HES-SO

How to build a Mooc :

our (modest) methodology

How to build a MOOCFigures and Facts

HES-SO

Age : 20 years

2nd biggest uni in CH

21’000 students

28 schools

6 domains

E-learning center HES-SO Cyberlearn14 persons, 9 full time

How to build a MOOCPlatforms

à Moodle

26’000 users /7500 online coursesHybrid learning

à Moodec

SimplificationReinforcement of core functionnalities like goup management and peergrading activitiesDevelopment of pre-inscription process and certificate delivery

How to build a MOOCHES-SO Moocs

à http://moocs.hes-so.ch3 xMoocs4000 participants

à AudienceCH/ FR/ B /others

àStandard portraita swiss woman /30 years old/already graduated / access with mobile device

How to build a MOOCMooc Policy

Objectives

What?à 2-3 MOOCS a year

How?à Good standard level vs « Quick and dirty »

Why?à Showcaseà Promotionà Dissemination

How to build a MOOCHES-SO MOOCS selection

Two ways

à MoocsFab call : once a year : one selected by a committeeà free hours of work from Cyberlearnà prof hours : on school budgets

à 2-3 Moocs a year : directely selected by Cyberlearnà less free work of hoursà real money on school budget

How to build a MOOCProfessors

~6’000 part time professors• 70% devoted to teaching• 20% devoter to teaching+research• 10% devoted to teaching+own enterprise

Implies the majority:à has no teamsà Not used to projects realization (planning, deadlines)

Besidesà No experience of distant learning in global

How to build a MOOCRoles

Professors

§ Knowledge content § Prof team management§ Global concept§ Resources selection§ Writing (teleprompt)§ »play » with a sandbox course on moodec

à see the course building from scratch

§ Project management§ Distance learning pedagogy§ Support Course definition, concepts

selection and scenarization§ virtualization of course content (from paper

to video / simulations)§ video capture, editing and production of

media content§ Upload of resources§ Tests and course hosting§ Communication / marketing§ Course evaluation§ Statistics and metrics

Cyberlearn

How to build a MOOCMethodological resources

àMooc demo about ecology : « From the turtle point of view »

àDocumented Steps

§ Global Preparation§ Specific Developments

1.Conception

2.Preparation

3.Content

development

4.Coursebuilding

5.Mooc testing

6.Communication- marketing

7Launch

Evaluation

How to build a MOOCSteps

How to build a MOOCKeypoints

àEffort calculation : design for ECTS credits even if not recognisedby institution

àWeeks

àPedagogical objectives

àCoherence with Bloom taxonomy

How to build a MOOCExamples

àMethodology

àBloom / Action verbs

àPreparation

àPlanning

àCanvas

à Profsà Scribing

How to build a MOOCWhat we learned

àDifficulty to transfer knowledge from face-to-face to distance

àPedagogical objectives/Bloom not always mastered

àDifficulty to follow planification

àFocus on video without integrating the « real life » user

àDifficulty to really « use » our methodology

à Impact on f2f course : defocus from knowledge-prof to didactic-student

How to build a MOOCWhat we learned

àDifficulty to transfer knowledge from face-to-face to distance

àPedagogical objectives/Bloom not always mastered

àDifficulty to follow planification

àFocus on video without integrating the « real life » user

àDifficulty to really « use » our methodology

à Impact on f2f course : defocus from knowledge-prof to didactic-student

How to build a MOOCProposition

àDisseminate our methological best practices

à « The turtle point of view » : 1st HES-SO Mooc to be published on SMS platform