1. #FDOL131
Flexible, Distance and Online Learning an open course using COOL FISh
http://fdol.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @openfdol #fdol131
an open course using
Problem-based learning
28 May 2013
2. #FDOL131 organisers
and facilitators
Chrissi Nerantzi
Academic Developer
University of Salford, UK
FDOL organiser
PBL facilitator
Lars Uhlin
Educational Developer
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
FDOL organiser
PBL facilitator
Maria Kvarnström
Educational Developer
Karolinska Institutet,
Sweden
PBL facilitator
3. #FDOL131
ABOUT:
• flexible, distance and online learning
FOR:
• teachers and other professionals who support learning in Higher Education
FORM:
• trial a group based learning approach in an open course (COOL FISh)
• opportunity for teachers to connect worldwide
• open for everybody
• model the use of freely available technologies to support open online mobile
learning
5. FDOL overview
Unit 1 (1 week): orientation
Unit 2 (2 weeks): introduction to FDOL
Unit 3 (2 weeks): collaborative learning and communities
Unit 4 (2 weeks): supporting learners
Unit 5 (2 weeks): open practices
Unit 6 (1 week): celebrating learning
Chrissi
6.
7. COOL FISh
Step 1: Focus
What do we see?
How do we understand what we see?
What do we need to find out more about?
Specify learning issues/intended learning outcomes
Step 2: Investigate
How and where are we/am I going to find answers?
Who will do what and by when?
What main findings and solutions do we/I propose?
Step 3: Share
How are we going to present our findings within the group?
What do we want to share with the FDOL community?
How can we provide feedback to another group?
What reflections do I have about my learning and our group
work?
15. FDOL131
• Registered before start: 80 (PBL groups: 64 (core: 46
peripheral: 18) + autonomous 16)
• Not confirmed to PBL groups or early drop-outs : 22
• Signed up in FDOL131 Google+: 45
• Participants in webinars: 10-20
• Participants who completed: 16 (20%)
17. • course was challenging but rewarding
• everybody who engaged throughout in the PBL groups learnt
• useful to be a learner and experience difficulties in preparation for teaching online
• progressively developed confidence as an online learner
• developed better understanding of how to use tech more effectively in own practice (Google
apps seemed to work well also on mobile devices, extending opportunities to engage)
• exploring opportunities for application in own practice
• community feel was important > how to achieve this?
– getting to know each other through synchronous online ‘events’ such as hangouts and
webinars made a huge difference, hearing a voice, seeing a person made it human
– increased commitment when you know the others
– bonding happened through engagement
– learning to trust
– more early hangouts were suggested
• COOL FISh simple and effective for online settings: speeded up working in groups, to keep on
track, experience PBL
• tutor support was vital, knowing that there was somebody there when needed, especially at
the beginning
• suggestion: more peer-to-peer learning and feedback with other groups
• suggestion: central feedback space, group buddy system could be developed
summary of participants’
experiences shared during unit 6
webinar
19. #FDOL132
Flexible, Distance and Online Learning an open course using COOL FISh
http://fdol.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @openfdol #fdol132
starts Sep 2013