• Introductions

• Basics of MOOC design

• Group work

• Feedback and discussion

#euMOOCs

Introductions• Deborah Arnold, University of Burgundy, France

• Sally Reynolds, ATiT, Belgium

• Maka Eradze, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

• Jessica Chao, UOC, Spain

#euMOOCs

@DebJArnold

HOW TO DESIGN A MOOC IN 9 EASY STAGES (G. SIEMENS)

MOOC

Topic, audience

Find someone to teach with

Determine Content

Plan spaces of

interaction

Plan interactions

(live, asynch)

Plan *your* continued presence

Learner creation

(activities)

Promote and share

Iterate and improve

http://fr.slideshare.net/gsiemens/designing-and-running-a-mooc

Why?• “visibility”, “reputation”• Student recruitment• Pedagogical innovation• Open Education policy• Faculty initiative• …

For whom?• Students• General public• Professionals

Purpose (topic / audience)

Purpose (EMMA examples)

• Digital Culture and Writing, University of Burgundy

– For students at risk

• Cultural heritage, Social Innovationand New Citizenship, University of Naples Federico II

– Marketing, reputation

• Computer-assisted enquiry, Tallinn University

– Filling gaps in the national curriculum

Teachers

Who?

Individual? team?

Previous experience

•Online teaching•On camera

AvailabilityRole?

•Content delivery• Interaction with participants

…? Coherent with

purpose?

Learner activitiesWatch videos

Read material

Do quizzes

Research information

• Within the platform?• In wider social media?

Share information and comment

• Individually• Collaboratively• Where to publish?

Produce artefacts

Evaluation?

Certification

Learner activities (EMMA examples)

• Open Wine University #OWU University of Burgundy

• Draw taste map of tongue• Make soil sausages• Meet-ups for wine-tasting

• Sharing on social media and EMMA blogs

Existing content• IPR• Repurposing

New content• Choice of Media• Production values• Production capacity

Languages• Video Transcriptions• Text Content• Activities (quizzes

etc.)

Coherent with purpose and pedagogical

scenario?

CONTENT

Promote and share

How to reach target

audience

Websites

Blogs and

social media

MOOC lists

MOOC aggregator

s

Traditional media

Conferences

Word of

mouth

Iterate and improve

Beta-test

Correct

1st iteration

Improve (Learning analytics, user

feedback)2nd iteration

Improve

3rd iteration = MATURITY?

Group work (F2F)

Design a MOOC!

1. What is the purpose of the MOOC? 2. Who is the target audience? 3. What kind of MOOC are you planning to produce? 4. How long will the MOOC be? 5. What language(s) will it be in? 6. What type of content do you need to produce? 7. What type of content do you already have? 8. What human / technical resources do you have / need? 9. What interactions will there be? 10. …

Questions (for online group)

Q1: What different factors do you need to take into account when designing a MOOC?

Q2: Should teachers be actively involved in a MOOC while it's running? What are the pros and cons of active teacher participation?

Q3: It has been suggested that it would be better to have professional presenters (journalists or TV presenters) to appear in MOOC videos. What do you think?

Q4: What can we do to increase learner engagement within a MOOC, if indeed this is necessary?

Q5: What resources do you know of to help in designing a MOOC (guidelines, how to guides, research,…)?

Please share the links here (we will collate and publish them for everyone)

Feedback and discussion

Thank you!