students as agents of change: experiences of co-producing a mini ooc

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Students  as  agents  of  change:    Experiences  of  co-­‐producing  a  mOOC  

 Natalie  Lafferty  &  Annalisa  Manca    University  of  Dundee    

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The  tale  of  our  evolving  journey  supporFng  students  to  develop  open  online  learning  

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Dundee  School  of  Medicine  -­‐  strong  tradiFon  of  supporFng  peer-­‐led  learning  approaches  &  peer  tutoring  

Learning  resources  developed  as  part  of  student  self-­‐proposed  student  selected  component  (SSC)  projects  …  Integrated  into  teaching  

Peer  learning  in  Web  2.0  World  DundeePRN  –  Developed  by  students  supported  by  staff  

“Issues  of  professionalism,  responsibility  for  content,  interprofessional  working  and  effecFve  collaboraFon  have  all  come  to  the  fore  for  the  group.  Overall,  we  firmly  believe  that  developing  student-­‐led  e-­‐learning  and  online  professionalism  can  provide  an  avenue  through  which  young  professionals  can  develop  lifelong  learning  skills,  experience  conFnuing  professional  development  and  learn  and  work  in  a  professional  community.”  

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Community  of  pracFce  in  learning  began  to  develop  Students  –  Teachers  –  EducaFonalists  –  Ed  Technologists  

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Success  can  lead  to  problems  and  frustraFons  …  

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Student  interest  and  enthusiasm  can  come  in  waves  

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Time  …  reinvenFng  wheels  

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How  could  we  develop  a  sustainable  approach  to  supporFng  students  as  producers  of  learning?    

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HEA  Project  –  Students  as  partners  in  the  curriculum  

JISC  2009  …    Students  should  play  a  role  in  working  with  teachers  to  develop  teaching  and  learning  delivery  by  working  in  partnership  with  them.    

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Concept:  co-­‐create  a  series  of  mini  open  online  courselets  to  develop  the  skills  of  a  digital  teacher  supported  by  open  badges  

Copyright  IntroducFon  to  copyright  issues,  CreaFve  Commons,  paFent  consent  etc  

Managing  resources  

Presenta3ons/  Learning  design  

Developing online activities  

Formative assessment  

Feedback  

Accessibility,  usability  –  fonts,  colour  schemes  CogniFve  load,  mulFmedia  design  principles  

Running  a  Twi]er  chat,  using  a  blog  to  support  learning  acFviFes  

How  to  write  a  good  assessment  quesFons,  eg  MCQs  

IncorporaFng  feedback  into  your  learning  resource/acFvity  and  different  forms  of  feedback  

Searching  for  resources,  managing  &  curaFng  resources  

Proposed  mini  OOC  topics    

Content  for  each  OOC  co-­‐created  with  students  and  alpha  tested  with  students  

Beta  version  hosted  on  WordPress  

ITERATIVE  CYCLES:  tesFng  and  refining  

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DEVELOPMENT  OF  EDUCATIONAL  STRATEGIES  

SSC  –  The  doctor  as  a  digital  teacher  Opportunity  to  test  and  evaluate  mini  OOC  topics    

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ExploraFon  and  discussion  of  general  educaFonal  principles,  which  serve  as  a  basis  for  the  development  of  any  digital  teaching  acFvity  

Developing online activities  

Formative assessment  

Feedback  

Running  a  Twi]er  chat,  using  a  blog  to  support  learning  acFviFes  

How  to  write  a  good  assessment  quesFons,  eg  MCQs  

IncorporaFng  feedback  into  your  learning  resource/acFvity  and  different  forms  of  feedback  

TESTING  mini  OOC  topics    

Copyright  IntroducFon  to  copyright  issues,  CreaFve  Commons,  paFent  consent  etc  

Managing  resources  

Presenta3ons/  Learning  design  

Accessibility,  usability  –  fonts,  colour  schemes  CogniFve  load,  mulFmedia  design  principles  

Searching  for  resources,  managing  &  curaFng  resources  

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OBSERVATION  AND  ANALYSIS  

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ITERATIVE  CYCLES:  tesFng  and  refining  

2015  

TesFng  with  staff:  mini  OOC  topics  as  part  of  an  online  CPD  course  

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Things  we’ve  learned  on  this  latest  leg  of  our  journey  

REFLECTION  

AssumpFons  …  Students  are  not  all  digital  maestros  

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Need  to  run  sessions  on  how  to  set  up  a  blog  before  we  run  the  mini  OOCs  with  students  and  staff  in  the  open  

Encouraging  reflecFve  pracFce  …  

EMPLOYABILITY  SKILLS  h]p://www.flickr.com/photos/naturewise/6219571665/  

(Siemens  2005;  Sandars  2009)      

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All  5  students  asked  to  conFnue  the  experience  by  developing  4th  Year  Projects  and  keen  to  contribute  to  further  development  of  the  mini  OOCs  and  be  mentors  

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