1. MOOCs are not the Enemy:
Networked, non-Imperialist
MOOC models
#TtW13
Bonnie Stewart
University of Prince Edward Island

2. Disruption, Revolution,
and Bears, oh my!
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/gforsythe/8028605773/

3. …maybe a frenemy?

4. What is the future of
higher education?
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/noiseprofessor/8270908219

5. Colonialism! Imperialism!
Predatory Privatization!
h"p://eduopBmists.blogspot.ca/2013/02/predatory-­‐privaBzaBon-­‐exploiBng.html

6. Stay away from the internet. Got it.

7. MOOCs = Many Things
(Not Change Drivers)
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/garymacfadyen/6860003781/

8. The system of higher ed is in shift

9. Education = the final digital frontier
IBIS
Capital:
Global
e-­‐Learning
Investment
Review,
2013

10. Education = globalization
NYTimes,
UNESCO
Data

11. Education = online
GSV
Advisors,
2012

12. We are subjects of these systems
Venture
Globalization
capital
Academic
Data
hierarchy surveillance
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/5066287053

13. But MOOCs = more than Borg

14. The cMOOC = A Networked,
Non-Imperialist MOOC model
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/wiccked/133164205

15. MOOCs embody digital
practices
Harness & contribute to
knowledge abundance
Are participatory
Are networked
Are distributed
Generate knowledge &
connections that extend
beyond course
Share the processes of
knowledge work, not just
the products

16. cMOOCs = cyborg?
“Cyborg writing is about the power to
survive, not on the basis of original
innocence but on the basis of seizing
the tools to mark the world that
marked them as other.”
- Haraway 1991
THE CYBORG EDUCATOR
• Subject of the system
• Instrument of the system
• Subverter of the system

17. MOOCs can foster networked
identities

18. Don’t be afraid…

19. Thank you.
@bonstewart