Considering MOOC Learner Experiences: An insider's perspective. Presented by Ed Campbell, Learning Designer at the Learning LandsCAPE conference
May 2016
Considering MOOC Learner Experiences: An insider's perspective
1. Presented by Ed Campbell, Learning Designer
at the Learning LandsCAPE conference
May 2016
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2. What I do NOT want to talk about…
1. The definition of a MOOC (Massive Open
Online Course)…
2. Online learning vs. Face-to-face learning
3. Financial sustainability
4. Why universities are making MOOCs
5. Public perceptions of MOOCs
3. Having said that…
Dictionary definition of “MOOC”…
a course of study made available over the
Internet without charge to a very large number
of people…
4. Definition for my purposes
Dictionary Definition
+
…and is hosted on a major MOOC platform
like Coursera, edX, FutureLearn etc. (no
bias intended)
5. What does the definition/s tell us
about learners’ experience with
MOOCs?
9. Education for All: Disability, Diversity
and Inclusion
• Designed by UCT
• Hosted on FutureLearn
• Including children with disabilities in the
“normal” classroom
• Launched 4 April 2016
• Just over 9000 learners enrolled (as by middle
May)
• Mostly teachers
10. Agency of learners to choose exactly
what they want to learn from a range
of popular topics
17. “How are recent MOOCs different
from many ‘more traditional’ forms of
online learning and older MOOCs?”
• Familiarity – tech use = barrier
• BALANCE, BALANCE, BALANCE -
“freedom” = “safety”
18. How do we know it’s working?
“Thank you…”
“Thank you…”
“Thank you…”
“Thanks…”
19. MOOCs and online learning are still
evolving, but it is clear that platform-
based MOOCs have lately taken the
right steps towards a carefully thought
out learner-centred approach, leading
to a much more satisfying learning
experience.
TAKE AWAY
20. Janet Small
Andrew Deacon
Sukaina Walji
Tasneem Jaffer
Acknowledgements:
"Considering MOOC learner experiences: an insider's perspective" presentation by Ed Campbell is
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