by Joern Loviscach

2. Web mashups for MOOCs
Jörn Loviscach
and other
distributed solutions

3. Pieces of a puzzle, not a platform

4. Degrees of integration
Embedding
strongly coupled,
seamless (?),
“Web Mashup”
iframes,
possibly + JavaScript
Linking
weakly coupled,
seamful, distracting (?)
Learner’s perspective:
PLE (Personal Learning
Environment)

5. Examples
• CCK08: Blogs, Twitter, Wiki, Moodle, …,
RSS aggregator
• P2PU Mechanical MOOC:
mass emails pointing
to free resources
• YouTube in edX and Udacity

6. A hub to tie it all together
• RSS aggregator: ChimpFeedr, …
• Blog sites: WordPress.org, …
• Social networks:
Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter, …

7. Where to put videos
• Size: 1…10 MB/min, depending on visual
content and tolerated compression artifacts;
1000 viewers x 5 h x 5 MB/min = 1.5 TB
• YouTube, Vimeo (?), iTunes (?), …
• Facebook? Google+?
• Google Drive? Dropbox (basic: 20 GB/day)?

8. Where to put the rest
• Quizzes: learningapps.org, …
• Forum: Disqus, OpenStudy, …
• Collaboration: Etherpad sites,
Google Docs, SageMathCloud
• Video conferencing: Google Hangout, Skype, …,
Unhangout, talkabout, …

9. Benefits and challenges
Run a MOOC without paying
for services or servers
Employ state-of-the art web-based solutions
How to unify discussions?
Multiple logins required?
How to issue a certificate?

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the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use
which may be made of the information contained therein.