building a mooc for language learning def (2)
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Building a MOOC for Language Learning, by Jorge Arús & Dolores CastrilloTRANSCRIPT
Building a MOOC for language learning:
a research-oriented workshop
Mª Dolores Castrillo Jorge Arús
Outline
• Introduction. What’s a MOOC?• A language course on Miriada-X– Presentation video– Modules– Communication tools: Forums and questions and answers
• Building Karma• Voting
• Instructors and MOOCs• Hands-on workshop with a focus on MOOC specific
features: presentation video and communication tools
What’s a MOOC?An experience based definition
M - Massive • number of participants: from 150 to??
O - Open • free (although ...) • always accessible (but ...)
O - Online • only online but also hybrids (although also:
bMOOCs, SPOCs, cMOOCs ...)
What’s a MOOC?An experience based definition
C-Course (to avoid C = Chaos) • with a definite, clear and systematic content
structure • with a beginning, an end and a schedule • with mandatory and complementary training
materials and tasks• with peer to peer collaborative tools that promote
netLearning (p2p tasks, wikis, ...) • with communication tools (forums, Q & A, blogs, ...) • with an assessment and certification system
What’s a MOOC?An experience based definition
And ... most importantly:
with a mechanical system of self-management, evaluation, measurement of qualitative and quantitative participation (learning analytics), award and exporting badges or medals.
(eg. Mozilla Open Badges initiative of free software, through which you can show the skills acquired by way of achievements known by the term badges.)
And … what’s not a MOOC?
A MOOC is not: an off-line class: if the MOOC is well designed,
interaction with the teaching staff should be minimal, although curators and facilitators will be required
an LMS (Learning Management System): it has not such linear or closed character. Furthermore, much larger number of students and less control by the teacher, etc..
Kinds of MOOCs
LMOOCsHybrid
cMOOCsNetwork-based/
connectivist
xMOOCsContent-based/instructivist (eg. Coursera, EdX)
And … what about MOOC providers?
Attributes of major MOOC providers [Wikipedia]
Initiatives For profit Free to access Certification fee
Institutional credits
EdX No Yes Yes No
Coursera Yes Yes Yes Partial
Udacity Yes Yes Yes Partial
Udemy Yes Partial Yes Partial
P2PU No Yes No No
But, attention, something important is missing here!
What about…. Google?????
Of Course:
Google Course Builder
Language Teaching MOOCs:the instructor’s role
The successful MOOC instructor
“Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more
intelligently.”(by Henry Ford)
Learn from mistakes, but better if they are other people's mistakes
(by me)
Lessons from 2 failed MOOCs
1) "Fundamentals of Online Education: Planning and Applications" Georgia Tech University Teacher: Fatimah Wirth January 28, 2013 40,000 registered "Suspended" three days after starting (February 2), then finally canceled .https://www.coursera.org/course/foe
Based on: Méndez García, C. (2013). Diseño e implementación de cursos abiertos masivos en línea (MOOC): expectativas y consideraciones prácticas. RED, Revista de Educación a Distancia. Número 39.
Lessons from 2 failed MOOCs
Reasons:Use of Google Docs (up to 50 users at the same time,
everyone can change - and therefore delete the content): technical failure?
Lack of clear instructions in both: tasks and group formation
"Obligation" to organize in groups and group work Uninteresting videos (read-aloud of a text) Materials too basic, at least in the first lesson (before
it was canceled)
Lessons from 2 failed MOOCs
2) "Microeconomics for Managers" Professor Richard McKenzie University of California at Irvine January 14, 2013 37,000 registered
The teacher left during the fifth week Continued for the remaining five weeks with other people in charge (Dean of Distance Education)
Based on: Méndez García, C. (2013). Diseño e implementación de cursos abiertos masivos en línea (MOOC): expectativas y consideraciones prácticas. RED, Revista de Educación a Distancia. Número 39.
Lessons from 2 failed MOOCs
Reasons: Teacher frustration by the "lack of interest" of students (only
40% became identified in the course, only 25% saw at least one video, less than 2% were involved in discussions) numbers are not lower than usual in MOOCs
Nevertheless excessive students number to take traditional control
Top-down approach vs. peer-learning - lack of teacher control over student learning according to the traditional system
Diversity (typology of student origin, including language and interest) experienced as frustration
Complaints by students because the course manual was not free
