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University of Edinburgh
Capitalising on the hype:Opening minds and institutional change at Edinburgh
Amy WoodgateMOOCs Project Manager
• 6 courses (wave 1) + 8 courses (wave 2) + more (~30 by year end)• Broad subject areas – academic led and short in length (5-7 weeks)• Fully online, free to take, open resources – CC licenses • New as MOOCs, not f2f conversion – non-template approach
Academic proposes new
course idea
Team meeting with MOOC
support
Begin content production Course
liveCourses
end
Courses and the internal process
BoS + CSPC Course approval
Head of School approval sought
Form
al a
ppro
val
Confirm live date
Constant dialogue and review.Training. Community. Events.
Sign off video content
Standardised content uploaded
Content refresh for next iteration
• Never intended to be money making• Capacity building – online learning• Seen as knowledge exchange initiatives• Research project into new online delivery methods• Research project into new audiences -- who takes a MOOC? And why?• Logical progression of University strengths and interest -- keen to explore technology enhanced learning• It was new, it looked fun!
Why MOOCs?
Open-mindedness to “success”
Small amount of direct income to reinvest into MOOC dev. Capacity building – online learning Knowledge exchange, e.g. research outputs Development of new online delivery methods Research outputs -- better understanding of who takes our MOOCs and why Strengthened the University’s development areas -- enabled new-to-online-learning to explore in safe-space Tremendous fun!
What did we achieve?
All achieved and more!
Direct use of MOOCs Indirect + student input
Research Capacity
Materials
Pure Educational research
Creating data Testing boundariesRisk taking
Breaking norms
Data mining student projects – feed directly into body of research
True outreach first creation
Joint course creation
Uruguay Erasmus+ NMSOutreach for research
CollaborationExperiment and experience w/ online learning
Analysing the whole project, e.g. MBA project
New academics Sparked creativityEnthusiasmNew ODL programmes
Student involved in summer projects
Student surveys to understand MOOC experience and how it relates to UoE learning experience
Making content
Created short, structured courses
High quality components
Utilising own/other MOOCs, e.g. embedding videos or as textbooks
Feedback / feeding into course creation
Community outreachTutoring / learning hubs
OERs
Scripts = open
Sharing practice
Setting standardsleading example
ConsultancyExploring unknown spaces
Innovation
Virtual mobility Digital literacy
New processesNew services
Internal impactAgility
Visually mindful
Showcasing Design students for new content types
Academic course development• No imposed approach or template• Encouragement to choose an approach suitable for subject delivery and which
the team were comfortable with• Encouragement to experiment with platform
Community and transparency• Talking to peers and asking for feedback• Development of teams – not individuals• Sharing practice, good resources found
Recycle, repurpose, reuse• Use of creative commons as default• Encouragement to think about resources beyond MOOC space• Awareness raising of open content
Ensuring quality through transparency, ownership and support
Every course MUST be a
team
Every course MUST have an UoE academic
lead
Every team MUST be part of the community
… Lots of central guidance and resources along the way!
Open attitude to content creation
MOOCcontent
• Content designed to be accessible to a wide audience
• Created as a collaboration between academics and central support teams
• Peer community• Everyone is learning attitude
• Academic teams given online tutoring training to prepare for diverse engagement
• Prepared for tangents and community generated content
• Encouraged to embrace community
• Creative commons license applied wherever possible to encourage content reuse (enabling)
• OERs created as a by-product
• Education for all around ‘open’ content
MOOCcontent
Change for the future
Noticeable culture change – enthusiastically embracing learning and teaching at all levels– All academic Schools developing online learning provisions
Community-built attitude to course development – impact on future development of processes– acknowledgement broad spectrum of skills and support required
Reflection on Learning and Teaching future trajectory – vision for 2020 Edinburgh experience underway
Reflection on internal provision gaps– development of new IS Division (Learning Services & Web)
Senior Academic and Senior Management changes – Multiple Chairs in Online Learning around the University– New Head of School appointments with online learning explicitly in remit– Vice Principal online oversight changes
Where next?
...?MOOCs have been (and continue to be) a lot of fun but it has been incredibly fast!Now we need some slow time to mull over lessons learned
… at least until September