By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How to build a learning city?
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2018/10/24
It's not called a MOOC, of course, but this series of videos from UNESCO is closer to a MOOC than any other form of learning. " The tutorials are based on the 2015 Guidelines for Building Learning Cities and consist of seven infographic animation videos addressing cities around the world to support them in the process of building learning cities." There's a hashtag - #Buildlearningcities. More...

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A Comparison of Social Learning Systems: Crochet Alongs and MOOCs
Shirley Williams, E.J. Highwood, European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2018/10/03
This is a great paper that introduces us to a type of MOOC that is more like a MOOC than the MOOCs offered by most MOOC providers. The category is the 'Along', as in "Crochet Along', as in'crochet along with me'. More...

Les savoirs accessibles à tous et depuis n’importe quel endroit du monde, voilà la perspective générée par les MOOC’s ou autres plateformes de LMS (learning Management system). Voyons si cela a contribué à démocratiser l'accès aux savoirs. Plus...