(M)OOCs in Iceland: Language and learning communities

Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig

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dc.contributor	Háskóli Íslands
dc.contributor	University of Iceland
dc.contributor.author	Jakobsdóttir, Sólveig
dc.date.accessioned	2016-09-27T08:59:28Z
dc.date.available	2016-09-27T08:59:28Z
dc.date.issued	2016-06
dc.identifier.citation	Jakobsdóttir, S. (2016). (M)OOCs in Iceland: Language and learning communities. Í D. Jansen og L. Konings (ritstj.), MOOCs in Europe: Overview of papers representing a collective European response on MOOCs as presented during the HOME conference in Rome November 2015 (bls. 14-18). Maastricht, The Netherlands: EADTU. Sótt af http://home.eadtu.eu/news/110-publication-moocs-in-europe-available
dc.identifier.isbn	978-90-79730-19-3
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/135
dc.description	The paper was originally presented at the HOME conference in Rome November 30 2015. http://home.eadtu.eu/news/98-conference-wow-europe-embraces-moocs. Authors were invited to submit a more developed paper for peer review to be presented in this report. This relates to policy work on European MOOCs see e.g. http://home.eadtu.eu/news/109-policy-forum-on-european-moocs
dc.description.abstract	An overview is given of experiences of MOOCs in Iceland. An open online Icelandic language course from 2004 at the University of Iceland (UI) has been popular and remains open. A work group, formed in 2013 by the president of the UI, analysed the MOOC landscape and gathered data about students' use of MOOCs and OERs. Recommendations included trialling integration of international MOOCs in UI courses. In 2014, opportunities for participation in MOOCs were provided in four courses, in some cases as group activity with discussion of experiences. Other developments include a 2015 open online course for professional development on ICT in teaching and learning. Over 300 teachers were registered and emphasis was on the use of social media and supporting a learning community. Results from these cases indicate importance of MOOCs for professional development but the role of language, culture and learning communities needs further attention.
dc.description.sponsorship	University of Iceland, Sáttmálasjóður. HOME - Higher education Online: MOOCs the European way, project supported by the European Commission, DG EAC, under the Lifelong Learning Programme (Ref. 543516-LLP-1-2013-1-NL-KA3-KA3NW).
dc.format.extent	14-18
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	The European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	MOOCs
dc.subject	Higher education
dc.subject	Iceland
dc.subject	Háskólamenntun
dc.subject	Ísland
dc.title	(M)OOCs in Iceland: Language and learning communities
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
dcterms.license	CC-By 4.0 license
dc.description.version	Peer Reviewed
dc.relation.url	http://home.eadtu.eu/news/110-publication-moocs-in-europe-available
dc.contributor.department	Rannsóknarstofa í upplýsingatækni og miðlun (HÍ)
dc.contributor.department	Centre for Educational Research on ICT and Media (UI)
dc.contributor.school	Menntavísindasvið (HÍ)
dc.contributor.school	School of Education (UI)