Session 2 Chiara Canestrini, Salla Sissonen, Annika Zorn

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Shaking the Brick and Mortar – The Emerging World of Teaching & Learning Online and Knowledge Loops

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Online learning at the Florence Schoolhigh-level training for academics, professionals & policy makers

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Residential training with distance elements – we did do since years…

Because of the MOOC hype…?

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Why to start online learning in 2013?

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Make leading academic thinking in an area (EU energy and climate policy) …

… accessible… to more people…high-quality learning!

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Our ambition

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Our challenges?

• Challenge No 1: From 150 slides to 5 minutes video teaser

• Challenge No 2: Acquire knowledge that has to be applied (highest-level learning)

• Challenge No 3: Knowledge that changes all the time

How did we do? Chiara and Salla will tell you!

The Regulation of the (Energy) Power Sector

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• Four months of online training (6 hours/week)• Currently in 5th edition• Linking academics and professionals• MIT, FSR, Comillas

Participant Overview (2014-2016)

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• + 500 participants (VS 120 residential)

• mixed backgrounds • different levels of experience

2016: 45 participants from Cameroon

2016

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Online Learning• User experience (new platform)• Peer assessment (policy paper)• Knowledge building (wiki project)• Interaction & feedback (live sessions, forums, surveys)

Did we succeed?

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90% of completion rate (2-week course)

- Easy? -

70% of completion rate (4-month course)

97% of whom learned new skills they could apply in their work

And why?

Ceci n’est pas un MOOC

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• Limited number of participants• Dedicated facilitation team• High level of interaction and group work

The FSR online approach

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Course facilitation!!!

Community of experts

Course design

Knowledge Access

Onlineplatform

Course Facilitation

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• Communication • Monitoring • Engagement

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Engagement

Communicative

Personalised

Learner-centered approach

Gamified

Real-lifeimpact

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Our experimental path continues …

… modularity: designing new courses with flexible learning components …

What else?