Panel at the EMOOCs2016 in Graz

1. integration
(not only) via MOOCs
#emoocs2016, Graz
Slides: http://bit.ly/emoocs2016-refugees
Anja Lorenz
Fachhochschule Lübeck

2. Applications for asylum & registrated refugees in Germany
bpb (09.02.2016): Zahlen zu Asyl in Deutschland http://www.bpb.de/politik/innenpolitik/flucht/218788/zahlen-zu-asyl-in-deutschland#Antraege

3. Facts(Germany 2015)
1,091,894 registered refugees
476,649 applications for asylum
university entrance qualification
- 16% of all refugees
- 30% of Syrian refugees
Federal office of Migration and Refugees
https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Meldungen/DE/2016/201610106-asylgeschaeftsstatistik-dezember.html

4. our mission
OPEN UP
access to higher education
FAST & WITHOUT bureaucracy

5. Mission agenda
1. un-tutored courses
2. tutored courses and MOOCs
3. networking with other initiatives
→ first help becomes part of our institutional
strategy

6. integration.oncampus.de
from 0 to 13 first (un-tutored) courses in 2 weeks

7. 1st
courses
self-registration
→ no certificates or
documents needed
quickly opened-up from
existing courses
→ untutored

8. 2nd
level: tutored courses
free of charge for anybody:
refugees and regular students
ECTS credits by FH Lübeck
no exam fee for refugees
starts summer term 2016

9. German pronunciation training for (Syrian) learners
#DEU4ARAB MOOC

10. mooin
own MOOC plattform
since 03/2015
8 MOOCs in 2015
40 MOOCs planned
until 2020
https:// . .de

11. https://mooin.oncampus.de/deu4arab

12. #deu4arab
6 weeks MOOC
team of Prof. Jürgen Handke (Marburg University)
2,051 learners
598 facebook group members
data from 27th
February 2016

13. Videos to practice German pronunciation (Arabic/German comparison)

14. Videos to practice German pronunciation with German keywords

15. having one’s pronunciation checked via uploaded voice recordings

16. Digital Badges
Simple imitator | Language juggler | Tone expert | Communication specialist

17. Map of learners (February 19th
2016)

18. What does it need to offer a MOOC for refugees?
Feature check

19. refugees use mobile devices
responsive platform

20. Access to mooin(19.05.2015)
desktop:
78,46%
mobile:
12,65%
tablet:
8,89%

21. Access to mooin(01+02/2016)
tablet:
37%
mobile:
12%
desktop:
48%

22. support of Arabic means RTL
multilingual, Google Translate

23. Multilingual surface & integrating Google translate

24. bilingual content

25. What does it mean to offer a MOOC for refugees?
Reality check

26. Bug fixing

27. understand standard replacements | translate add-ons

28. direction of navigation in RTL-languages

29. direction of navigation in RTL-languages

30. Review, maintenance, learners’ support, social networks
Arabic-speaking student
assistents

31. Arabic-speaking support needed → Arabic-speaking assistants/lecturers hired

32. Arabic-speaking support needed → Arabic-speaking assistants/lecturers hired

33. Arabic-speaking support needed → Arabic-speaking assistants/lecturers hired

34. Use keyboards with Arabic symbols

35. It’s all on YouTube(?)
Reach relevant community

36. 148.086 suscribers
promotion video
published at January 23th
MaroWeltShow

37. registered learners of the deu4arab MOOC (23.01.2016: 167 | 24.01.2016: 611)

38. integration is no competition
Networking 4 refugees

39. iMOOX & mooin

40. Lübeck, Kiel, Maro, VHS (Germany), iMOOX (Austria), OpenClassrooms (France)

41. partners of kiron university: MOOC Makers meet refugee activists

42. Be part of it!
(MOOC-) Network 4 refugees

43. Thank you!
#emoocs2016, Graz
Slides: http://bit.ly/emoocs2016-refugees
Anja Lorenz
Fachhochschule Lübeck
Anja Lorenz
@anjalorenz
anja.lorenz@oncampus.de
http://about.me/anjalorenz