Professor Irena Papadopoulos & Asanka Dayananda Middlesex University Doing a MOOC! Experiences, lessons learnt, and ‘badges’ gained | 1 Academic Excellence Exchange 01-12-14
Jul 14, 2015
Professor Irena Papadopoulos
& Asanka Dayananda
Middlesex University
Doing a MOOC! Experiences, lessons learnt, and ‘badges’ gained
| 1Academic Excellence Exchange
01-12-14
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What is a MOOC?
MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE
1. Why?
Excited by the Philosophy which underpinned the MOOC movement
Excited by the possibilities of using the various technologies
Saw it as the vehicle of my current work – Culturally Competent Compassion
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2.
How & with
whom?
Had to learn fast about MOOCs
Asanka! Great helper
Amazing response and enthusiasm from many colleagues I called to help(both internal &external)
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Subject LibrarianJodie Ward
Subject LibrarianJodie Ward
Nurse - ActorsDorocia Preddie, Denise Creary,
Sara Velasco, Spiwe Jomole,
Nurse - ActorsDorocia Preddie, Denise Creary,
Sara Velasco, Spiwe Jomole,
Professor Irena PapadopoulosCourse Author
Learner Development Unit
Alex Pitt
Learner Development Unit
Alex Pitt
Copyright
Kate Vasili
Copyright
Kate Vasili
Centre for Academic Practice Enhancement (CAPE)
Alex Chapman, Angus Macdonald, Paul Smith, Asanka Dayananda, Louise Merlin, Celia Cozens,
John Parkinson
Animator
Tom Fagan
Animator
Tom Fagan
Literature ReviewSandra Connell
Literature ReviewSandra Connell
Team involved in creating the MOOC…
Team of Facilitators Team of Facilitators
3. The Challenges
Do we have a platform?
What do we do first? Marketing!!!...well, let’s publicise!
What do we do with the facilitators?
Enrolling
Technology
Supporting the novices & technophobes
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Looking for a platform…
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Our platform…enrolling/login
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Taster MOOC…
MOOC approach…
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Students…
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Online learning and collaboration/co-creation…
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Scenarios
Week Introductions and conclusions
Videos engaging learners….
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Tapping into Social Media…
4. The highlights
Enthusiasm from colleagues
Enthusiasm from healthcare professionals worldwide
The amazing entries by participants
The videos & animations
Reaching my ideal recruitment target of 100!!! And then 582!!!
5. What will we do different?
Be sure to have a platform!
Have marketing in place at the start
Give access to facilitators before the start of the course
Make the course 5+1 weeks
Have more webinars
Badges GainedPersonal and Professional Growth
Pride & Satisfaction
ConnectednessInternal & External
Recognition
Huge amount of data to help address the project questions
Aaah...making history...the Aaah...making history...the FIRST MDX MOOC!!!FIRST MDX MOOC!!!
6. Two
participants’ journey
http://www.powtoon.com/show/d2bmHp5aB2D/my-mooc-journey/
My MOOC Journey by Ans Luyben
6. Two
participants’ journey
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My MOOC journey by Lucero Lopez
My MOOC journey Mari Stormer
THANK [email protected]