The document discusses a Flash MOOC experiment conducted by the SAICTED research project. In 3 sentences: The SAICTED research project conducted an 8-hour Flash MOOC event on managing ICTs in education using platforms like Google+, YouTube, and WordPress, bringing together over 50 participants across 5 discussion communities to generate over 500 contributions on the topic. The Flash MOOC format proved suitable for postgraduate education and training by allowing for mastery and retrieval learning in a collaborative, low-cost way. However, future Flash MOOCs would benefit from shorter durations, stronger topic focus, and participants with relevant prior knowledge and interest in the topic.

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Teaching and learning
with Technology Day.
Experimenting with digital and open
collaborative learning:
SAICTED Flash MOOC
Laban Bagui
SAICTED project
Researching "Managing ICTs in South African Education"
http://saicted.wikispaces.com/

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What I am going to tell you…
 What
 The
is a Flash MOOC?
SAICTED Research project
 How
did they do the SAICTED Flash
MOOC?
 What
is a Flash MOOC good for?
 Some recommendations

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A Flash Massive Open Online Course
(Flash MOOC) is a learning and
teaching experience which draws it
spontaneity, it connectedness and it
outcomes from both the idea of a
“Flash Meeting” and the idea of a
“MOOC”.

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The SAICTED Research Project
"Managing ICTs in South African Education" is a three-year
research project funded by the South African National
Research Foundation and based at the Cape Peninsula
University of Technology (CPUT). The project is examining
the ways in which technology contributes to South African
education, at all levels of education and at all points in the
processes of education. It is a partnership between CPUT,
the University of Cape Town and the University of Limpopo.

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SAICTED Flash MOOC event
- 8 Hours event on the 12th October 2013
- Main Topic: Managing ICTs in Education
- Sub-Topics: Education perspective, Technology
perspective, Management perspective, African
relevance and Implementation approaches
- Massive… well, almost…
- Open, Online and of “Course” was a learning
experience
- Very collaborative
- Rather low cost…

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People…
SAICTED Flash MOOC
Participants
Facilitating Panel
Event
Management
1. Education experts
2. Education technologists
3. Policy makers in managing
ICT in education
4. Researchers
5. Students
4 Lead experts;
11 Designated
members of
SAICTED, CPUT FID,
eLearning centre
and Fundani CHED
to facilitate
discussions
SAICTED
members and 2
Research
Assistants

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The Teaching and Learning

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The Platform
 Google
+…. In Google+ Communities
 YouTube …. Lead experts’ seed video
contribution
 WordPress … Host of Discussion digests
 Wikispace … Integration to SAICTED
research project
And also…

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Google + Events

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Community of discussion

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On WordPress

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On Wikispace

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Other important things…
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It took 6 weeks to prepare
We run 4 pilots to probe the concept
3 workshops to train facilitators
We interviewed and collected videos from 4
leading experts of the domains of Managing
ICTs in education: Prof. Johannes Cronje, Prof.
Dick Ng’ambi, Prof. Andy Bytheway and Dr.
Derek Keats
Sent out over 3000 emails including invitations
and reminders
Registered 93 participants and
Hosted 53 participants in 5 communities
discussing 31 related issues
Received over 500 discussion contributions

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What is it good for?
 Suitable
for postgraduate courses and
studies
 Mastery learning
 Retrieval learning
 Suitable for industry training

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Recommendation
 Should
be reduced to 4 hours or less
 Should be done with a strong topic focus
 Participants should have a vested interest
in the topic
 Participants should have some relevant
prior knowledge
 Would need more experiments to get it
better

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Please… Please… Please…
ask me
something…
anything…
that thing…
your thing…
?

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Acknowledgement:
The author would like to
acknowledge the support of
CPUT/FID, FUNDANI CHED, Centre for
eLearning and of all the team
members and contributors to the
SAICTED Flash MOOC, also including
Prof. Andy Bytheway,
Prof. Wallace Chigona,
Dr. Moira Bladergroen,
Dr Farivar Rahimi,
Prof. Johannes Cronje,
Prof. Dick Ng’ambi,
Dr. Derek Keats.
Laban Bagui
labanbagui@gmail.com
SAICTED project
Researching "Managing ICTs in South African Education"
http://saicted.wikispaces.com/
SAICTED Flash MOOC Facilitators
- Prof. Andy Bytheway
- Prof. Nhlanhla Mlitwa
- Prof. Wallace Chigona
- Dr Moira Bladergroen
- Dr Edward Dakora
- Mrs Sheila Kumalo
- Mrs Daniela Gachago
- Mrs Jolanda Morkel
- Mrs Sanet Cox
- Miss Mary Wairimu Maina
- Mr Laban Bagui
- Mr Chris Dumas
- Mr Ayodeji Afolayan
- Mr William Cronje
Webmasters:
- Mr. Laban Bagui
- Mr. Guan Tong Wo
- Mr. Abdel Wahid Sabre
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