The 2007 open course design allowed anyone to participate and prefigured the first MOOC¶

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q1 i? Wiley's Fall 2007 Introduction to Open Education course, with a public wiki syllabus, openly accessible readings, blog-published homework, and signed certificates for completers, attracted more than fifty formal participants and inspired the connectivism course first called a MOOC. → Curtis J. Bonk 2020

Evidence¶

Curtis J. Bonk 2020¶

Curtis J. Bonk, David A. Wiley. (2020). Preface: Reflections on the waves of emerging learning technologies. Education Tech Research Dev 68:1595–1612. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-020-09809-x

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The authors' first-person historical account of the Fall 2007 open course at Utah State University: the article reports that "More than fifty people from around the world formally signed up" via the wiki syllabus, with many others following informally. No effect sizes or comparative data are reported.

"More than fifty people from around the world formally signed up for this obscure graduate seminar by adding their names and blog addresses to the wiki-based syllabus."

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