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Designing & developing a successful MOOC that fits your training environment

By Inge de Waard

What is a MOOC?

MOOC framework

Resources section

Design section

Unmapped territory

Q & A

Overview

What is a MOOC?

• Massive: everyone who wants to join can join, no limits on enrolment numbers

• Open: all the information (content and interactions) is open to all / on the Web closed eLearning

• Online: all the content and discussions happen online• Course: a stand-alone or part of training/curriculum

Participants learn in cohort (central location/deadlines) Interactions happen synchronous and asynchronousThe learning is often public, social and networked.

What distinguishes MOOC from online and mobile learning?

• Massive group size (affects facilitator role)• Attracts international learners• More learner-centered (peer interactions)• Adds to online social, networked learning • Informal, sometimes even ‘leisure’ learning• Use and guidance through learner analytics (due to massiveness)• MOOC data is often publicly available• Content: mix of Internet (OER) and self-produced content

Most common MOOC challenges

• Participants & trainers need to have digital skills• Best training practices for MOOC are (un)known• Seamless learning is not yet reached• Drop-out rate is high (leisure learning, curiosity…)

Why add the MOOC format to your training architecture?

• This will be (part of) the future of training• Promoting your expertise to the world (marketing)• Building an internal and external training program• Gathering knowledge from your experts in the field• Installing or adding a career certification track• Creating and strengthening a personnel network (Community of

Practitioners – CoP)

What is a MOOC?

MOOC framework

Resources section

Design section

Unmapped territory

Q & A

MOOC Canvas: starting from a helpful, simple MOOC framework

MOOC canvas: build by Alario- Hoyos, Pérez-Sanagustín, Dave Cormier, and Delgado-Kloos. Useful framework offering recognisable aspects coming from known, online design and resources

Technology Content Interactions

MOOC pedagogies = training theories and approaches

• Connectivism (George Siemens & Stephen Downes)

• Social learning (Jane Hart, Jane Bozarth, Harold Jarche)

• Networked learning (learning in a network of peeers)

Requires critical meaning making

Download the start-a-MOOC template

• More practical questions you want to reflect upon prior to setting up a MOOC: e.g. NEED?

• Document available here (Google drive doc, so you need to sign in with Yahoo, FB)

Design Resources parallel section

• MOOC platform• Training interactions• Content development & delivery• Assessing what is learned• Design extra’s: learning analytics, and evaluation & validation

What is a MOOC?

MOOC framework

Resources section

Design section

Unmapped territory

Q & A

Choosing your MOOC platform / stage

What is meant by a MOOC platform?Do you use your existing online platform?Will the platform be in/out your current training environment?

Planned training interactions

• Cohort learning (asynchronous / synchronous actions) deadlines + notification software

• Flipped classroom (= learner reads content prior to synchronous meeting)

• One-to-many or many-to-many– Lectures + discussions– Peer collaboration / group work– Peer reviewing (of group work)

Content quality & delivery

• Use quality content: quizzes / media • Tested authoring tools• Add media type and timings to ALL content

Major focus in MOOC: multimedia (1/5)

EPFL CEDE channel • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipzw_aFQOkg• Slides from Patrick Jermann (école polytechnique

de Lausanne, Swiss – eMOOCs2014 Stakeholder Summit)

Video (2/5)

Video (3/5)

Video (4/5)

Video interacties

• Integrate quizzes in video (e.g. Google form)• Add discussions

Video (5/5)

Assessing what is learned

• Self-assessments (spaced learning)

• Group work• Peer assessment

review• Assignments / tasks• Share performance

experiences

MOOC skills & competencies

• MOOC competencies: digital & communication skills, self-regulated learning

Design + Resources

Two extra’s to consider and cover =>

Mixing them up

Techno-logy

Humans

Content

Why use learner analytics?

Classic eLearning• Content feedback• Learner dataMOOC specific• Learner dashboard• Tool for design improvement• Access to more (global) data and insights• Identify social learning nodes• Identify key learners inside organization• Learner retention

Evaluation & validation

• Is performance improved for your personnel learners?• Does the MOOC lead to its objectives?• Plan feedback channel for MOOC evaluation• Mark specific learning analytics as success indicators

What is a MOOC?

MOOC framework

Resources section

Design section

Unmapped territory

Q & A

LMS, MOOC platform or Mash-up? (1/2)

• Using your existing Learning Management System • Using an external, existing MOOC platform (partnership / service

and support - visibility)• You want to build your MOOC platform from existing open code• You want to create a mash-up: mixing what exists with what you

lack

Some big MOOC platforms

Mobile option Learners (Nov 13)

Region URL some specifics

Alison Mobile in parts 1 million Europe http://alison.com/ Certified learning

Canvas Network Apps 4,5 million North America https://www.canvas.net Coursera Apps 5,2 million North America https://www.coursera.org/

Signature track

EdX Mobile in parts 1,6 million North America https://www.edx.org/Eliademy Fully mobile,

even producing content

Not found Europe https://eliademy.com Works with Moodle

FutureLearn Fully mobile New: 20.000 Europe https://www.futurelearn.com/Iversity Mobile unclear New:

220.000Europe https://iversity.org/

Khan academy Mobile in parts 15 million Asia https://www.khanacademy.org/

OpenLearning Mobile unclear Not found Australia https://www.openlearning.com/ actively uses gamification

P2P university Mobile unclear 160.000 (?) North America https://p2pu.org/en/Udacity Mobile in parts 1,6 million North America https://www.udacity.com/Udemy Apps 400.000 North America https://www.udemy.com/

Platform (2/2)

Look at your chosen training platformCohort learning (moving forward in group): • Calendar option / synchronization available?• Message board: sending out notifications (sms / email)

Flipped classroom (learners learn prior to synchronous meeting)• Content area where you can put mandatory documents and

media?• Which conferencing tools do you have?

Check your planned interactions (1/2)

Week 1 Task 1 Q / A Meeting 1

Check planned interactions (2/2)

One-to-many interactions (e.g. video lectures)• Video options? With feedback or notes options? With quiz options?• Discussing forums available?

Many-to-many (e.g. group work / peer reviewing of assignments)• Does your platform allow you to put learners into groups?• Does the platform offer upload options and review options to learners?

Content resources available? (1/3)

• Content ready and available? (Reusable? Granular?)

• Contemplate using Open Educational Resources • Creating new content (multimedia, text)

Content authoring tools: quizzes & media (2/3)

• Which tools do you have? (e.g. Articulate)• Which interactions are provided? (e.g. show cases, problem

based learning?)

Contemplating OER content (3/3)

OER saves money, demands time & critical eyes:• YouTube lectures on topic• Creative Commons pictures• Remixing of OER (Licensing!)• Quality assurance of OER?

Video resources: studio + HR

Multimedia production team• Content expert(s)• Training scenario expert (storyboard)• Camera / recording (actors?)• Editing teamRecording studio and dedicated time of all stakeholders

Assessment & certification (1/2)

• What certification do you currently provide? (security?)• Self-assessment options: can it be taken several times?

Highest score of those?• Does your platform allow peer document upload and

review?• Does your platform allow peers to upload and share media?

Reading new docs Test scores: 85% Engaging in

discussions

Assessment & certification (2/2)

Add to what is offered or create career pathExamples provided by MOOC services:• MOOC2Degree• OpenBadges by Mozilla• Coursera: signature track

Human resources available?

• Content experts • Instructional designers• Help and support (IT)• Multimedia experts • Project managers

MOOC specific• Course coordinators• Facilitators • Tutors All TOP communicators!All TOP digital skills!

Design + Resources

Two extra’s to consider and cover =>

Mixing them up

Techno-logy

Humans

Content

What is a MOOC?

MOOC framework

Resources section

Design section

Unmapped territory

Q & A

Wrapping up

Unmapped MOOC territory

• How far can MOOC learning be stretched (self-regulated learning)?

• What is the best MOOC format?

Beyond the far frontier:laboratory or production simulators

Immerse learners in complex field experiences

Mapped territory

• Create a safe way to fail (test, evaluate, iterate)• Let the learners provide new ideas for future roll-out• Look at success stories and failures: the praised MOOC “

A beginner’s guide to irrational behaviour ”, failed MOOC on eLearning design experience

• Start small and grow BIG (build expertise)

Some extra reading (later)

• MOOC news and reviews and nice MOOC resource list

• Recent reports on MOOC and Online education (Educause library)• MOOCs, a systematic study of published literature (2008 – 2012) • EUA MOOC paper• Openness and MOOC• MOOC Yourself• Edupunk Guide• Any google/scholar search will do

What is a MOOC?

MOOC framework

Resources section

Design section

Unmapped territory

Q & A

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