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Introduction and Background Introduction and Background
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Philosophical Position Philosophical Position
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Definitions Definitions
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Is a MOOC a Social Networking Site? Is a MOOC a Social Networking Site?
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Communities of Practice and Affinity Spaces Communities of Practice and Affinity Spaces
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Worldview Worldview
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Critical Thinking Critical Thinking
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Pedagogies of Provocation Pedagogies of Provocation
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The Potential Role of Social Media Within MOOCs to Support Pedagogies of Provocation The Potential Role of Social Media Within MOOCs to Support Pedagogies of Provocation
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Peer Assessment Peer Assessment
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Methodology Methodology
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Evidence of Critical Thinking Evidence of Critical Thinking
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Data Collection and Population Data Collection and Population
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Findings Findings
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Content Analysis of Participants’ Blogs to Identify CT Content Analysis of Participants’ Blogs to Identify CT
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Quantitative Peer Assessment of CT Quantitative Peer Assessment of CT
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Analyzing Written Peer Assessment for CT and Relationships Analyzing Written Peer Assessment for CT and Relationships
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Participants’ Choice of Social Media Platforms Participants’ Choice of Social Media Platforms
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Course Feedback Course Feedback
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Music Educators and Social Media Music Educators and Social Media
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Vulnerability Vulnerability
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Evidence of a Developing Community of Practice and Affinity Space Evidence of a Developing Community of Practice and Affinity Space
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Vulnerability and Worldview Change Vulnerability and Worldview Change
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Notes Notes
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References References
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30 Nurturing Vulnerability to Develop Pedagogical Change Through MOOC Participation and Public Blogging
Get accessJames Humberstone is a senior lecturer at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. His undergraduate teaching areas are music education and composition, specializing in composition and technology. He also supervises postgraduate research projects in the diverse fields of musicology, music education, music technology, and composition. He has published in all of these fields and also as a composer of experimental and electro-acoustic music, music for children and community ensembles, and, recently, orchestrations for hip-hop.
Catherine Zhao (The University of Sydney) works in educational psychology and learning and teaching in higher education. She has worked in the areas of evaluating university student experience and designing learning experiences in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on various platforms. Her research interest is at the intersection of educational psychology, neuroscience for learning, and learning analytics to enhance the understanding of how people learn in different conditions.
Danny Liu (The University of Sydney) is a molecular biologist by training, programmer by night, researcher and academic developer by day, and educator at heart. A multiple national teaching award winner, he works at the confluence of learning analytics, student engagement, educational technology, and professional development and leadership to enhance the student experience.
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Published:08 October 2020
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Abstract
Despite several decades of ground-breaking achievements in music education research and practice, the discipline’s status continues to stagnate, especially among our children and our governments. To address this stagnation, in 2016 the University of Sydney launched an internationally available Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled “The Place of Music in 21st-Century Education.” The intent of offering this course was to provoke critical thinking among music educators in order to break the cultural cycle that centers curricular music education around teachers’ (most likely Western art music) experience, and ask them to grapple with social and technological changes in education more broadly. To address concerns with authenticity in learning and the MOOC model, the MOOC integrated social media use into every main assessment. Participants—over 1,600 educators, students, artists, and the general public—were asked to publicly blog their responses to provocations on these topics and then to read each other’s posts and respond. In this study, we analyze funneled (Clow, 2013) data from the blogs and MOOC interactions. We find evidence for critical thinking and worldview transformation from a number of participants, and conclude that the experience of engaging publicly via social media engendered a vulnerability that may have made those new to the field and experienced professionals alike more open to change. The blogging-feedback loop prompted the formation of a social structure reminiscent of a community of practice or affinity space.
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