COMMUNITYThis META-MOOC addresses

methods for building community in online courses while build a

community in the course

STRATEGIES AND TOOLS

LIVE EVENTS

BADGES FIRST REDESIGN

COMPETENCY BASED FIVE

reasonsTO EXPLORE

THE HUMANMOOC

MARBWK

Robin is an Instructional Designer at the University of North Texas Health Science

Center.

Dr. Bartoletti has more than 15 years of experience in

K-12 and higher ed educational technology and

has led numerous presentations and workshops

around the country.

Maha Al-Freih is a lecturer of Educational Technology at Princess Nora University,

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Maha Al-Freih is currently pursuing her PhD in Learning

Technologies Design Research with an emphasis

in Instructional Systems Design at George Mason

University, VA.

Whitney is the Chief Academic Officer at

iDesignEDU.

Whitney is a PhD candidate at the University of North

Texas. She has spent the last 15 years in the education sector, the last 10 years have been specifically focused on

distance education.

MEET THE AUTHORSThe Design Intent and Iteration of The HumanMOOC

RESEARCH DESIGNThe role of motivational beliefs, self-regulated learning skills, and perceived instructor/social/cognitive presence in learners’ persistence in Massive Open Online Courses.This research has an approved IRB from George Mason University.  

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

Teaches the components of the Community of Inquiry

Distributed multi-institutional professional development

Strategies and techniques for humanizing online courses shared

It is important to make HUMAN connectionsWHY? #HUMANMOOC

HEY, I’M IN HERE

One of the reasons that students drop out of online courses is because they feel alone.

INSTRUCTOR (TEACHING) PRESENCE: Begins in course development and continues though facilitation

SOCIAL PRESENCE: Humans are social animals, establish a sense of connectedness among learners

COGNITIVE PRESENCE: Constructing and confirming meaning through reflection and discourse

HUMANIZED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES: Creating connected, collaborative learning experiences that engage learners

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ORIGINAL DESIGNa starting point…

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The Design Intent and Iteration#HUMANMOOC

ALIGN WITH PENN STATE COMPETENCIESFaculty Competencies for Online Teaching

ASSIGNMENT ALIGNMENT TO BADGESThe tasks were aligned to the course learning outcomes and badges awarded based upon required task completion.

VOICE THREAD REVIEW

FLIPGRID TOOLS FOR SP

PEER REVIEW REVIEW

INTRODUCTION VIDEO

IP

FLIPGRIDPRESENCE

IP

SOCIAL LEARNING ACTIVITY DESIGN

SP

REVIEW

SP

TRIGGERING EVENTS

CPAUDIO VIDEO

FEEDBACK

CP

BADGE PATHWAYS

EARN BADGE 1

EARN BADGE 3

EARN BADGE 2

CoI

VERIFY

CoI

Social Learning is PowerfulHumans help us to decipher meaning through discourse

Dr. Charles SeveranceUniversity of Michigan

Dr. Rena PalloffFielding Graduate University

Dr. Peggy SemingsonUniversity of Texas - Arlington

Joyce SeitzingerOwner: Academic Tribe

Dr. Maha BaliThe American University in Cairo

Cathy BarnesEstablished fact and web

Dr. Phil IceAmerican Public University System

Jim GroomUniversity of Mary Washington

THE HANGOUTS

VIDEO TO ENHANCE PRESENCEVideo in Discussion Boards, VoiceThread, and FlipGrid were explored

using the Video Tool in CanvasVIDEO DISCUSSIONS

Text alone can’t deliver the subtlety and expression required for meaningful connection.

VoiceThreading is a more human way to connect.

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VOICETHREAD AND PRESENCE

FlipGrid

Participants explored the use of FlipGrid in lieu of discussion forums.

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FLIPGRID AND PRESENCE

TUCKER MACNEILLUK

VERENA ROBERTSCANADA

PARTICIPANTS COMMENTSFROM TWITTER

non-persistent participants that indicated they achieved their

personal goal even though they haven’t earned the badge(s) they indicated at the

start of the #HumanMOOC

respondents that have earned a doctoral or

master’s degree

self-efficacy for learning and applying what they learned in the #HumanMOOC

Increase in efficacy with social media for teaching and learning

Increase in efficacy with video/audio

recording technologies

81.6%75% 83% 82%6%

PRELIMINARY ANALYSISresults of research not included in our paper

Uniquely HumanHow do we address the needs of our learners online?

Empower LearnersDigital Educators who embrace the affordances of technology will change digital teaching and learning