This document outlines an agenda for a presentation on online learning and MOOCs. The presentation covers the pedagogy of MOOCs, how to plan a MOOC by defining objectives and activities, leveraging a MOOC, and an introduction to the edX online learning platform. It discusses designing online learning activities, the importance of community for online students, and different types of MOOCs and assessments that can be used on edX.

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Online Learning
Nelson Jorge
November 5, 2014

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Agenda
1. Online learning
2. The pedagogy of the MOOC
3. How to plan a MOOC
4. Leveraging your MOOC
5. Introduction to the edX platform

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1. Online Learning
Instead of planning how to teach for a number of class
hours, we plan how students will learn by designing
online learning activities for a specific period of time
(in weeks).

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1. Online Learning
"Online classes can be really lonely places for students if
they don't feel like there's a community."
Maria Andersen, director of learning and research at Instructure (2013)

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1. Online Learning
Access &
Motivation
Online
socialization
Information
exchange,
cooperation
Group
discussions,
collaboration
Development
Based on 5 Stage Model, Gilly Salmon

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2. The pedagogy of the MOOC
xMOOC
Institutionally-focused, characterised by a pedagogy short
on social contact and based on video-lecture content with
automated assessment.
cMOOC
Driven by principles of pedagogic innovation within a
network, disaggregated mode of social learning.

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3. How to plan a MOOC
Course Design process:
1. Divide your course into Learning Units
2. Define the specific learning objectives for each unit
3. Design the learning activities (try to promote active learning)
4. Specify what resources will be needed (existing or to create)
5. Define the assessment methods

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3. How to plan a MOOC
Learning Objectives
Teaching &
Learning
activities
Feedback &
Assessment
Methods

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3. How to plan a MOOC
Getting
started Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 …
Access & Motivation
Online socialization

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3. How to plan a MOOC – Online socialization
Introduce yourself and invite students to do the same:
“What is your name, where are you from and what do
you expect to learn from this course?”

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3. How to plan a MOOC – Student cooperation
Plan interaction using the Discussion Forum:
“Share your thoughts and give feedback on…”
“Help your colleagues by replying to their questions…”

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3. How to plan a MOOC
Group discussions, collaboration
Information exchange, cooperation
Online socialization
Access & Motivation
Development

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3. How to plan a MOOC
Content development:
1. Search for available content that can be (re)used
2. Think of fundamental content that needs to be produced
3. Plan content production
4. Create content

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3. How to plan a MOOC
Course implementation on edX:
1. Structure the course
2. Upload content
3. Add assignments
4. Test the course

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4. Leveraging your MOOC
“While the [video lecture and automated quiz] model is basic and
may not be suitable for all courses or represent leading pedagogical
practice, it is accessible, flexible and scalable to large volumes of
diverse students.” (p.15)
Higher Education’s Digital Moment, UUK report (2013)

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4. Leveraging your MOOC
Getting
started Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 …
Challenges
Sofa session,
paperclip,
feedback
video
Students share
videos, pictures,
schemes
Interactions,
discussions
Real world
problems,
practical
activities
Welcoming
messages
Weekly updates

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Studio edge edX

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5. Introduction to the edX platform

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Closed response assessment:
• Checkbox, Dropdown, Multiple choice, Drag and drop
• Inputs: Text/Numerical, Math expression, Image mapped
• Chemical equation, Circuit Schematic Builder
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Open response assessment:
• Peer-assessment & self-assessment

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Checkboxes
Multiple choice
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Numerical input
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Drag and drop
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Dropdown
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Thank you
Nelson Jorge
e-mail: n.r.jorge@tudelft.nl
office: IO building D-0-210
Mon – Fri, 09:00-17:00
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