4 easy steps to becoming a mooc wrangler - learning live 2015

4 EASY STEPS TO BECOMING A MOOC WRANGLERDr Ben BettsCEO, HT2

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MOOCs bigger than E-learning?

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MOOCs are ‘Connected Learning Experiences’Structured and facilitated

But open to exploration and discussion

Connecting people & ideas

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Where do you get your best ideas?

http://tinyurl.com/moocwrangler

Audience participation time…Visit the URL below and leave your thoughts by clicking / tapping anywhere on the page

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More participation…

http://tinyurl.com/moocwranglerWho do you tell your ideas, first?

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Be together, not the same

We don’t know what you will connect with, or when you’ll be done with the experience.

‘One size fits one’ is a better motto for completion…

1. Point2. Swing3. Drag4. Wrangle

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4 Steps to becoming a MOOC Wrangler *

* Actual Cowboy things according to GCSE Bitesize

1. Point – lead the herd

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Do your marketing. This is where Coursera and co excel.

Set out a structure. But be prepared and willing to deviate.

Signpost good quality content – but curate, more than create

Completely unstructured experiences have tended towards chaos

Keep content short!

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4 minute video 8 minute video

Dwell time (1 minute)Content length (1 minute)

2. Swing - Let them Explore

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Webinars, Blogs, Social Media all go down well.

Create compelling questions to encourage exploration and to get folks writing / documenting their thoughts. Socratic questioning can help…

Socratic Questioning and the Cowboy…

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“I want to be a Cowboy when I grow up”• Gladfly – nipping away – “why do you think that?”

• Stingray – shock to thought – “it will all be done with drones in the future, what

then?”

• Midwife – encourage new ideas – “that’s great, what else could you do with

horses?

• Ignoramus – playing dumb – “what does a Cowboy even do?”Mike Gershon

http://newteachers.tes.co.uk/content/how-stretch-and-challenge-your-students

Your turn…

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Visit Padlet and respond to each statement• Gladfly – nipping away – “why do you think that?”

• Stingray – shock to thought – “it will all be done with drones in the future, what

then?”

• Midwife – encourage new ideas – “that’s great, what else could you do with

horses?

• Ignoramus – playing dumb – “what does a Cowboy even do?”http://tinyurl.com/learninglive

3. Drag – chase up stragglers

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If no one makes any progress, that’s a worry.

But folks will drop in and drop out, especially if you run for a number of weeks

What to expect…

Participation rates…

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4. Wrangle – what is the herd doing?

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Be prepared to change direction and respond to the crowd.Understand what works, and what you should stop doing…

1. Point2. Swing3. Drag4. Wrangle

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4 Steps to becoming a MOOC Wrangler

They work best within a time restraint; that’s the nature of a connected experience.

I’ve tried running them indefinitely. Doesn’t work.

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Lessons learned - MOOCs are events

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Lessons learned - Must MOOCs be massive?Nah.

For me, it’s more about the potential to scale, than actually enrolling ten thousand people.

Open, scalable technology & approach

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