John Kerr and Kerr Gardiner present MOOCs at Glasgow at the MOOCs in Scottish Education event at the University of Strathclyde, hosted by RSC Scotland on 19th March 2014.

1. Kerr Gardiner
John Kerr
MOOCs at Glasgow
March 2014

2. So…
You think creating a MOOC is all fun and
games…
lets focus on the workload implications

3. Right Vs Might from my view
Some background Info
week course on applied International Law in high profile cases such as,
Guantanamo Bay, Targeted Killings and International Terrorism.
786
3 lead academics each handling 2 case studies
3 GTA students employed to monitor forum activity
Course development and elearning support spread between myself and
the school elearning support manager
School elearning support went off on Maternity leave in December

4. Our ‘Captured’ Goals/Pedagogical Approaches

5. Video shoots
In total we shot and produced 36 video clips ranging from
1minute to 7minutes in length
MPU shot 11
Me 25
As it stands we have over
145learning objects spread
over the 6 weeks including:
Surveys, discussions, clips,
weblinks, Google Hangout
and Peer Review activities

6. Participatory
Acquisition

7. Internal factors
Meetings - MILLIONS
Emails - BILLIONS
Dealing with 3 very busy Professors - One of which is
based in Oxford
Still undertaking my normal job duties
My time spent (conservative estimate 400-500Hrs)

8. External factors
FutureLearn always under development
Guidelines showed examples that physically could not be done
Working with head of BBC Worldwide Learning
Sourcing over 500 creative commons images
Sourcing Music for Landmark video
Checking material for copyright infringements
Linking to Youtube (copyright issues)

9. All the things you have to be

10. Intermission

11. Stepping over the edge
• Little distance learning
• Strong campus focus
• Structures around face-to-face

12. How we MOOC’d
• Call for bids
• Subject teams
• Support
• Evaluation

13. Reasons to MOOC
• We were asked
• Build institutional experience in online delivery
• Widening participation
• Bridge digital divide
• Alliances

14. Glasgow directions
• Strategic initiative
• £2.5 million
• New campus
• Focus on TEL
• Student demand

15. The Wider MOOC
• Monetisation
• Participation / dropout
• How to measure impact
• Accreditation
• HEA flexible learning
• SFC strategic funding: supporting open educational practices
• http://declaration.openscot.net
• Stone to start the avalanche
• What if you can’t join
in?

16. Thank You