporate Learning: Symposium and LAB
Dear Colleagues:
What will Corporate Learning do with the emerging model of MOOCs: Massive, Open, Online, Courses/Certificates/Content?
MOOCs are a disruptive and interesting innovation under experiment in Higher Education and starting to be adapted and leveraged by Learning, Training and Development groups in the workplace.
The MASIE Center and The Learning CONSORTIUM are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to a new, drill-down, vendor-neutral, evidence-based exploration of the roles of MOOCs for employee learning:
MOOCs & Corporate Learning: Symposium & Lab.
April 2, 3 and 4, 2014.
Hosted by Elliott Masie.
MASIE Center Learning LAB.
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 USA.
Info: http://www.learningmoocs.com
We will be exploring, examining, dialoguing and even designing the formats for a variety of MOOCs aimed at the workplace. It is exciting to think about 10,000 employees taking a high engagement program - without traditional faculty/trainer involvement! It is scary to think about 80% drop out rates! Together, we will examine the opportunities, adaptions, HYPE, technologies and learning behavior shifts in the world of MOOCs - implemented at work.
Our issues and questions include:
- Current MOOC Use: What’s Working? What’s Hype? What’s Changing?
- Designing MOOCs in a Corporate Setting.
- Why MOOCs?
- Playing with the MOOC Letters:
* Massive: How wide can a corporate MOOC extend? To a half million workers? What support needs does a Massive MOOC require?
* Open: How Open is a corporate MOOC? Is access Open? Is content from Open sources? Is MOOC content placed in an Open Format? Can we bill or charge for an Open program?
* Online: MOOCs that are 100% asynchronous? MOOCs that include real-time live collaboration? MOOCs blended with Face to Face? MOOCs on a global basis in many languages?
* Course/Credentials: What does the C stand for? Course, Content, Credit, Credential, Certificate? How accountable is the MOOC user?
* MOOCs and Certification?
* Using External MOOCs for a Workplace Learning Activity.
* Mini-MOOCs: Creating a Behind-the-Firewall Subset of a MOOC.
* Learning Systems (LMS/LCMS) & MOOCs: Friends, Foes or Cousins?
* Completion & Attrition Rates for MOOCs.
* MOOCs and Compliance/Regulation?
* MOOCs and Assessment Models: Credits, Courses, Certificates?
* MOOCs and Learning Preferences/Personalization?
* MOOCs: Fans and Opponents – Evidence For and Against MOOCs.
* Design Skills for MOOCs.
* Branding Issues: Do We Call it a MOOC?
* MOOC Partners and Providers: From MIT to Coursera to edX to FutureLearn.
* Corporate MOOCs in Action: From Yahoo to Bank of America to New Hire Orientation MOOCs.
* Your Questions about and Issues with MOOCs.
I will lead this program, with perspectives from corporate MOOC implementers, technology platforms and Higher Education partners.
Space is limited and we encourage Early Registration with a time limited discount. The program includes a 2 1/2 day Face-to-Face Program and a series of MOOCs and Design MOOCs you can utilize before and after your visit to Saratoga Springs.
Details and online registration at http://www.learningmoocs.com
Yours in learning,
Elliott
Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie
MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning 2014 - October 26 - 29, 2014 - Orlando, Florida.
* Video for Learning LAB - Feb 10 to 12, 2014 - Saratoga Springs, NY
* Learning Directions: New York City, Chicago, Houston and Silicon Valley.
* MOOCs & Corporate Learning: April 2, 3 and 4, 2014 - Saratoga Springs, NY
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie