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Although the EU Erasmus+ funded LoCoMoTion project is finished you will be glad to know that our MOOC “Making MOOCs on a budget” will be continuously available indefinitely into the future.  You can access it in one of two ways: By … Continue reading →

We are now in week 5 of the third delivery of the 6-week course, Making MOOCs on a Budget. However, in a way, rather than coming to an end, we are approaching a new beginning! Phase 1 Up to now, … Continue reading →

We are now in week 4 of the “Making MOOCs on a Budget” course. If you haven’t started yet, you are still welcome to come on board, as all the materials are available and discussion forums for all weeks are … Continue reading →

The third delivery of ‘Making MOOCs on a Budget’ got off to a good start last week. Participants from all over the world came together to introduce themselves and get started on the 6-week course aimed at building the knowledge and … Continue reading →

Thanks to Stephen for his excellent presentation on Community Learning to kick off our “Extended Virtual Symposium”.  He has posted the slides and his own recording (via Youtube Live) on his website: http://www.downes.ca/presentation/403 – why not join the discussion on Linkedin … Continue reading →

The new and even more improved version of our MOOC “Making MOOCs on a Budget” launches on the 18th of October.  We have moved it to canvas.net, a free platform that anyone can use.  The course is also extended to … Continue reading →

In conjunction with the third delivery of our MOOC “Making MOOCs on a Budget”, we hosted an “Extended Virtual Symposium, which will consist of a series of four weekly webinars starting on Thursday the 13th of October.  The theme of … Continue reading →

In the last posts on the topic of retention, we spoke about the reality of having too little time to spend on the course, and the importance of feeling part of a learning community. In this post, we look at … Continue reading →

Online learning through MOOCs is great! It’s flexible, convenient, you can access good quality material – often for free, sometimes get a certificate to demonstrate your learning – so why do people drop out so easily? In the last post on … Continue reading →

Discussions on the MOOC platform and some questionnaires sent to a number of course participants, have provided lots to think about on the the issue of retaining learners on MOOCs. Looking at the contributions so far, it would seem that people have flagged a … Continue reading →