#connectedcourses

Connected courses are about connecting learners with each other and with networks in the world outside the classroom. They don’t have to be massive, but they can be. They do include videos and texts, but they are more about fostering cooperative communities of discourse than about passing quizzes about content. They connect classrooms and course cohorts within location-based institutions to learners and networks elsewhere in the world. They are about co-learning, trans-media, and codesigning the courses. (For more about connected learning in general, see this resource) I’m thrilled at the prospect of spending next week with many people who have been my guiding stars and mentors in online learning — I won’t list them here, but you’ll see their posts showing up here soon — planning an open, connected course for educators who want to create open, connected courses. Our course will begin in late September and run into December, with a group of facilitators lecturing, blogging, and commenting each week.