Relevance: Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy:
open learning, peer learning, self-direction, technologies
My contribution: design, materials, recruiting, support for local participants, attention, evaluation.
I hope to: get insight into OERs in practice; learner autonom; inclusion; facilitating collaborative work; what 'quality' means in MOOCs.
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Who are you?
Mira Vogel, Academic Developer (support staff)
Goldsmiths Learning Enhancement Unit
8 FTE roles; 3 work in TEL
I administrate and support VLE and other technologies, attend Learning & Teaching Quality Committee, strategise, participate in programme reviews and teach.
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Your people
Early-career academics from the Postgraduate Certificate
Educational Studies department in particular; other departments too
GLEU staff
M25 Learning Technology Group
Expected numbers? We'll put out a call, emphasise the relevance, see who comes
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Target Audience
Target audience: educators
Assume no prior knowledge
Emphasise opportunities, relevance - the unique contribution this MOOC could make
N.b. UCU industrial action.
What might they gain?
ways with OERs; guided tour of projects and resources
insight into ways of working online
exchange - access to community; insight into professional network
a role in a formative period for MOOCs
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Concerns
The MOOC concept is promising:
widening access; co-opting into existing courses; extra-institutional communities; companionship
The MOOC concept is challenging:
instructivist or connectivist; role of teacher/expert; unrecognised labour; centripetal forces - attention; exclusions; quality
Measures
Early articulation of local challenges; (initial) clarity about purpose and participants' roles (scales of participation?); start after Autumn half term; work on socialising - emphasise giving attention.
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Outcomes
Anticipated outcomes:
Production of OERs
Awareness of projects
Local challenge(s) addressed
Next steps:
Hard to anticipate.
Address institutional issues - intellectual property, data protection, credit and recognition