Metaliteracy as Pedagogical Framework for Learner-Centered Design in Three MOOC Platforms: Connectivist, Coursera and Canvas

Authors

Kelsey L. O'Brien, University at Albany, State University of New YorkFollow
Michele Forte, SUNY Empire State CollegeFollow
Thomas P. Mackey, SUNY Empire State CollegeFollow
Trudi E. Jacobson, University at Albany, State University of New YorkFollow

Author ORCID Identifier

Trudi E. Jacobson: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8444-276X

Kelsey O'Brien: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5982-3018

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

DOI

10.5944/openpraxis.9.3.553

Abstract

This article examines metaliteracy as a pedagogical model that leverages the assets of MOOC platforms to enhance self-regulated and self-empowered learning. Between 2013 and 2015, a collaborative teaching team within the State University of New York (SUNY) developed three MOOCs on three different platforms—connectivist, Coursera and Canvas—to engage with learners about metaliteracy. As a reframing of information literacy, metaliteracy envisions the learner as an active and metacognitive producer of digital information in online communities and social media environments (Mackey & Jacobson, 2011; 2014). This team of educators, which constitutes the core of the Metaliteracy Learning Collaborative, used metaliteracy as a lens for applied teaching and learning strategies in the development of a cMOOC and two xMOOCs. The metaliteracy MOOCs pushed against the dominant trends of lecture-based, automated MOOC design towards a more learner-centered pedagogy that aligns with key components of metaliteracy.

Comments

This is the Publisher's PDF of the following article: O'Brien, K., Forte, M., Mackey, T., & Jacobson, T. (2017). Metaliteracy as Pedagogical Framework for Learner-Centered Design in Three MOOC Platforms: Connectivist, Coursera and Canvas. Open Praxis, 9(3), 267-286. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.9.3.553

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Recommended Citation

O'Brien, Kelsey L.; Forte, Michele; Mackey, Thomas P.; and Jacobson, Trudi E., "Metaliteracy as Pedagogical Framework for Learner-Centered Design in Three MOOC Platforms: Connectivist, Coursera and Canvas" (2017). University Libraries Faculty Scholarship. 116.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/ulib_fac_scholar/116