open your course to the world! build a mooc on a budget!
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Open your course to the world!Build a MOOC on a Budget!
Brian MulliganInstitute of Technology Sligo, Ireland.
EdTech2016 Conference, Law Society, Dublin, May 2016
moocs4all.eu
It’s amazing what you can learn for free online!
Well maybe.
The cost of developing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
• Survey of 27 UK universities– €40,485 average
• What about small target audiences?– Specialised topics– Minority languages– Changing technologies– Local needs
Why do universities spend so much on MOOCs?
• Quality of Learning?• Reputation?
Is the Coursera xMOOC pedagogy sophisticated?
Do people learn?
“I got exactly what I wanted from it and more….. a most enjoyable and educational course”
If a course is good enough for 30 students,
is it good enough for 3000 students?
Are high production values required?
“Unleash Online Learning to Address Global Inequality”
Mike Feerick, CEO of ALISONSXSW in Austin, Texas
• “Our universities and colleges, almost without exception, provide education and training that is too expensive”
• “We have been stopping people from educating themselves”• “free online informal learning becomes an integral part of any
hiring decisions”
Standard College Module
• 12 weeks x 2 x 1-hour lectures• Handouts• Lecturer and Peer support• 2 or 3 assignments• Final examination
50 x 15-minute recordings
Optional
online
Links to Open Educational ResourcesVia forums
Peer-assessed
Quizzes before class
Open as a MOOC
In class time?
Flipped!
moocs4all.eu
• Collection and dissemination of low-cost methods– Started 1 Feb 2015
• Website and Community Forum• MOOC: “Making MOOCs on a Budget”
– 2nd delivery – started 17th May, 2016– You can still register
The TeamInstitute of Technology, Sligo, IrelandTechnical University of Delft, HollandFachhochschule Bielefeld, Germany
University of Girona, SpainBath Spa University, UK
LoCoMoTion Project
Content• Principles
– Real learning Not “glitz”– Some options are not possible– Reuse OER
• Video content– Simple graphics (avoid animations)– Good microphone– Minimise editing
• Tolerate mistakes• Repeat sections• Leave audio clues for editing
Communication
• Are the discussion tools in your platform scalable?
• External tools: – Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter– Piazza, Prulu, Discourse (via LTI?)
Assessment
• Must be scalable• Objective Tests
– MCQs• Peer Assessment
– E.g. Moodle Workshop activity
• Could you award formal credits for this?
