%0	Journal Article
%A	de Waard, Inge
%A	Koutropoulos, Apostolos
%A	Hogue, Rebecca J.
%A	Abajian, Sean C.
%A	Keskin, Nilgün Özdamar
%A	Rodriguez, Osvaldo C.
%A	Gallagher, Michael Sean
%D	2012
%G	en
%J	International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning
%K	MOOC
%K	mobimoocs
%K	mLearning
%K	learner interaction
%P	34 - 46
%R	10.4018/jmbl.2012100103
%T	Merging MOOC and mLearning for increased learner interactions
%U	http://www.igi-global.com/article/content/74726
%V	4
%X	In this paper, the authors suggest the merger of the Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) format and mobile learning (mLearning) based on mutual affordances of both contemporary learning/teaching formats to investigate learner interactions and dialogues in an open online course. The paper presents a case study of how MobiMOOC, a course created using the MOOC format, demonstrates the synergistic characteristics between the MOOC format and mLearning, making a combination of both fields ideal for contemporary, digital, collaborative learning, and knowledge construction based on learner interactions and dialogue. MobiMOOC was a six-week online course focusing on mLearning that ran in April and May 2011. An end-of-course survey provides insight that supports the synergies between MOOCs and mLearning: collaboration, informal and lifelong learning, and dialogue.
%8	03/2012
%@	1941-8655