MOOCs: Another way of Science Communication
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This document discusses MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) presented by Miquel Duran and Silvia Simon from the University of Girona. It provides an overview of their team and research focusing on computational chemistry and science communication. It outlines some of their MOOC projects including courses on science communication and the history of chemistry. It also discusses their experiences developing and teaching MOOCs and their approach to online learning at the University of Girona.
MOOCs: Another way of Science Communication
- 1. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 IV Jornades Europees d'ACEFIR, 30/4/2015 MOOCs: Another way of Science Communication A 21st century way of open online learning Miquel DURAN C4D, UdG, miquel.duran@udg.edu, @miquelduran Sílvia Simon C4D, UdG, silvia.simon@udg.edu, @silviasimonr
- 2. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Index • Our team and the C4DUdG <IQCCUdG • Motivation • Our projects (research, scicomm, gisolr) • Our MOOCs • Our experience (giving courses, meetings...) • UdG’s approach • Catalan calls • Spanish environment • Erasmus+ project • References • To take home
- 3. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Who we are? @miquelduran: University professor. Research in Quantum Chemistry. Digital Science Communication, Magic and Science, MOOCs, TEDx events, Open Knowledge http://miquelduran.net http://slideshare.net/quelgir MTB rider @silviasimonr: researcher (@iqccudg ), professor (@quimicaudg), disseminator (@c4dudg) and mother. Of course not in this actual order! Many hobbies and few time left! http://silviasimonr.wordpress.com http://slideshare.net/silsivasimonr Runner
- 4. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 This is an actual team • @silviarimonr Univ prof • @miquelduran Univ prof • @josepduran Univ prof • @pquimic Grad St, Ph.D. thesis includes MOOC chapter • @laiagd Grd St • @fblascoc (UPolyMadrid) Univ prof • Joan Miró Univ prof Others in @iqccudg and @quimicaudg like • @mguellse • @miquelsola • @marcelswart • @pesalse • @lluisblancafort
- 5. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Cathedra for Science Culture and Digital Communication • Spinout of the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis, UdG • Science Communication 2.0 • Public Awareness of Science • Chemistry Dissemination • Open learning and research – Wikipedia – MOOCs – MOOC on Science Communication 2.0
- 6. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Our main projects • Research on quantum, theoretical and compuational chemistry (core business) • Innovation in teaching and learning • Science Communication – European Researchers’ Night 2008-2015 (coordinating-various Spanish Univs) – Magic & Science (FECyT) 2015 (with UPolyMadrid) • MOOCs: – 2013: Science Communication 2.0.1 – 2014: Zero Chemistry; Magic and Science (with UPolyMadrid) • Erasmus+: – 2015 Low-Cost Production MOOCs (LoCoMoTion) with Sligo, Bath Spa and Delft
- 7. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 The TED-related experience @miquelduran: TEDxUdG series organizer, TEDxGironaWomen co- organizer http://tedxudg.net Science Communication: TED Ed Periodic Videos (@pquimic with Univ Notthingham’s Sir Martin Polyakoff) http://ed.ted.com/periodic- videos Wikipedia: Wikimarathon, Wikiproject on Open Science
- 8. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 MOOCs: How come we’re here? • Early adopters of MOOC consumption and creation • Jumped into (were thrown and fell into) the wagon of MOOC culture • Has seen the birth of interactive computing (well... rather only MD) • Have seen the birth of the Internet and personal computing • Computational chemists, scientists 2.0 • Enthusiasm for innovative forms of learning, open knowledge • Think of MOOCs as a form of Science Dissemination and Public Outreach
- 9. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 NYT & MOOCs (20/4/13) 2012: The Year of the MOOC
- 10. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Online learning: Campus 2.0 (Nature 13/3/2013)
- 11. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Flipping Chemistry Classrooms C&EN 25/3/2013
- 12. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 The Gartner Hype Cycle
- 13. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 The MOOC in the Gartner Hype Cycle Source: http://pando.com/2013/09/13/moocs-and-the-gartner-hype-cycle-a-very-slow-tsunami/
- 14. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Is building up a MOOC tricky? The floating Cork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5myT93yRjs /by @richardwiseman
- 15. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Our MOOCs • Communicating Science 2.0.1: keys for a digital society (MiriadaX platform), 2013 and 2015 – https://www.miriadax.net/web/investigacion-cientifica-2edicion • History of Chemistry: from subatomic particles to macromolecules (MiriadaX platform), 2013 and 2015 – https://www.miriadax.net/web/descubriendo-quimica-2edicion • Magic, Science and Confessable Secrets (currently in production, to be delivered through MiriadaX), 2015 – http://magcimooc.net • University entry-level Chemistry (Currently in the planning phase, in Catalan), 2015 • Introduction to advanced chemical catalysis and molecular modeling (Future consideration, in English)
- 16. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Science Communication 2.0.1 MiriadaX Spring 2013 (Spanish) • Almost 25% completion rate • Awesome experience • Started from a doctoral-level area- independent course • Specific target: graduate students, junior researchers • This MOOC was produced almost on the spot
- 17. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Investigación científica 2.0.1: Procesos clave en una sociedad digital
- 18. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Investigación científica 2.0.1: Procesos clave en una sociedad digital (2a ed)
- 19. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Descubriendo la química: de la alquimia a las partículas subatómicas
- 20. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 #23keysmooc Program and Schedule http://iscico.wikispaces.com/23keysmooc Program and content: Modules 1. Let's talk about MOOCs. MOOC and Moodle comparison 2. Let's plan a MOOC!: Discussion, planning, considering a MOOC, an example 3. Let's shoot video!: Discussion, tips and clues 4. Let's link resources with a learning flow! 5. Let's design assessment! 6. Let's foster student collaboration! 7. Let's advertise our MOOC! 8. Let's assess the course! Practise session and exercises 1. Planning a MOOC 2. Shooting video 3. Assessment of learning and student retention 4. MOOC miniproject – promotion, implementation
- 21. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 23 keys to organize a MOOC, to be successful and to actually enjoy it• 1.Find an enticing subject • 2.Have an expertise on the contents • 3.Think about tentative audience • 4.Know regulations applying • 5.Set your course within a broader project • 6.Choose a suitable platform • 7.Assign various Open Educational Resources to each submodule • 8.Reuse own existing resources and those (open!) from others • 9.Shoot short and sustainable videos • 10.Take care of good sound and video production • 11.Assign each content to actual fulfillment of competencies • 12.Link resources to a clear learning path • 13.Maintain tension and interest for the course with challenges and rewards • 14.Evaluate student progress with intention • 15.Mix test, p2p and other tests in equilibrium • 16.Use proactively social networks • 17.Organize hangouts/Q&A sessions, and discussions on the Net • 18.Publish an attractive promotional videoclip • 19.Create an interesting presentation video • 20.Identify and use the most efficient procedures for international marketing • 21.Place surveys before, during and after the course period • 22.Make proposals for future improvement • 23.Communicate publicly the innovations brought about by the course
- 22. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 10 further issues one may consider upon building up a MOOC • 1.Are MOOCs the idea closest to the methodology in the Bologna Process? • 2.Will MOOCs bring us to Teaching/learning projects, like in Research? • 3.Can each academic Group organize its own MOOC and thus its own Teaching-Learning Unit? • 4.Is the new role of the professor-teacher rather a facilitator, consultor, dynamizer, coach? • 5.Are MOOCs a key element of internationalization? • 6.Do MOOCs lead a teaching group to entrepreneurship? • 7.Are MOOCs a new way to build bridges between University and its environment/society? • 8.Do MOOCs allow to adapt rapidly to changing needs, and to respond to singularization opportunities? • 9.Rather than "A Professor organizes a MOOC", should not face-to-face universities exhibit a strategy to use MOOC as an excuse and example to change teaching - and even change themselves? • 10.Are we talking about virtualization of classroom teaching, or rather about devirtualization of online learning?
- 23. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 5 reasons not to organize a MOOC: 1. "I don’t have time left": Why don’t you consider a MOOC as an opportunity for task cleanup and lean time management? 2. "I don’t have energy enough": Why don’t you consider a MOOC as an opportunity to recharge your personal batteries? 3. "I don’t have any money": Why don’t you consider a MOOC as an opportunity to get some funding through calls, international collaboration, transdisciplinar work? 4. "I don’t have any good idea": Why don’t you consider a MOOC as an opportunity for expanding your research activity into teaching and leaving your usual expertise field, while adventuring into new areas? 5. "I don’t have digital skills": Why don’t you consider a MOOC as an opportunity to enter the amazing world of the Internet, online learning, open knowledge, social networking, …?
- 24. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Moodle-based online learning vs. MOOCs
- 25. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Moodle-based online learning vs. MOOCs (1/2) • Many students (massive!) vs. limited number of students • Leading star: video vs. video as an optional element, usually inexistent • Short video clips vs. long, classroom shots • Large dropout on first modules vs. small dropout • Free registration, usually vs. normal costs of registration, most times • Common use of peer-to-peer (P2P) assessment vs. no use, in general, of P2P • My use internet hangouts to interact vs. real meetings to interact • No specific schedule vs. likely hourly limitations • Use of Open Educational Resources vs. use of non-OER packages • Rather unstructured Learning path vs. clear learning path • Free election of subject vs. subjects limited usuarlly to field of expertise Visit http://iscico.wikispaces.com/MOOC+Comparison
- 26. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Moodle-based online learning vs. MOOCs (2/2) • Optional generic certificate, open badge vs. specific certificate • Cooperative learning vs. top-down learning • Innovative subjects vs. well-established or closed subjects • Dynamic courses vs. rather static courses • Professor finishes production before delivery – becomes dynamizer vs. professor as a permanent guide along the course • Assessment is prepared before course delivery, automatic vs. professor evaluates every student on an individual basis, through interaction • Specific IT platform vs. standard platform • Integration into a large marketing structure vs. usually lack of strategic marketing • Community beyond course end vs. usual lack of community buildup • Registration during all teaching period vs. registration only before course start • Assessments usually with no definite date vs. clear date for evaluations
- 27. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 MOOCs at the University of Girona Besides our four MOOCs: • Changes in contemporary tourism (MiriadaX, 2014) (financed by Catalan project call) • Zero Physics (2015, financed by Catalan project call) • No actual policy on online learning and MOOCs, only a few examples of OCW. UdG key numbers: • 14.000 students, 1.000+ prof-res, 600 staff • Schools: Sciences, Humanities, Business, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Polytechnics, Tourism, Education, Doctoral School
- 28. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 a leading platform: edX
- 29. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Catalan MOOC calls • 2013 call – 16 financed • 2014 call – 76 courses applied, 32 financed (amount: half of 2013) • UCATx portal – http://www.ucatx.cat
- 30. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Catalan portal and repository: UCATx
- 31. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 The Spanish environment • Two main online universities + others – Open University of Catalonia – Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia • Many universities have online courses • Main platform in Spanish, targeted to Latinamerican countries: MiríadaX /Joint Venture, Telefónica+Universia) – http://miriadax.net
- 32. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Latinamerican-oriented: MiriadaX
- 33. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 #moocs4all meeting, TU Delft 3/15
- 34. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 #moocs4all meeting, TU Delft 3/15
- 35. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 The Erasmus+ LoCoMoTion project
- 36. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 LoCoMoTion • The first wave of MOOCs that has caught the public’s attention, has been generally characterised by very large enrolment levels, very high production values and the associated high development costs. • This approach is beyond the capability of individuals and most smaller institutions, and cannot be justified for topics with smaller projected audiences or shorter lifespans. • However, many believe that such a high-cost development approach is not necessary. • The objective of the LoCoMoTion project, funded under the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships fund, is – to further investigate the possibilities for the lower-cost development of MOOCs – to sustainably generate online resources, including a MOOC – to build a community that will assist anyone who wishes to create a MOOC even if they have minimal resources at their disposal. • IT Sligo (IL, coord.), TU Delft (NL), Bath Spa (GB), UdG (CAT)
- 37. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Theory: Practise: 1-3 persons
- 38. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015
- 39. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 References • http://c4d.udg.edu C4D website • LoCoMotion Strategic Partnership: – http://www.eurireland.ie/_fileupload/2014/Info%20Day/Brian%20Mul ligan%20IT%20Sligo%20Strategic%20Partnership.pdf • Communications to eMOOCs2015, Mons, May 2015 – Lowering the cost of MOOC development: The LoCoMoTion Project – Practical keys to plan, organize and deliver a MOOC, as seen from a Science research group • This presentation: http://slideshare.net/quelgir
- 40. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Key ideas to take away …
- 41. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 There are so many reasons to organize a MOOC that the idea or producing, delivering and assessing one of this courses is indeed APPEALING Producing a MOOC is having the right attitude, rather than having the suitable resources. Your attitude is a choice!
- 42. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Caution Continued, strong and stressful involvement in MOOCs may cause adiction. Do Clicks & bricks Do MOOCs, books & cooks
- 43. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Education is not a preparation for life, it is life itself; education 2.0 too!
- 44. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 #moocs4all meeting, TU Delft 3/15 “A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show them”, Steve Jobs
- 45. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Magic, Science and Confessable Secrets Foto de Jeff Golden CC BY-SA 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/6KdY4s