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THE MOOC-‐WITHIN-‐A-‐COURSE

Designing a Professional Development MOOC as Part of a Graduate Level Course Experience

Vanessa P. Dennen Jiyae Bong Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies Florida State University

OVERVIEW

MOOC-‐within-‐a-‐course:

•  MOOC co-‐developed by students in a graduate-‐level course and offered to the general public

Topics Covered

•  Design process for course

•  Design and development process for MOOC

•  Implementation of MOOC

•  Assessment of students in course

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THE BACKDROP

  2012 – NY Times declares the “Year of the MOOC.”

  Top universities have jumped in.

 MOOC platforms have emerged.

  A sustainable model has not emerged.

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO A MOOC? My 2012-‐13 academic version of “Are we there yet?”

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ABOUT THE COURSE: BACKGROUND INFO

  Special Topics Seminar (Open Learning & MOOCs)

  3 credit hours, Spring 2014  Offered to graduate students in Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies @ FSU

ABOUT THE MOOC: BACKGROUND INFO   Topic: Social Media for Active Learning

  Length: 4 weeks

  Focus: Professional Development

  Platform: Blackboard Coursesites

  Format:   Weekly modules, complementary but not cumulative

  Video lectures , webinars, discussions, quizzes, assignments

  End of module badges + end of course certificate

Curation Social Media Lessons

Personal Learning Networks

Privacy & Ethics

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ABOUT THE MOOC: RELATIONSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY

  The MOOC was an independent offering

  FSU does not officially design and deliver MOOCs  Online courses and degree programs are popular at FSU  MOOCs have been considered outside the scope of the university’s mission

  The MOOC did not rely on university administrative or technology resources   All instructional tools were free, offered online by third parties

  The MOOC provided an authentic instructional design and facilitation experience for FSU students

FSU COURSE SCHEDULE

Weeks 1-‐8

•  Foundations and MOOC building

Weeks 9-‐11

•  Finish MOOC preparations

Weeks 12-‐15

•  Run the MOOC!

Week 16

•  Debrief

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FOUNDATIONS (FOR FSU STUDENTS)

 Open learning – definitions / concepts

 MOOCs – brief history and current exploration

  Course management issues

  Facilitation issues   Intellectual property issues

Assumption: prior ISD course/experience

DESIGN PROCESS (INSTRUCTOR PERSPECTIVE)

2 Terms Prior

Secure permissions Get course listed

1 Term Prior

Create MOOC Outline Make topic and media decisions

2-‐10 weeks prior

Guide student designers Refine templates

Engage in QA Develop Facilitation Plan

Promote MOOC

1 week prior/During

Develop videos Finalize webinar slides

Continuous QA

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MODULE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

 Students in small teams:  Flesh out content  Script videos and webinar and prepare slides  Design discussion prompts   Identify resource and tool links  Develop a module project

 Quality assurance reviews  Accuracy, usability, style, intellectual property

 Revisions

MODULE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

Final module development:

  Instructor and Lead TA completed development   Create module checklists and overview videos   Record and edit videos   Double-‐check all student work

 QA team did a final check

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MODULE DESIGN REVISIONS

Due to time constraints and the need for accuracy, consistency across modules, and appropriateness for context, in some cases student designs were heavily revised by the instructor / TA.

  For the students, this was a learning process.

  Students were provided feedback about the changes that were made between their design and the final design.

OTHER COURSE ELEMENTS

Other course elements were developed by the instructor, lead TA, and student volunteers.

  Promotional materials

  Syllabus   Badging system

  Communication systems (including social media)

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IMPLEMENTATION: IT TAKES A TEAM

  Greeters   Email

  Social Media

 Webinar

  Assessment

  Tech Support  Quality Assurance

  Archivists The SMOOC Facilitation Team

IMPLEMENTATION: STUDENT TASKS

 Primary facilitation (e.g., discussion boards): own module

 Webinar guest speaker: own module

 Plus 2-‐3 other implementation task

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COURSE ASSIGNMENTS: FSU STUDENTS

 MOOC Critique

  Research Brief  Management Plan

 Module Design & Development

 QA Review

  Facilitation Portfolio   Reflection Paper

Directly related to MOOC

PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT

Your portfolio will include a combination of written description and artifacts/examples of your work. You should document: typical work and the work about which you are most proud.

  Include 5-‐7 examples of work you’ve done. Just some ideas:   An exchange in the discussion forum   Tweets   An email exchange with a participant   A technical problem you’ve solved (captioning, badge awarding)

 For each example, briefly describe it and explain why you’ve chosen that example. Is it something you’re proud of? Representative of your typical work in the MOOC? Something from which you learned to do something new?

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Had a satisfying intellectual exchange about Curation and Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Objectives

STUDENT SAMPLE: BEST DISCUSSION FORUM CONTRIBUTION

REFLECTION ON THE PROCESS

A unique and empowering experience for graduate students … and me!

If I were to do it again:

  Have a design group engaged in revisions / design on top of the current design

  Find a way to have a longer design and debrief process (2-‐term sequence? Course + practicum?)

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THANK YOU! ANY QUESTIONS?

Contact:

Vanessa Dennen -‐ [email protected] -‐ @vdennen

Jiyae Bong – [email protected]

Slides will be posted at:

http://slideshare.net/vanessadennen

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