AYME 2015 CONFERENCE

Using MOOCS (Massively Open Online Courses) to Develop Intentional CoP’s (Communities of Practice)

in Organizations

Dr. Charlotte McCorquodale

To MOOC or Not To MOOC?

What are the questions or issues related to this topic

did you hope we would discuss today?

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Communities of practice are groups

of people who share a concern or a

passion for something they do and

learn how to do it better as they in

teract regularly.

(Wenger, 2011)

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http://nacyml.org/mooc/

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WHAT MAKES A

GOOD

MOOC-TAIL?

cMOOCvs.

xMOOC

BY THE NUMBERS

1458 Registered at NACYML

1105 Enrolled on CourseSites

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5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%

Percent Who Identify as Specific Role

“They indicated by a majority (59%) that they choose to participate because of the overall topic and theme of MOOC. Only four percent were

interested in CEUs. The majority of these participants had at least a bachelors degree with 37% having a graduate degree. Almost a third (31%) of the week one survey participants found out about this event through their diocesan leaders with another third (33%) finding out about it from a national organization, and 11% finding out about it

through social media. (McCorquodale, 2015)”

From a MOOC Learner, “The course pushed me to read "Joy of the Gospel." It is such a pleasure to hear what our pope has to say about ministry and how down to earth and real he is about our ministries.”

How did people participate in the

MOOC?

Committed Learners

vs.

Browsers

What Did People

Do?

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10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

70.00%

80.00%

Read "The Joy ofthe Gospel"

Watched MasterTeacher

Engaged in LivePanel

Watched Live PanelVideo

Participated inNetSourcing

LearningCommunity

Used LearningContent Partners

Shared on socialnetworks

Participated in agathering

Did Every or Almost Every Week

MOOC Participation

Options and Levels

• Passive Participants---11%

• Active Participants---52%

• Community Contributors---24%

Option 1: Self-Directed Individual Learner

What would you do each week as a learner?

Sunday-Tuesday

Read the weekly chapter in Evangelii Guadium

View video(s) by the Master Teacher(s) Tuesday

Participate In—or View the Recording—of the

live web discussion at 1:00pm or

9:00pm Eastern time zone

Wednesday-Saturday

Review and Reflect On the learning journal questions,

the educational and practical resources provided

by the theme content partners.

73.5% indicated they thought

they were a self-directed learner.

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Week 1 2 3 4 5

Master Teacher

Afternoon Panel

Evening Panel

MOOC Video Views

Passive vs. Active Participants

Passive participants: Average of 11%

participation for the 5 Weeks. :

– Week One: 86%

– Week Two: 69%

– Week Three: 46%

– Week Four: 32%

– Week Five: 25%

Active participants: Average of 52% for the

5 Weeks.

– Week One: 14%

– Week Two: 8%

– Week Three: Less than 1%

– Week Four: 17%

– Week Five: 13%

Option 2: Join an Online

NetSourcing Learning Community

What would you do each week as a learner?

Sunday-TuesdayRead the weekly chapter in Evangelii GuadiumView video(s) by the Master Teacher(s)Participate In—or View Recording of—the live web discussions each Tuesday at 1:00pm or 9:00pm Eastern

Wednesday-Saturday

Engage with the theme partner resources, weekly questions, and discussions in your chosen NetSourcing Learning Community

Friday-Saturday: Share learrning with others via social media or in your local settingReview summary posts from other NetSourcing Learning Communities

Complete and Submit online learning journal if interested in CEUs

Average of 23%(N=252) for the

5 Weeks.

NetSourcing Learning Communities

• Parish Middle School/Junior High Ministry

• Catholic Middle School/Junior High Ministry

• Parish Senior High Ministry

• Parents/Guardians

• Catholic High School

and Campus Ministry

• Young Adults and College Campus Ministry

• Catechetical Leaders

• Theology and Ministry Formation

• Scouting

• Spanish Speaking

OPTION 3: Join an Onsite Learning Community in Your Diocese or Parish

What would you do each week as a learner?

All the learning activities of Option 2 except participate in a local (parish, college, or diocese) learning community

instead of an online community.

21%participated in a local gathering

How Did They Like It?

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40.00%

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100.00%

Chapters from"The Joy of the

Gospel"

Master Teachervideos

Live Panels onTuesdays (or

videos)

NetSourcingLearning

Communities

Materials fromLearningContentPartners

MOOC Face-to-Face Gatherings

MOOCOrientation

Ease ofNavigation ofCourseSites

Content ofAnnouncements

Explanation ofhow to earn

CEUs

Percentage of Those Who Engaged in an Area and Rated Them

Excellent or Very Good

#NACYMLMOOC

Balch, T. (2013). About MOOC completion rates: The importance of student investment.

“This is mainly because of the differing level of investment the students make from the start. In

other words ’skin in the game’ matters. But MOOC completion rates aren’t really low in the context of Internet engagement. A click through rate of 5% for

a Google ad is considered a strong success. Convincing 5% to engage intellectually for 8 weeks

is, I think, a big deal. If we continue to keep the barrier to entry low, we’ll enable students to taste many many courses, and that may be a good thing

for education.”

Would They Do It

Again?

Would you Participate in Another MOOC?

Yes

No

Maybe

Join us forNACYML MOOC #2

“Being a Church of Mercy”February 28-March 19, 2016