Summer Games MOOC

Please join us for the Summer Games MOOC!

This will be the fourth offering of the Games Based Learning MOOC. Sign-up is at  bit.ly/12rDKit The Summer Games MOOC will be divided into two parts. Each part is designed to be a standalone MOOC, so feel free to sign-up for only one part or both.

The Summer 2013 Games MOOC
Designed using the connectivism learning theory, the Summer Games MOOC is a Massive Online Open Course focusing on game based learning in education. Connectivist MOOCs or cMOOCs started in 2008 and were introduced to promote networking and knowledge creation among peers.  Since then,  there have been a series of these free connectivism open online courses offered. The Games MOOC is informed by their design and implementation.

Since it's a connectivism MOOC, it will not look like a course from Coursera, Canvas or have the feel of a commercial learning management system. Besides connectivism learning theory, this MOOC is informed by gaming guild culture and the Gamer Disposition by John Seely Brown http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2008/02/the_gamer_disposition.html

Multi-Player Games and MMORPGs
June 3 - June 24, 2013.

Part I focuses on exploring collaboration, cross-functional teams and multi-player game based learning. We will take a close look at the features of multi-players games by going into MMORPGs (Massively Online Role-Playing Games) and also livestreaming from them. We will be exploring and even experiencing what makes these games so engaging.

in Part I, we look at World of Warcraft, EVEOnline,  and guilds that have developed in the sandbox genre games.

Immersive Environments
July 7 - July 29, 2013

Part II will be a tour of online and immersive environments for game based learning. There will be an emphasis on you building your game based learning PLN (Personal Learning Network). We will visit multiple virtual learning environments, virtual worlds, sandbox games and MMORPGs. In Part II, we will also be collaborating with the rgMOOC, or "Rhetoric and Composition: The Persuasive Power of Video Games as Paratexts being offered by Sherry Jones and Kate Guthrie Caruso http://storify.com/sherryjones/rgmooc-a-rhetoric-and-game-based-mooc

The Games MOOC is an open course for all educators. The model for participation is based on social network knowledge construction. Learners will be able to be active in the course in several ways from lurking (reading the discussions), to being engaged in game-play to actively creating content in the course with the MOOC designer and Advisory Group. We do understand that a participant’s level of activity may vary based on the individual’s interest in the weekly topics or other time commitments.

So feel free to lurk! As one of our MOOC Advisory Board member says, "Lurk and Learn!"

If you have any questions, please contact Kae Novak at kae.novak@frontrange.edu or call 303-404-5470.

Time for Training? Consider these July Sessions!

CCCOnline Training and Professional Development has several sessions lined up for the remaining six-months of the 2008 Training Year! You can see what sessions are upcoming from the registration form: http://www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?402726

Information about the faculty conference (October 17, 2008) will be made available as it becomes available. For questions related to the conference now, please email training@ccconline.org

July Workshops:
You may want to review the Session Descriptions to see objectives and materials for sessions (Click this link, then click the name of the workshop on the page that opens to view the description).

• Course Mapping (July 7 - 18)
  Register no later than July 3!
  
  
• Managing Discussions (July 7 - 18)
  Register no later than July 3!
  
  
• Learning Styles (July 21 - August 11)
  Register no later than August 17!
  
  
• Getting Started with CCCOnline (July 30 - August 6)
  Register no later than July 25!
  
  
• Vista Basic Training (July 30 - August 11)
  Register no later than July 25!

July Webinars!

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)- What it is and Why it Matters!
  Friday, July 18 * 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  Access from: http://elm.elluminate.com/FRONTRANGE/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1212016522566
  
  
• Ready to Play? Learning with Games in Online Courses
  Friday, July 25 * 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  Access from: http://elm.elluminate.com/FRONTRANGE/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1212175519275

Review the training policy if needed. In sum, at least one training is required of all CCCOnline faculty each calendar year. It can be one of our offerings or a Chair approved alternative training. You are encouraged to complete as much training and professional development as you can, however!

Thanks for your awesome commitment to excellence in teaching and learning with CCCOnline. It has truly been an honor serving you this year!

:-) Lisa Marie Johnson

Are you ready to start Teaching with Style?

Learning Styles Registration is open! Register today for Learning Styles and other Professional Development sessions from: https://www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?402726

• What: Learning Styles (listed under recommended sessions)
• Where: Two-week asynchronous online via Bb Vista
• Who: Kathy Miles
• When: March 31 - April 11
• Why: ...... read on!

Style… everyone has his or her own and we’re not talking What To Wear!

“Learning Styles” refers mainly to theories on how people perceive and process information in order to learn. You may like to read step-by-step instructions before tackling a project, whereas your best friend may just glance at a picture and plunge in. Perhaps you remember what you hear better than what you see, but your friend remembers best what she reads or what he sees in a picture. Or when you read or study you need a quiet space, but your friend likes to have the radio or the TV going in the background or to be in the middle of a room with lots of activity.

Such differences reflect the very different ways in which we learn.“Learning Styles” also refers to a group of models for conceptualizing a learner’s style and designing instruction to better meet the needs of diverse learners. How do our own learning-style differences translate into our teaching and what is their effect on our students’ learning? What implications are there for course design?

Typically, the most common method of communication and presentation in an online class is text-based – meaning students mostly read a lot of material displayed on Web pages. What if that is not the most appropriate method through which your students learn? How can you adjust assignments to provide the best context for student learning? This two-week workshop (including one weekend of course activity) takes on these questions, examining learning styles and how to address their diversity in an online environment. Come join us: Explore the world of learning styles, your own as well as others’; then practice designing an instructional activity which supports a variety of learners and their styles.

Register for the Learning Styles workshop today to get ...

1. Information on common Learning Styles.
2. Methods for measuring Learning Styles.
3. Information for understanding your learning style and why that matters.
4. Information for designing course activities in alternative learning styles.
5. Practice in designing course activities to engage and support different styles.

Don't delay! Register today!

Thank you Kathy Miles for the redevelopment of this workshop, facilitation, guidance on training and development opportunities and the above summary!

Questions? Just ask!
Lisa Marie
lisamarie.johnson@cccs.edu