Design and implementation of a project-based MOOC

EADTU 2013

Rémi BacheletEcole Centrale de Lille

Paris oct 25, 2013

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1. #MOOCGdP– From first to second edition

2. A project-based MOOC– Issues and questions

Part 1

MOOC GdP

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MOOC GdP1 : 3600 enrollments, 1800 certificates« no Coursera no money, how to bootstrap a MOOC anyway »

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Positioning the MOOC ?

Introduction to project management,1. Fundamentals, concepts : life cycle cost, 

management..2. Tools : setting up a project, team organization, cost-

specification-time, collaborating over the net..

« You will be able to design an manage a small project »

5 weeks

Basic track

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Advanced track

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Project track

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Technology

Analytics

Interactions

Core team

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• Shared note-taking• Forum 5500 posts

Innovating

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MOOC GdP#2 : 10.500 enrolled

• +20% courses : value analysis, project specifications• Enhanced interaction : live session on Wednesday, better discussion 

tools, shared notes….• Run by a French startup, UNOW. Qualified volunteers team• Partnerships

• Other grandes écoles : Centrale Lille/Lyon/Marseille, Mines de Douai…. • Business track : AUF 250 employees

• ECTS Certification - European Credit Transfer System• Exam centers in Africa• ProctorU : distance Exam taking

• Mozilla Open Badges• Research – Learning analytics, plagiarism detection, sharing tools and 

experience with other MOOC projects: France Université Numérique..

Part 2

A project-based MOOC ?

Projects @ Centrale Lille

– Centrale Lille : historical French engineering “Grande Ecole“, 1000 students

– Projects: major role in the curriculum – The only french grande école dedicating so much resources to

project-oriented teaching : • Two-years projects: 300 curriculum hours per student • 100 teaching hours for each project.

• How to turn some of this know-how into a MOOC ?– From small group, in-person, 2 years…– .. to open, distance, massive?

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Setting up the project track MOOC : webpage

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Setting up : FAQ

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Phase 0 : the teams

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Phases 1 and 2 : google docs

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Phases 1 and 2 : google docs

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Phases 1 and 2 : wikiversity

Managing the MOOC : dashboard

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Peer evaluation : doodle

Success rate

Starting students 116

Team track laureates 58 50% Success rate

Questions

• Project-oriented: a particular blend of MOOC. Neither a cMOOC or a xMOOC ? 

• A platformless xMOOC ?• Really « Massive » ?• Distance learning and group dynamics, dropping out from a

project, how ? Consequences ? MOOC-wise : How does a Project track scale ? Compared to basic/advanced track ?

• Assembling a team ? Enrolling, not straight away, an after-xMOOC followup

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Thanks for listening!

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