IACSS 2013 SOOC Presentation

Transforming the ways we share information: a case study of a small open online course

Keith LyonsNational Institute of Sport Studies

University of Canberra

We are at an exciting time in education.

The increasing availability of open educational resources and stable, open internet platforms is transforming the ways we connect with each other and share information.

This paper reports on how a small open online course (SOOC), Observing and Analysing Performance in Sport, explored the possibilities available.

The course is available online at present as an asynchronous resource with all materials from the course available under Creative Commons license.

There was a synchronous course that ran in November 2012.

The paper outlines the connectivist approach that informed the course.

It discusses participation patterns and the facilitation of discussion using the OpenLearning platform.

It concludes with a discussion of how an open educational model can transform the ways we develop a global approach to the study and practice of computer science in sport.

Connectivism

“At its heart, connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections, and therefore that learning consists of the ability to construct and traverse those networks.” Downes (2007)

"Connectivism is the integration of principles explored by chaos, network, and complexity and self-organization theories. Learning is a process that occurs within nebulous environments of shifting core elements – not entirely under the control of the individual." Siemens (2005)

Open educational resources are materials used to support education that may be freely accessed, reused, modified and shared by anyone.

Downes (2011)

A Small Open Online Course

Link

Connecting and SharingObserving PerformanceVisualising DataKnowledge Discovery in DatabasesAugmented Reality

OpenLearning

An open educational model?

(“The purpose of the word 'freely' in the definition is intended to stipulate that the resource may be accessed without conditions. This, by the definition, means without payment.”)

Open educational resources are materials used to support education that may be freely accessed, reused, modified and shared by anyone.

Downes (2011)

... to transform how we share our understanding of computer science in sport with new, global audiences ... eager to learn