The Student Survival sMOOC - Designing and Piloting a course in partnership with students
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The Student Survival sMOOC - Designing and Piloting a course in partnership with students Debbie Baff & Carl Sykes University of South Wales
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The Student Survival sMOOC - Designing and Piloting a course in
partnership with studentsDebbie Baff & Carl SykesUniversity of South Wales
Deborah Baff
Hi Carl this is looking fab :) I will try and add some additional stuff in where I can but I am thrilled that you have done this. Thanks so much Debs
Background
Background2013 - The Wales Open Education Declaration of Intent
EmbeddingOEPs acrossWales
BackgroundThrough OER Wales Cymru, learners will be given the opportunity to access the very best material that Welsh higher education has to offer.
1 Project Aim was to Launch an all Wales sMOOC (Short Massive Open Online Course) aimed at helping students to survive their first few weeks in University.
The Project“… aimed at helping students to survive their first few weeks in University. This short course is free to study and open to anyone hoping to attend university for the first time. The course is available both in English and Welsh.”
Expected outcomes:-● Feel more prepared and confident for life at
university● Be aware of strategies that can be adopted to
enable a smooth transition into higher education studies
Early DevelopmentAll Welsh HE Institutions involved inc. Cadarn, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol
Provided with course structure
Decisions on hosting of the sMOOC
Student Survival sMOOC
Tech Stuff!Open Access - USW OER Moodle Hosting (course covering all Welsh Universities)
Free and Open Resources (Creative Commons) - maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.
Using an adapted bilingual language customisation - English & Welsh
More Tech Stuff!We Love Badges!!
● Participant Badge: This is awarded for completing the first week's badge activity.● Gold Badge: This is awarded for completion of the whole course.● Co-Creator Badge: This is awarded if you select to become a co-creator on this course
and complete the relevant activity.
Linking sections to create
a narrative thread - Books & Conditional
Access
Navigation
Issues faced and overcomeSmall Team - Big Ideas!
Continued Development (Technical & Content)
Coding Issues
Discussion Forum Moderation
Students as co-creatorsPilot Sessions - Student Feedback
Students as moderators
Students as CREATORS
Feedback from StudentsStudents from YsgolGyfun Cwm Rhymni- 2 Sessions - initial set-up and use of sMOOC & Feedback
Feedback from StudentsThe following quotes are taken from a recording with Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni Students:
“We’ve had some talks [about University] in school but it would be good to introduce something like this [course] so that if you didn’t understand anything you could go home and re-read it”
“Towards the end of term, and just before going to University, I’ll probably go back in [to the course] to reassure myself about what is going to happen”
“A lot of the information is applicable now but it’s good to have a resource that is on hand now but that we can also refer back to before and during Uni”
Students made some excellent points about what could be added and who it would benefit.
Highlights and SuccessesPositive Feedback from Pilot Groups
Successful implementation of bi-lingual customisation - good feedback from Welsh speaking students – “People who speak Welsh at school and home will benefit”
Interest from pilot students to create own OERs
The sMOOC is an OER!
So … what next?Creation of Resources?
Student Forum Moderators?
Students as Co-creators?
Roll out of sMOOC post pilot stage?
Thank you!Any Questions?
"Question Mark” by Leo Reynolds is licensed under CC BY 2.0
[email protected]@southwales.ac.uk
