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DO YOU WANT TO DEVELOP A MOOC? / ELEARNING FORUM

Mark O’Connor, UELT

18th May 2017

Outline

• 12.00: Welcome and introduction

• 12.05: Background

• 12.10: Our courses on FutureLearn

• 12.30: Development and delivery

• 12.40: How can I get involved?

• 13.00: MOOC proposals: form & processes

• 13.20: Open discussion

• 13.30: End

Do you want to develop a MOOC? ELF, 18th May 2017

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Background: K-MOOCs Beacon Project

• The K-MOOCs Beacon Project

demonstrated a clear rationale for MOOCs

at Kent.

• The key benefits identified for engagement

with MOOCs were identified as:

• enhanced profile and reputation

• Increased digital capacity

• positive impact on teaching & student

experience

• positive impact on postgrad &

research activities

• exploration of new markets and

income

• A key recommendation of the K-MOOCs

project was to partner with FutureLearn,

the UK’s leading MOOC provider.


• The FutureLearn partnership

has over 100 partners

• Including leading UK

universities and many

international institutions

• FutureLearn launched their first

courses in September 2013 and

since then over 6 million people

have joined FutureLearn.

• On average, 27% of learners on

FutureLearn course are UK-

based

• The second highest is the US

(6%) with the remaining 67%

spread across the world


Our first courses

Functional Programming in Erlang

20th Feb for 3 weeks

5,642 joined the course, 15% from UK

Concurrent Programming in Erlang

3rd April for 3 weeks- 1,965, 15% UK

The Science of Endurance Training

and Performance

24th April for 6 weeks - 4,090, 42% UK

Understanding Autism

1st May for 4 weeks - 7,561, 56% UK


FutureLearn MOOCs

• What do our FutureLearn MOOCs look like?

• How do they work?

• Understanding Autism:

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/autism/1/




How can I get involved?

• Sign up to FutureLearn and try some

courses

• Enrol on our courses!

• What might make a good course? • Identifiably Kent

• Linked to current expertise, provision and

research

• Focussed / compact

• Potential for CPD or industry links

• Fit with FutureLearn priorities (Business &

Management; Digital Skills; Healthcare; Teaching)


Your opportunity to develop a MOOC

What is available? • Development budget for:

– media production

– Online Teaching Assistants (Grade 6, timesheet)

– Other associated costs

• Additional £5,000 to School/Centre

What is NOT available? • Academic time is to come from Schools

• No specific funding to cover teaching

Who’ll do what? • UELT: Project management including finances, liaison with

media production companies, training

• Academics/Schools: Development of course content,

recruitment of TAs/facilitators


Time commitment and expectations

• Single academic lead

• Commitment equivalent to 14-21 working days • 6-8 hours for producing the initial proposal and involvement in

approval process

• 4-6 hours for initial overall design including weekly structure and mix

of resources to be used

• 4-6 hours per week of the MOOC for detailed ‘blueprinting’ of the

course

• 10-12 hours per week of the MOOC for production of resources

• 2-3 hours per week of the MOOC for involvement in delivery

• 4-6 hours for review and evaluation

• Clear support from the Faculty Dean and Head of School/Centre

by recognising this time commitment within the work allocation

model


MOOC development and delivery


Initial stages Call for proposals Shortlisting by MOOCs

team Approval by Exec Group

Approval Confirm approval by School Confirm approval by

Faculty Confirm final selection by

MOOCs team

Development Blueprinting Media / resource

production Compile in FL Course

Creator

QA and testing Internal QA review FL QA process Updates as required

Pre-delivery Appoint TAs Training of TAs Final updates as required

Delivery Present via FL

Review Data analysis Report

MOOC development process May

June

July Nov /

Dec

Early

2018

Spring

2017


The blueprint

…


The MOOC proposal form


Discussion / Q&A


Next steps

• Find out more about our FutureLearn

courses on the elearning pages:

https://www.kent.ac.uk/elearning/

themes/FLmoocs.html

• Visit our FutureLearn pages:

https://www.futurelearn.com/partners/

the-university-of-kent

• Proposals should be submitted by

Monday 12th June

• Decision on which MOOCs are to be

developed expected by Monday 26th

June

• Help and advice: Dr Mark O’Connor

(Distance Learning Technologist,

UELT)

[email protected] Ext 7478

Thank you!


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