Development of MOOC courses for Master Programme in Educational Sciences Prof. Dr. Chang Zhu Daria Bogdanova
Overview • Aims of the development of MOOCs • An overview of two MOOCs and participation • MOOC Design & development procedure • Feedback of students • Re-launch, improvement & sustainability
Aims • To enhance and innovate the current courses in a flexible learning mode; • To enhance accessibility for the students, for example, for working students who cannot be present at all lectures on campus; • Cater for both VUB students and the international learning community; • Strengthen academic reputation of VUB worldwide through the MOOC courses; • Serve as a model in supporting other relevant educational innovation projects of VUB in the future
An Overview of two MOOCs E-Learning environments & e-learning design: 2016 https://learn.canvas.net/courses/964 2017 https://learn.canvas.net/courses/1601 Research Methodology: 2016 https://learn.canvas.net/courses/963 2017: Launch in Sep.
MOOC #1: E-learning environments and e-learning design Feb. – June 2016
Platform: Canvas.net
Initial enrolment: 1300+ students
MOOC #1: E-learning environments and e-learning design
Active participants: ~300 students, including VUB master students
Module 4 collaboration participants: 18 groups, 51 students
MOOC #1: E-learning environments and e-learning design
Course graduates: 38 (badge + certificate) + 2 (badge only)
Badge Certificate of Accomplishment
MOOC #2: Research Methodology Sep. – December 2016
Platform: Canvas.net
Initial enrolment: ~300 students
MOOC #2: Research Methodology
Active participants: ~87 students, including VUB master students Course graduates: 18 (completed with badge)
Course Design
Video Lectures
Quiz
Discussion task
Supporting Materials
“Assessment for learning”
Peer assessment
Facilitation
For MOOC #1: group tasks + final project
MOOC Development procedure 1. Defining and analyzing target audience 2. Building a team 3. Choosing a platform and checking state of the art / getting familiar with the platform 4. Development of the course content 5. Approval by the MOOC platform reviewer 6. Ongoing MOOC management 7. Evaluation
How it looks: starting page
How it looks: learning path
How it looks: interactive videos
How it looks: discussions
Student projects E-Learning design English grammar online course (ProProfs): http://www.proprofs.com/training/course/?title=co mparatives-and-superlatives-by-carmen-colladoortega Global warning awareness website (Wix): http://jrostant.wixsite.com/mysite Basic color theory online course (Versal) https://versal.com/c/npaxlz/basic-color-theory
Feedback from students: MOOC #1 “I’m currently writing my first course for a technical college. This class gave me ideas and context…” - Alice, UK “I hope to attend other online courses about e-learning from your university.” - Soon, China “I have gained experience and knowledge in e-learning in this course. This is one of the best courses I have seen so far online” - Roy, India
Feedback from students: MOOC #2 I think both the content and presentation have been excellent. This is material that I could refer to every time I conduct research. – Mark, US One of the best course I have attended online. Reinforced my knowledge related to research and gave confidence to do the research. – Latha, India The course was a very good one and after completed I think it contributed to improving my skill as a researcher... – Hector, Argentina “This was a super course for me. I wish it was there for me some 20 years ago. It enrolled for Research Methodology course before, but I did not understand a thing. This course was well organized and was also very well presented. I would love to enroll for a degree education at your university. Thanks you for everything.” – Sylvester Matsapola
Re-launch & sustainability E-Learning environments & e-learning design: 2017 https://learn.canvas.net/courses/1601 Research Methodology: 2017: launch in Sep. • Aim to re-launch & sustain the courses every year
Questions Thank you very much for your attention! If you have any question, please contact: Prof. dr. Chang Zhu Department of Educational Sciences, VUB
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