Ubiquity, an Association for Computing Machinery peer-reviewed magazine on the future of computing, is currently publishing a series of articles that form a symposium on MOOCs. The goal of the symposium is “to surface and explore some of the open questions that have arisen in the MOOC debates,” including:
- Which existing or new pedagogical models support the design of online or hybrid environments and address the dual challenge?’
- What technologies are needed to support authentic and rigorous assessment?
- What are the costs of being a MOOC course provider and developer? What are the costs of being a MOOC user?
- What are the implications of collecting large amounts of student learning data? Who should own the data and who should have access to it?
Articles published in the symposium include Data-driven Learner Modelling to Understand and Improve Online Learning, Assessment in Digital At-scale Learning Environments, and From MOOCs to SPOCs: Curricular Technology Transfer for the 21st Century. The symposium will run through September and will include additional topics.