MOOCs as a format for large-scale training · 2018-12-03 · Trends = interactive videos, 360...
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Karin Kulmer, CONEDU
MOOCs as a format for large-scale training
MOOCs as a format for large-scale training
1. Input
2. Group discussion:
MOOCs as a chance for your own situation / organization / network
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Introduction to MOOCs
Good practice examples
Creating a MOOC
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Introduction to MOOCs
Good practice examples
Creating a MOOC
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Massive
• number of participants• scalability of platform• didactic setting
Open
• free of charge• no prerequisites• OER content
Online
• provided through the internet
• blended formats possible
Course
• fixed start and end date• level of structure depends
on MOOC type
MOOCs – the idea
MOOCs are (should be) OER!6
Screenshot: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
(Open Educational Resources)
Evolution of MOOCs7
2008 2011 2012 2013 2017/18
…from an Adult Education point of view
MOOC types8
xMOOC
structured
cMOOCloosely organized
developer format
regular dates
quizzespre-defined content
learning format
forums
platform-based
interactive
low-threshold
requires a certain level of digital skills/knowledge
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Video-based learning
Webinars
Forums (inverse)blended learning
Important features of MOOCs
Video-based learning
New cultural practice:
online videos as leading medium
Youtube as new culture room
Many people prefer videos to texts when learning
Using and creating learning videos = state of the art
Trends = interactive videos, 360 degree videos
Formats: simple webcam recordings, tutorials (demo click-throughs),
illustrations, placing letters/words/images, interviews, animated PPTs
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Webinars and video conferences
Webinars: discussions in the virtual world Possibility for participant questions / surveys Live discussions (with limited number of participants) With/without sound + picture, or only chat EBmooc example:
webinar as accompanyingformat (optional)
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Screenshot: EBmooc 2017
Illustration: Ebner et.al (2017)
Blended learning
Combines e-learning and presence training and its advantages
In everyday life, the borders between analogue and digital are blurring
LEARNTEC: suggested combination of classic presence training, self-directed eLearning (place, time and speed are chosen by the learners) and online meetings (webinars, virtual classrooms, time and online place are defined)
Inverse blended learning(EBmooc)
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MOOCs: Common challenges
Reaching diverse target groups
MOOCs are often criticized for reaching primarily academic audiences
This issue does not only apply to MOOCs, but is commonly known in Adult Education as „Matthew Effect“
Drop-outs
Completion rates of MOOCs are lower than in traditional education
Many participants do not intend to finish a MOOC
Certification and validation/accreditation
In education systems and at the workplace
Methodic/didactic set-up
Finance / business models
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Good practice examples
Introduction to MOOCs
Creating a MOOC
EBmooc practice example
Digital tools for adult educators
Developed and conducted byCONEDU together with TU Graz andWerdeDigital 2017 + 2018
Supervised version 6 weeks
Cross-institutional
Free and OER-based (Creative commons)
formats: videos, forums, webinars, presence groups (optional), text-based learning, quizzes, tools,…
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Screenshot: EBmooc18
EBmooc success story
Largest MOOC in Austria: over 6,000 participants
High completion rates: in 2017, 64% of active participants (those whocompleted at least 1 module) finished the whole course in time
Accredited by the wba -Weiterbildungsakademie (academyfor continuing education, accreditation system for educators)
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Picture: CC BY CONEDU / Frei
MOOC Creation: Experience from the EBmooc
Long + intense preparation period (> 1 year) Focus on PR and reaching multipliers (e.g. group facilitators) Focus on in-house production of videos, learning materials, PR materials Service-orientation, personal support (forum, e-mails,…) Provision of transcripts and further readings Personnel resources: approx. 20h/week for 17 months + external partners
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Prevention of MOOC dropout problem!
Take a look into the EBmooc!18
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5YwtzSICrA
EBmooc – further information19
https://erwachsenenbildung.at/ebmooc/
EBmooc – publications20
Birgit Aschemann (2018): Digitalisierung, Didaktik, Internettechnologien
Birgit Aschemann et.al (2017):MOOCs in der Erwachsenenbildung: So gelingen sie
(How to MOOC in Adult Education)
Karin Kulmer (2018): Geschäftsmodelle für MOOCs in der Erwachsenenbildung
(Business models for MOOCs in Adult Education)
Martin Ebner et.al (2017): How Inverse BlendedLearning can Turn UpLearning with MOOCs?
https://erwachsenenbildung.at/ebmooc/publikationen/
Further examples of MOOCs for Adult learners
VHS MOOC 2013 (Connectivist course by theGerman Volkshochschulen)
Strick MOOC 2014 (Knitting MOOC)
#ichMOOC 2015 (Course on Digital Identity)
Gratis Online Lernen (low-threshold course on online learning)
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Screenshot: StrickMOOC
Screenshot: Gratis Online Lernen
Where to find MOOCs
Austrian platform: https://imoox.at (free open courses)
German platform: https://www.oncampus.de/kursangebot (open and paidcourses)
International platforms (mostly „freemium“ courses: content is free, certification has to be paid): edX: https://www.edx.org/ Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/ Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/ OpenEducation Europa: https://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/ The Open University: http://www.openuniversity.edu/ Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/
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Creating a MOOC
Introduction to MOOCs
Good practice examples
First steps towards creating a MOOC
Take part in a MOOC Take part in a MOOC maker course
Example: https://www.oncampus.de/weiterbildung/moocs/mooin-maker
Check if a MOOC is the right format for your situation Collect experiences, best practices,… Collaborate with experienced partners!
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Screenshot: Oncampus
Is a MOOC the right format for me?
Based on the experience of the EBmooc, we have to look at
…to determine wheter a MOOC can be the appropriate learning format.
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Topics
Goals
Learners
MOOCs: for which topics + contents?
Topics that are already interesting and relevant to many people
Topics that should be disseminated (quickly and supra-regionally)
Topics that should be conveyed by different experts
Contents that are suitable for training in a combination of theory and
practice (but also: manual skills)
Contents for which a network or pool of experts should be
established
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Examples
Topics that are interesting for many: TOEFL preparation
https://www.edx.org/course/toeflr-test-preparation-insiders-guide-etsx-toeflx-2#
Manual skills: Climbing MOOC
http://imoox.at/wbtmaster/startseite/klettern.html
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MOOCs: for which goals?
Discussing contents broadly
„efficiently“ conveying knowledge and skills
Establishing a new norm
Offering OER for a certain field of competence ora profession
Providing a basis for a regional implementation offace-to-face-trainings
Providing a network for experts / professionals in a certain field
Potentially as a marketing tool
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Goals
MOOCs: for which target groups?
Large target groups
Regionally dispersed target groups
Target groups that appreciate „taking a course“
Target groups with different time resources (or otherpre-conditions)
Target groups that live + work in precarious situations
Members of a certain profession or field ofcompetence
MOOC target groups are heterogeneous by definition(open!)
In practice: mostly academic target groups withprevious digital knowledge
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Learners
What can be done with a MOOC or created from it?
MOOCs can be integrated into an existing learning offer
MOOCs can be used for personnel development
MOOCs can be extended with a presence training
A new learning offer can be developed around an existing MOOC
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Is a MOOC the right format for me / us?
A MOOC can be the answer tomany questions
But: The digital revolution will not beMOOCed
Decision „MOOC or not“ should bebased on goal + content + targetgroup
Success depends on pedagogical/didactic concept
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Please discuss…
• Based on the input, where do you see chances for your own situation, organization or network?
• For which contents, goals and target groups could you imagine creating a MOOC?
• Who could be partner organizations?
Thank you!
Karin Kulmer, MSc. MACONEDUVerein für Bildungsforschung und -medien
Marienplatz 1/2, A-8020 GrazTel +43 (0)316 [email protected]
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