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Why do ECO sMOOCs rely on learner interactions?

We recently submitted a deliverable for the ECO project, describing an innovative pedaogigal framework to design and implement sMOOCs. The ECO project, ECO: Elearning, Communication and Open-data: Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning, is a three year EU project in the CIP-PSP programme.

The ECO project has described a pedagogical framework that should benefit in particular the learners enrolling in sMOOCs. sMOOCs are social in that the learner learns from and with others by interacting with other participants. sMOOCs are seamless because they transgress borders found in traditional education: they integrate with learners’ real life experiences, and are accessible from a multiple platforms.

ECO sMOOCs are seen as part of the Open Education movement. Therefore, they are intended to remove all unnecessary barriers to learning and provide participants with a reasonable chance of success in education. This implies ‘openness’ in the sense not only of no financial cost, but also open accessibility, open licensing policy, freedom of place, pace and time of study, open entry, and open pedagogy. ECO sMOOCs rely on a flexible pedagogical framework, with a focus on networked and ubiquitous learning. The learner is put central and enters the sMOOC to meet his personal learning objectives. Leaners learn by interacting with others, by being active in situated, authentic tasks. The teacher is there to facilitate the process, not to act as knowledge provider in a one-way knowledge transfer mode.

The deliverable is available from the ECO website

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Is the pedagogical framework publicly available?

Geplaatst op 19-6-14 8:54.

Yes, this deliverable can be found at the ECO website A direct link to the deliverable is­nd_scenarios_v1.0.pdf

When that link does not work, go to the Deliverable overview page and choose D2.2 Instructional design and scenarios for MOOCs

Geplaatst op 20-6-14 14:12 in antwoord op Wilfred Rubens.