overview of "making moocs on a badget"

Why and What?Reasons for, and overview of,

this courseMaking MOOCs on a budget.

moocs4all.eu

Why is Low-Cost MOOC Production important?

• Lack of resources– Individual– Small institution

• Sustainability

• Smaller target audience– Less popular topic– More specialised topic– Minority language– New technologies

Why is it important to you?

What will I get from the course?• The issues.• Can I do it?• What do I need?• How do I do it?• A MOOC!!

What will this course cover?

Project Based MOOC

Week 1

• Defining your “learning outcomes”

• Your preferred teaching style

Week 2

• Selecting your Tools – Content creation– Video

• Open Educational Resources

Week 3

• Learning Objects– Typical objects in MOOCs– Sourcing and Creating– Video lessons

Week 4• Project

Management• Marketing and

Recruitment

Week 5

• Learner Engagement• Assessment • Accreditation

Week 6 Building your MOOC• Selecting a platform• Peer Assessment• Institutional Services• Additional Materials• Peer Support

– Discussion Boards– Materials contributed by

learners

What could be missing?

How to operate software!

How can we help?Pointers to online

resources.

Contributions by participants.

Style of this MOOC• xMOOC– Transmission– Videos and other

resources– Quizzes

• cMOOC– “Connectivist”– We need you!

Activity• What style of MOOC?• Contribute to the

discussion.