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Practical Considerations of running a MOOC
Pat LockleyLaws DeveloperUniversity of London International Programmes (Laws)
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MOOC taxonomies
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xMOOC cMOOC
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MOOC taxonomies
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Person
Networking
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MOOC taxonomies
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Carbon
Bond
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Chemistry 101
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/NaF.gifCreative Commons Share Alike Wdcf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Covalent.svgCreative Commons Share Alike King of Hearts
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Nodes, bonds or both?
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Probabilities of electrons being in a place?
Probabilities of the cohort working like this?
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So of our students
26,000 log in7,000 on the fora (at least once)900 on the Facebook page400 on Twitter200 on Google plus
8,500 (max) are “connected” of 26,000 (at least once)
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Resistance as dropouts and learning as current
I = V / R
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Analogy killed off
I = V / RDesire to learnKnowledge requiredExpectations
TimeUser InterfaceLanguageOther barriers
Number of students
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Not being able to scale is
Blowing a fuse?
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Or are we not providing enough current/content to ensure lightbulb moments...
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Single point of failure? Parallel Circuits?
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Closed system? Barriers to entry?
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The long tail
YoutubeSound Cloud
SlideshareSocial Media
The CloudOur own sites
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Our MOOC Structure
Coursera Site
Youtube Soundcloud
The CloudOur own sites
Social Media
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MOOC Structure for everyone
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Simple routes through things
The distance between any point is 1
Is this just good user interface design
How do you design an interface for content which can be anywhere
MOOC Literacy?
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Literacy as a barrier
Coursera courses taken previously
1st: This is my first Coursera
course
Ease of navigation through course
pages
1st: Very easy
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Whose MOOC is it anyway?
“This isn’t like other Coursera courses”Language used in education – midterm, finals, mock exams, formative assessment
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The Tube Poster says...
“the closest example I’ve experienced yet of a course functioning as both a
learning tool and brochure.”
http://moocnewsandreviews.com/a-review-of-courseras-english-common-law-mooc/#ixzz2pzfUfa4C
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Connecting content or people or both?
Topologies and PedagogiesMarketing Vs PedagogyRemoving time barriers / eventedness
The 4 Ps of Marketing – is the fifth P Pedagogy?
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Student differences
V / RA University QualificationA RefresherContinuing Professional DevelopmentFunNew skills
......And at scale? Impossible to know?
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Scale as Fordism
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Scale as Fordism
You can’t teach all of the people all of the timeOr
The system just doesn’t support that because it doesn’t scale
OrPyrrhic Victories
.....So is the experience the same for everyone?
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Improving the experience
Less functionality than a VLE – Quizzes, Video, Fora and HTML
Limited HTML layout options
Limited scheduled release
....limited because not there, not there yet, or not possible at scale?
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Starting out.....
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Day one.....
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By the end
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What happened?
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Breaking the mould
Peer Assessment / Learning outside of CourseraSocial Bookmarking outside of CourseraCourse note sharing outside of CourseraWeekly chats inside and outside of CourseraVideos inside and outside of CourseraAudios inside (sort of) and outside CourseraCourse reading inside (sort of) CourseraStaff praised for responding to questions
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Worthwhile.....?
Of students who actually logged in 18% finished
Placing content outside Coursera allows it to continue to teach
The Fake MOOC - http://lawsfolio.londoninternational.ac.uk/eclmooc/
Re-engineer success back into our provision
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