oncampus integration (not only) via moocs
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integration(not only) via MOOCs
Creating Perspectives through Education, BrusselsSlides: http://bit.ly/daad16-refugees
Anja LorenzFachhochschule Lübeck
Applications for asylum & registrated refugees in Germanybpb (09.02.2016): Zahlen zu Asyl in Deutschland http://www.bpb.de/politik/innenpolitik/flucht/218788/zahlen-zu-asyl-in-deutschland#Antraege
Facts (Germany 2015)
1,091,894 registered refugees476,649 applications for asylum
university entrance qualification- 16% of all refugees- 30% of Syrian refugees
Federal office of Migration and Refugeeshttps://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Meldungen/DE/2016/201610106-asylgeschaeftsstatistik-dezember.html
our mission
OPEN UPaccess to higher education
FAST & WITHOUT bureaucracy
Mission agenda
1. un-tutored courses2. tutored courses and MOOCs3. networking with other initiatives
→ first help becomes part of our institutional strategy
integration.oncampus.defrom 0 to 13 first (un-tutored) courses in 2 weeks
1st courses
self-registration→ no certificates or documents needed
quickly opened-up from existing courses → untutored
free of charge for anybody: refugees and regular students
ECTS credits by FH Lübeck
no exam fee for refugeesjust started summer term 2016
2nd level
tutored courses
3,600 registrations Everyone is welcome!
German pronunciation training for (Syrian) learners
#DEU4ARAB MOOC
https://mooin.oncampus.de/deu4arab
#deu4arab
6 weeks MOOCteam of Prof. Jürgen Handke (Marburg University)
today 2.368 learners 1,640 at course start – 2,138 at the end
850 facebook group membersdata from 10th May 2016
Videos to practice German pronunciation (Arabic/German comparison)
Videos to practice German pronunciation with German keywords
having one’s pronunciation checked via uploaded voice recordings
Digital Badges & CertificatesSimple imitator, Language juggler,
Tone expert, Communication specialist
It’s all on YouTube(?)
Reach relevant community
148.086 suscribers
promotion video published at January 23th
MaroWeltShow
registered learners of the deu4arab MOOC (23.01.2016: 167 | 24.01.2016: 611)
Map of learners (May 10th 2016)
Residence status in Germany (answers to the survey at course start, N=171)
43.6% running asylum procedure
41.5% entiled to asylum in GER
10.6% on the jouney but not in GER
4,3% others
County of birth (answers to the survey at course start, N=150)
SyriaAlgeriaMoroccoEgyptSaudi-ArabiaPalestineOthers
50.7%
Current country of residence (answers to the survey at course start, N=144)
GermanyAlgeriaMalaysiaEgyptSyriaPalestineOthers
55.9%
integration is no competition
Networking 4 refugees
iMOOX & mooin
Lübeck, Kiel, Maro, VHS (Germany), iMOOX (Austria), OpenClassrooms (France)
partners of kiron university: MOOC Makers meet refugee activists
Proud to be part of it!
(some more time for platform features?)
Network 4 refugees
Thank you!
Creating Perspectives through Education, BrusselsSlides: http://bit.ly/daad16-refugees
Anja LorenzFachhochschule Lübeck
Anja Lorenz@anjalorenz
[email protected]://about.me/anjalorenz
Barriers against access to higher education
FederalismVerification of university entrance qualificationUnsure perspective of remaining at a locationLanguage
Lorenz, Wulff, Wittke (2016): #refugeesWelcome an der Fachhochschule Lübeck. Schnelle und unbürokratische Bereitstellung von Bildungsangeboten. GML²: Grundfragen Multimedialen Lehrens und Lernens in Berlin (im Druck).
mooinown MOOC plattform since 03/2015
8 MOOCs in 2015
40 MOOCs planned until 2020
https:// . .de
What does it need to offer a MOOC for refugees?
Feature check
refugees use mobile devices
responsive platform
Access to mooin (19.05.2015)
desktop:78,46% mobile:
12,65%
tablet:8,89%
Access to mooin (01+02/2016)tablet:37%
mobile:12%
desktop:48%
support of Arabic means RTL
multilingual, Google Translate
Multilingual surface & integrating Google translate
bilingual content
What does it mean to offer a MOOC for refugees?
Reality check
Bug fixing
understand standard replacements | translate add-ons
direction of navigation in RTL-languages
direction of navigation in RTL-languages
Review, maintenance, learners’ support, social networks
Arabic-speaking student assistents
Arabic-speaking support needed → Arabic-speaking assistants/lecturers hired
Arabic-speaking support needed → Arabic-speaking assistants/lecturers hired
Use keyboards with Arabic symbols