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#moocs4all at #ResetMOOC

Sílvia SIMON, Miquel DURANCàtedra de Cultura Científica i Comunicació Digital,

Universitat de Girona

Project RESET, BCN, 29/9/2015

@miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015

Who we are?@miquelduran: University professor. Research in Quantum Chemistry. Digital Science

Communication, Magic and Science, MOOCs, TEDx events, Open Knowledge. MTB

rider.

http://miquelduran.net

http://slideshare.net/quelgir

@silviasimonr: researcher (@iqccudg ), professor (@quimicaudg), disseminator

(@c4dudg) and mother. Of course not in this actual order! Many hobbies and few time

left! Runner.

http://silviasimonr.wordpress.com

http://slideshare.net/silsivasimonr

http://miquelduran.net/

http://slideshare.net/quelgir

http://silviasimonr.wordpress.com/

http://slideshare.net/silsivasimonr


The Girona C4D group is an actual teamMainly in @c4dudg• @silviasimonr Univ prof• @miquelduran Univ prof• @josepduran Univ prof• @pquimic Grad St, Ph.D. thesis includes MOOC chapter, high school teacher• @laiagd Ph, D., high school teacher• @fblascoc (UPolyMadrid) Univ prof• Joan Miró Univ prof• @mguellse, Ph. D., high school teacher

Others in @iqccudg and @quimicaudg like • @miquelsola Univ prof, @marcelswart ICREA Researcher, @pesalse Univ prof, @lluisblancafort Univ

prof• Undergraduate students

Outline

1. C4DUdG and MOOCs: Why are we here?

2. MOOCs4ALL: about the project, on first tasks

3. Four different experiences, four MOOCs

4. A few stormy ideas on our future wth MOOCs

MOOCs4ALL website: http://moocs4all.eu

http://moocs4all.eu/


C4DUdG and MOOCs: Why are we here?• C4DUdG: a spinout of the Institute of Computational Chemistry and

Catalysis, UdG• Science Communication 2.0• Public Awareness of Science• Chemistry Dissemination• Open learning and research

– Wikipedia– MOOCs– MOOC on Science Communication 2.0


C4DUdG and MOOCs: Why are we here?Our main projects:• Research on quantum, theoretical and computational chemistry (core business)• Innovation in teaching and learning• Science Communication

– European Researchers’ Night 2008-2015 (coordinating-various Spanish Univs)– Magic & Science (FECyT) 2015 (with UPolyMadrid)

• MOOCs:– 2013: Science Communication 2.0.1– 2014: Zero Chemistry; Magic and Science (with UPolyMadrid)

• Erasmus+:– 2015 Low-Cost Production MOOCs (LoCoMoTion) with Sligo, Bath Spa and Delft


C4DUdG and MOOCs: Why are we here?

A TED-related experience@miquelduran: TEDxUdG series organizer, TEDxGironaWomen co-organizer

http://tedxudg.net

Science Communication: TED Ed Periodic Videos (@pquimic with Univ Notthingham’s Sir Martin Polyakoff)http://ed.ted.com/periodic-videos

Wikipedia: Wikimarathon, Wikiproject on Open Science

http://tedxudg.net/

http://ed.ted.com/periodic-videos



MOOCs: How come we're here?• Early adopters of MOOC consumption and creation• Jumped into (were thrown and fell into) the wagon of MOOC culture• Has seen the birth of interactive computing (well... rather only MD)• Have seen the birth of the Internet and personal computing• Computational chemists, scientists 2.0• Enthusiasm for innovative forms of learning, open knowledge• Think of MOOCs as a form of Science Dissemination and Public

Outreach


• 1.Find an enticing subject

• 2.Have an expertise on the contents

• 3.Think about tentative audience

• 4.Know regulations applying

• 5.Set your course within a broader project

• 6.Choose a suitable platform

• 7.Assign various Open Educational Resources to each submodule

• 8.Reuse own existing resources and those (open!) from others

• 9.Shoot short and sustainable videos

• 10.Take care of good sound and video production

• 11.Assign each content to actual fulfillment of competencies

• 12.Link resources to a clear learning path

• 13.Maintain tension and interest for the course with challenges and rewards

Online course via Moodle: 23 keys to organize a MOOC, to be successful and to actually enjoy it

Online course via Moodle: 23 keys to organize a MOOC, to be successful and to actually enjoy it

• 14.Evaluate student progress with intention

• 15.Mix test, p2p and other tests in equilibrium

• 16.Use proactively social networks

• 17.Organize hangouts/Q&A sessions, and discussions on the Net

• 18.Publish an attractive promotional videoclip

• 19.Create an interesting presentation video

• 20.Identify and use the most efficient procedures for international marketing

• 21.Place surveys before, during and after the course period

• 22.Make proposals for future improvement

• 23.Communicate publicly the innovations brought about by the course



The Erasmus+ LoCoMoTion project


#moocs4all meeting, TU Delft 3/15“A lot of times, people don’t know what they

want until you show them”, Steve Jobs

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dBmNXifvOJWHiIN5Lxx5tgpUw9RBrjtq9Bu3CasUX7I/edit#slide=id.p4

MOOCs4ALL: about the project, on first tasks

There are five partners: collaboration is held over the Internet. Coordinator: Brian Mulligan, IT Sligo

Two face-to-face meetings held so far: kick off in TU Delft, 2nd in Bath Spa.

Forthcoming: meeting in Girona (2nd phase preparation, leveraging a bunch of low-cost MOOCs)

Managing an European project is always a complex task!

What does low-cost mean? 3 key words: Time, Energy, Budget


The team is rather heterogenous (which is positive)

IT SLigo has broad experience in delivering online courses, with actual institutional support. On the contrary, UdG does not have much interest yet in MOOC delivery, so our research group faces somes issues (yet no barriers)

Advantages: being different in nature, we learn from each other. TU Delft has a big adventure with edX. The Bielefeld team has a very good expertise on video production, therefore may provide valuable clues for streamlining MOOCs and allowing for low-cost.


Workshop on “Low-cost MOOC Development” at EDEN2015 Conference, Barcelona, 10 June 2015

Lean Content development, sourcing and hosting of MOOCs

Pedagogical Approaches, Communication and Support of MOOCs

Institutional Services for Low-cost Development

Assessment and Accreditation

http://moocs4all.eu/2015/05/12/symposium-on-low-cost-moocs-at-eden-meeting-barcelona-9-12-june-expanding-learning-scenarios




metaMOOC: "Making MOOCs on a budget"

edX Edge Platform, TU Delft: https://edge.edx.org/courses/course-v1:DelftX-LoCoMotion+MOOCs4ALL+2015/about#

1. Introduction

2. Low-cost MOOC Technology

3. Low-cost MOOC Pedagogies and Design

4. Institutional Services

5. Assessment and Moiblity

6. Next Steps

https://edge.edx.org/courses/course-v1:DelftX-LoCoMotion+MOOCs4ALL+2015/about#


What have we learnt so far in the Project?

Low-cost production of MOOCs has not attracted enough interested people yet. But it will.

Language may still be a barrier for tentative low-cost organizers which are not fluent with English (what about internationalization?)

Fear of technology may be still present

MOOCs may not be strategic enough in face-to-face, classical universities

The metaMOOC may lack some marketing and appeal. 2nd edition will be better


Four different experiences, four MOOCs• Communicating Science 2.0.1: keys for a digital society (MiriadaX platform), 2013

and 2015• History of Chemistry: from subatomic particles to macromolecules (MiriadaX

platform), 2013 and 2015• Magic, Science and Confessable Secrets (currently in production, to be delivered

through MiriadaX), 2015 • University entry-level Chemistry (Currently in the planning phase, in Catalan), 2015• Introduction to advanced chemical catalysis and molecular modeling (Future

consideration, in English)

@miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr

Science Communication 2.0.1MiriadaX Spring 2013 and 2015 (Spanish)

• Almost 25% completion rate• Awesome experience• Started from a doctoral-level area-independent course• Specific target: graduate students, junior researchers• This MOOC was produced almost on the spot


Investigación científica 2.0.1: Procesos clave en una sociedad digital


Investigación científica 2.0.1: Procesos clave en una sociedad digital (2a ed)


Descubriendo la química: de la alquimia a las partículas subatómicas


Química Zero


Four different experiences, four MOOCs

Magia, Ciencia y Secretos Confesables (#magcimooc)Related to FECyT public outreach project "From the Magic of Science of

the Science of Magic"1.- Historia. Los científicos como “magos”2.- La ciencia de lo curioso3.- Magia con pocos secretos4.- La ciencia explica la magia 5.- Magia para introducir ciencia6.- Magia matemática, física y química7.- Magia y comunicación8.- Magos, científicos y milagros

Opening quite soon (already delayed twice)Note: website hacked and vandalized!

A few stormy ideas on our future with MOOCs:

The GISOLR Initiative

Girona Science Open Learning and Research

Our group is composed of active scientits, partially convinced of the key role of Open Knowledge pursuit.

Open Access is still quite limited in the field of Chemistry, so working on Open Science will help to mimic publishing trends in Physics and other disciplines

MOOCs are a way of fostering Open Knowledge


Is the Wikipedia model suitable for MOOCs?

In MOOCs you have at least

- Content

- Learning flux / Pedagogial approach

- Actual user/student track

- Social&academic interaction (forums, social networks)

Content might be organized in a similar way to Wikipedia.

Learning might be organized as Wikitexts/Wikiprojects.

Multiple editors issue!


On the language of MOOC delivery

Indeed major languages (English, Spanish, ...) are used in MOOCs. However, there are at least two specific areas for use of local or minority languages:

- Connection with preuniversity level

- Developing countries

A very good example of using a multilanguage, interconnected information platform is Wikipedia. We might mimic it.


Indeed one should solve the problem of fake identity and improve remote assessment. We are imagining new (low-cost) ways like

- Moebius-like MOOC: sequential student-instructor-student

- Quantum MOOC: synchronous student-instructor


Wikiloc-like MOOC: following and registering running/mth-like tracks: different speeds, different capacities, different muscles


And last but not least:

MOOCs as science communication (flipped?)


We should not expect teachers and researchers to use the low-cost approach as a driving force

Tentative MOOC organizers should be motivated by organization and peers. The low-cost approach should catalyze entering the MOOC world.

Thank you very much!

Contact and references:

http://moocs4all.eu

[email protected]

[email protected]

http://c4d.udg.edu

http://magcimooc.net

Just a procedural note: this presentation has been built with Google Slides. First time concurrently working on a presentation. Mixed-feelings experience :-)

http://moocs4all.eu/

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://c4d.udg.edu/

http://magcimooc.net/