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标题：Using mLearning and MOOCs to understand chaos, emergence, and complexity in education
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作者：Inge de Waard ; Sean Abajian ; Michael Sean Gallagher 等
期刊名称：The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
印刷版ISSN：1492-3831
出版年度：2011
卷号：12
期号：7
页码：94-115
语种：English
出版社：AU Press
摘要：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.
关键词：Open Education; mobile learning; mLearning; MobiMOOC; MOOC; collaborative learning; OER; connectivism