4 Easy Steps to Becoming a MOOC Wrangler - Learning Live 2015
Transcript of 4 Easy Steps to Becoming a MOOC Wrangler - Learning Live 2015
4 EASY STEPS TO BECOMING A MOOC WRANGLERDr Ben BettsCEO, HT2
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MOOCs bigger than E-learning?
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MOOCs are ‘Connected Learning Experiences’Structured and facilitated
But open to exploration and discussion
Connecting people & ideas
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Where do you get your best ideas?
http://tinyurl.com/moocwrangler
Audience participation time…Visit the URL below and leave your thoughts by clicking / tapping anywhere on the page
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More participation…
http://tinyurl.com/moocwranglerWho do you tell your ideas, first?
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Be together, not the same
We don’t know what you will connect with, or when you’ll be done with the experience.
‘One size fits one’ is a better motto for completion…
1. Point2. Swing3. Drag4. Wrangle
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4 Steps to becoming a MOOC Wrangler *
* Actual Cowboy things according to GCSE Bitesize
1. Point – lead the herd
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Do your marketing. This is where Coursera and co excel.
Set out a structure. But be prepared and willing to deviate.
Signpost good quality content – but curate, more than create
Completely unstructured experiences have tended towards chaos
Keep content short!
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4 minute video 8 minute video
Dwell time (1 minute)Content length (1 minute)
2. Swing - Let them Explore
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Webinars, Blogs, Social Media all go down well.
Create compelling questions to encourage exploration and to get folks writing / documenting their thoughts. Socratic questioning can help…
Socratic Questioning and the Cowboy…
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“I want to be a Cowboy when I grow up”• Gladfly – nipping away – “why do you think that?”
• Stingray – shock to thought – “it will all be done with drones in the future, what
then?”
• Midwife – encourage new ideas – “that’s great, what else could you do with
horses?
• Ignoramus – playing dumb – “what does a Cowboy even do?”Mike Gershon
http://newteachers.tes.co.uk/content/how-stretch-and-challenge-your-students
Your turn…
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Visit Padlet and respond to each statement• Gladfly – nipping away – “why do you think that?”
• Stingray – shock to thought – “it will all be done with drones in the future, what
then?”
• Midwife – encourage new ideas – “that’s great, what else could you do with
horses?
• Ignoramus – playing dumb – “what does a Cowboy even do?”http://tinyurl.com/learninglive
3. Drag – chase up stragglers
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If no one makes any progress, that’s a worry.
But folks will drop in and drop out, especially if you run for a number of weeks
What to expect…
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4. Wrangle – what is the herd doing?
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Be prepared to change direction and respond to the crowd.Understand what works, and what you should stop doing…
1. Point2. Swing3. Drag4. Wrangle
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4 Steps to becoming a MOOC Wrangler
They work best within a time restraint; that’s the nature of a connected experience.
I’ve tried running them indefinitely. Doesn’t work.
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Lessons learned - MOOCs are events
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Lessons learned - Must MOOCs be massive?Nah.
For me, it’s more about the potential to scale, than actually enrolling ten thousand people.
Open, scalable technology & approach
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