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#23keysmoocModule 2: Let’s plan a MOOC!

Sílvia SimonC4D, UdG, [email protected], @silviasimonr

Miquel DURANC4D, UdG, [email protected], @miquelduran

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Nonspontaneous generation

• Why would you wish to build up a MOOC?• Possible yet not only answer: “I do not know,

but I guess it will yield interesting results”• But is a MOOC an isolated thing? No! And it is

not born overnight• Our experience with 5 different MOOCs (the

GISOLR initiative – Science Open Learning and Research)


Involvement and motivation

• There are many ways to be involved and to be motivated by a MOOC

• One has to find just the proper reason to be happy with it

• It is not just to “modify slightly” a moodle or other online course. Beware!


Collaboration, teamwork

• A MOOC can be planned alone, but surely it is faster, easier (and more fun!) if done in collaboration within a team

• Leadership vs. parallel teaming• On sustainability• Help from the university staff and technicians,

especially with video production (this is very dependent of course)


A MOOC is a project

• Yes, a MOOC is a project like any other• And it may require strategic planning, with

objectives, tasks, scheduling, assessing and improving / a cycle

• Use planning tools!! From brainstorming apps to just post-it notes


What we will need

• Time (we mean... available, quality time)• A litte more time that we though initially• Even more time• Well... but within reasonable limits


We need time for...

• Brainstorming, planning• Writing text• Building presentations• Producing and shooting Videos • Maitaining interest by students, correcting errors,

improving on-the-spot• But... like any project. • Why don’t you think of this to be an actual

research project?


Our Idea

• Is our idea singular?• What does the MOOC bring to our

(professional) life?• What can our MOOC deal with?

• We need to be singular, to differentiate from others


Let’s consider...

• Target audience• Target geographical area• Language• Knowledge advancement/depth vs

professional deveopment


What if we’re copied?

• Take it for granted: if you idea is good, you will be copied.

• But being copied is a measure of success• Stay always one step ahead of others? it may

be stressing at first, but then it becomes quite rewarding and less stressful


A real example: MOOC on Magic and Science

• How did we have the idea?• When did we plan it? Walking • When did we write something down? In front

of a paella• When did we generate actual OER’s? We’re

still at it • When will it be offered? In MiriadaX, quite

soon – we hope


Acknoledgment, recognition

• There is still some lack of recognition, accounting, rewarding... and these are tough times for university academics

• The main reward may be our own learning on distance learning and a different way of teaching – and the freedom of choosing the subject

• And introducing ourselves to Open Knowledge• Becoming kind of entrepeneurs of teaching


Collaborating

• Cohesionates a group of academics• Opens path to interuniversity collaboration• Creates new connections with new people

abroad


Resources

• Let’s see a MOOC this way: like a restaurant dish –– Food: Open Educationa Resources– Dish: The MOOC– Recipe: The program– The Chef: The MOOC leader

• And of course: Restaurant’s customers: the students (note: this is an analogy! students are not at all customers! – or are they?


Open Resources

• Like garbage at home: Recycle, Reuse, and perhaps even Reduce (entropy increases always!)

• Use existing material (especially presentations and videos) is it is good and relevant!

• KISS rule: keep it silly simple (another version available)

• And remember: any resource you generate is subject to your reusing!


A MOOC is the web

• The WWW has plenty of resources, good material – thinkg of resusing it.

• But please respect atribution and permissions!• License CC-BY-SA is possible (atribution,

sharealike)


Divide in chunks

• Don’t creat long materials• Divide in chunks• Short videos• Clean material• Each module with a few submodules• Interconnect everything• Plan for resource reuse!


Which kind of OER?

• Video is a key resource in MOOCs• But it is not always the most suitable resource• Text may be better• A presentation may be better• There are many types of videos!• Think before creating content!


You are the MOOC, too

• Try to be involved in the MOOC personally• The importance of storytelling• Students like to see that you are human and

close• Us your digital identify, strengthen your digital

footpring. • You are you and your digital circumstances!


Your students are not perfect either

• Your students may face difficulties:– Lack of digital skills– Lack of good internet connection– Lack of time– Needing encouragement– Dreaming of a fascinating course– Difficulty in managing expectations (don’t decieve

them!)


What do others think about MOOC planning?

• There are very good manuals to build up a MOOC, probably much better that our way of doing thins. Take a look at the wiki 23keys-2b

• They may focus on actual hard work, or in strategic issues

• Remember there are meetings on MOOCs, like #moocaton14 or #emoocs2014 at http://www.emoocs2014.eu

http://www.emoocs2014.eu/

http://www.emoocs2014.eu/


3 key points to consider at start

• Why we do it?• To whom is it targeted?• Which is the starting point?

• And of course we still need– What is our MOOC about?– How are we going to organize it?– What will be students’ new competences

• And what about empathy with MOOC participants?


Here is an exampleColor: from its Physics to its Perception

• Find it in the course’w wiki at 23keys2-d

• Just modules, submodules, main resource

• Are there multiple pathways to learning? Multiple levels? Mulitple leaving points? Hopefully not, but what if we think of it?


Tips on sharing

• Store OERs in the cloud:• PPTs: slideshare• Videos: youtube, vimeo• Text/pdfs: slideshare, issuu, ...


Tips on team working

• Use instant messaging (e.g., whatsapp) for fast collaboration which may be forgotten

• Use e-mail for more elaborate messages which otherwise are worth being preserved

• Use the cloud:– Use cloud services (google drive, etherpad) for collabarative editing– Use cloud services for document sharing (google drive, dropbox,

box.net, icloud)– but AGREE first on a particular one!!

• Remember: A MOOC is the net, is the web – digital life• Set up regular, short team meetings - review challenges,

milestones, scheduling, etc.


Tell the world!

• Tell the world about your MOOC buildup: – tweet, facebook, blog... – Share your enticing experience! – Shoot developing videos!

• Accept constructive criticism• You may be doing better that you think• You will do better that you think!


Practise Session 1

• Think of a MOOC!• Plan it!• Write down modules, submodules and OER’s,

in a table• Don’t think yet in actual assessment,

promotion, video producing or OER generation

• Please get the broad idea though


• beware of specific requirements– lab– coding exercises

– wiseman: youtube is democracy– wikipedia

– What happens when the course is over?– Who owns annotations, comments, etc.?– Thus: OERs– Flux– exercises– Annotations– hashtag, nom, comptes twitter etc / branding

23keys 2

Documents

mooc recipe

mooc leader

mooc deal

open resources

open knowledge

resource reuse

quality time

idea singular