#FDOL131

Hello and welcome to

the #FDOL131 webinar.

Flexible, Distance and Online Learning an open course using COOL FIShhttp://fdol.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @openfdol #fdol131

unit 6: celebrating learningFDOL team and participants

2 May 13, 7-8pm(UK time)

This unit will give learners and facilitators the opportunity to share and celebrate learning that happened during this module. Learners will be invited to reflect and review their learning during the module and showcase and share with others what they have gained through this learning experience. What effect has their engagement with this course had on their practice? What were the benefits and what the challenges? In what ways has FDOL been useful for them? What are the next steps?

unit 6: celebrating learning

Chrissi

By the end of this unit, learners will have had the opportunity to

• Showcase their learning achievements and share experiences

• Discuss difficulties experienced and how these have been overcome

• Critically explore opportunities for further development linked to flexible, distance and online learning

unit 6: intended learning outcomes

Sharing experiences

Sharing experiences and learning: Looking back and aheadmini presentations by the groups (5-10 minutes per group)1.PBL group 12.PBL group 23.PBL group 34.PBL group 5/6

• course was challenging but rewarding• everybody learnt• useful to be a learner and experience difficulties in preparation for teaching online• developed confidence• developed better understanding of how to use tech more effectively in own practice• exploring opportunities for application in own practice• community feel was important > how to achieve this?

– getting to know each other through synchronous online ‘events’ such as hangouts and webinars made a huge difference, hearing a voice, seeing a person made it human

– more early hangouts– increased commitment when you know the others– bonding happened through engagement– learning to trust

• COOL FISH useful and simple: speeded up working in groups, to keep on track• tutor support was vital, knowing that there was somebody there when needed, especially at the beginning• more peer-to-peer learning and feedback with other groups• central feedback space, buddy system could be developed

summary of participants’experiences shared during webinar

FDOL131

facilitated PBL groups

non-facilitated PBL groups

autonomous learners

multi-disciplinarycross-institutional

•core members•peripheral members

groups have been re-structured a couple of times during the course

self-organised self-directed self-organised

• Registered before start: 80 (PBL groups: 64 (core: 46 peripheral: 18) + autonomous 16)

• Not confirmed to PBL groups or early drop-outs : 22• Signed up in FDOL131 Google+: 45• Participants in webinars: 10-20• Remaining participants: 16-20??

#FDOL131 WordPress stats

Hits from 54

countries in total

+ hits from 34 more counties

#FDOL131 WordPress stats

#FDOL131 WordPress stats

#FDOL131 WordPress stats

FDOL131 PBL facilitators•learning•achievement•challenges•next steps

before during after•exciting opportunity•trust in relationship•getting to know each other with other facilitators and participants not always easy•big question: will it work and to what extend?•Who does what? Happened naturally •Transparency, openness, problem solving among facilitators very smooth > social media (Skype, Facebook, Google +) •Grouping over-engineered?

initial •silence•confusion•disorientation

Was the design too complex?

Careful observationChanges as we were going along

Situation stabilised by unit 3

Supporting groups was a varied experience from very positive experience > impressed with groups’ autonomy and commitment to confusing?

Evaluationwhat have we learnt?Re-thinking, re-fining approachWhat next?

changes for the next version?

•grouping•COOL FISh (core-peripheral?)•diigo didn’t work•start from the community space and NOT the Wordpress site•wider discussions?•webinars more input from participants, limit/no external speakers?•portfolios

#FDOL131

Flexible, Distance and Online Learning an open course using COOL FIShhttp://fdol.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @openfdol #fdol131

Thank you for joining us today

and see you online

this was our last webinarThank you for participating in #FDOL131!

We will be in touch and hope you will help us evaluate this open course.

#FDOL131 organisersand facilitators

Chrissi NerantziAcademic DeveloperUniversity of Salford, UK

FDOL organiser PBL facilitator

Lars UhlinEducational DeveloperKarolinska Institutet, Sweden

FDOL organiserPBL facilitator

Maria KvarnströmEducational DeveloperKarolinska Institutet, Sweden

PBL facilitator