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The C4DUdG group at the University of Girona creates MOOCs to promote science communication, open learning, and public outreach. They have produced four MOOCs so far covering topics in chemistry and science communication. Their current project, MOOCs4ALL, aims to develop low-cost MOOCs through collaboration between five partner institutions. The group sees MOOCs as a way to foster open knowledge and hopes to apply lessons from initiatives like Wikipedia to improve MOOC design and delivery across languages.
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- 1. #moocs4all at #ResetMOOC Sílvia SIMON, Miquel DURAN Càtedra de Cultura Científica i Comunicació Digital, Universitat de Girona Project RESET, BCN, 29/9/2015
- 2. @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. MTB rider. http://miquelduran.net http://slideshare.net/quelgir @silviasimonr: researcher (@iqccudg ), professor (@quimicaudg), disseminator (@c4dudg) and mother. Of course not in this actual order! Many hobbies and few time left! Runner. http://silviasimonr.wordpress.com http://slideshare.net/silsivasimonr
- 3. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 The Girona C4D group is an actual team Mainly in @c4dudg • @silviasimonr Univ prof • @miquelduran Univ prof • @josepduran Univ prof • @pquimic Grad St, Ph.D. thesis includes MOOC chapter, high school teacher • @laiagd Ph, D., high school teacher • @fblascoc (UPolyMadrid) Univ prof • Joan Miró Univ prof • @mguellse, Ph. D., high school teacher Others in @iqccudg and @quimicaudg like • @miquelsola Univ prof, @marcelswart ICREA Researcher, @pesalse Univ prof, @lluisblancafort Univ prof • Undergraduate students
- 4. Outline 1. C4DUdG and MOOCs: Why are we here? 2. MOOCs4ALL: about the project, on first tasks 3. Four different experiences, four MOOCs 4. A few stormy ideas on our future wth MOOCs MOOCs4ALL website: http://moocs4all.eu
- 5. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 C4DUdG and MOOCs: Why are we here? • C4DUdG: a 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 C4DUdG and MOOCs: Why are we here? Our main projects: • Research on quantum, theoretical and computational 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 C4DUdG and MOOCs: Why are we here? A 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 C4DUdG and MOOCs: Why are we here? 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. C4DUdG and MOOCs: Why are we here? • 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 Online course via Moodle: 23 keys to organize a MOOC, to be successful and to actually enjoy it
- 10. Online course via Moodle: 23 keys to organize a MOOC, to be successful and to actually enjoy it • 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 C4DUdG and MOOCs: Why are we here?
- 11. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 The Erasmus+ LoCoMoTion project
- 12. @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
- 13. moocs4all
- 14. MOOCs4ALL: about the project, on first tasks There are five partners: collaboration is held over the Internet. Coordinator: Brian Mulligan, IT Sligo Two face-to-face meetings held so far: kick off in TU Delft, 2nd in Bath Spa. Forthcoming: meeting in Girona (2nd phase preparation, leveraging a bunch of low-cost MOOCs) Managing an European project is always a complex task! What does low-cost mean? 3 key words: Time, Energy, Budget
- 15. MOOCs4ALL: about the project, on first tasks The team is rather heterogenous (which is positive) IT SLigo has broad experience in delivering online courses, with actual institutional support. On the contrary, UdG does not have much interest yet in MOOC delivery, so our research group faces somes issues (yet no barriers) Advantages: being different in nature, we learn from each other. TU Delft has a big adventure with edX. The Bielefeld team has a very good expertise on video production, therefore may provide valuable clues for streamlining MOOCs and allowing for low-cost.
- 16. MOOCs4ALL: about the project, on first tasks Workshop on “Low-cost MOOC Development” at EDEN2015 Conference, Barcelona, 10 June 2015 Lean Content development, sourcing and hosting of MOOCs Pedagogical Approaches, Communication and Support of MOOCs Institutional Services for Low-cost Development Assessment and Accreditation http://moocs4all.eu/2015/05/12/symposium-on-low-cost-moocs-at-eden-meeting-barcelona-9-12-june- expanding-learning-scenarios
- 17. MOOCs4ALL: about the project, on first tasks metaMOOC: "Making MOOCs on a budget" edX Edge Platform, TU Delft: https://edge.edx.org/courses/course-v1:DelftX- LoCoMotion+MOOCs4ALL+2015/about# 1. Introduction 2. Low-cost MOOC Technology 3. Low-cost MOOC Pedagogies and Design 4. Institutional Services 5. Assessment and Moiblity
- 18. MOOCs4ALL: about the project, on first tasks What have we learnt so far in the Project? Low-cost production of MOOCs has not attracted enough interested people yet. But it will. Language may still be a barrier for tentative low-cost organizers which are not fluent with English (what about internationalization?) Fear of technology may be still present MOOCs may not be strategic enough in face-to-face, classical universities The metaMOOC may lack some marketing and appeal. 2nd edition will be better
- 19. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr ACEFIR 30/4/2015 Four different experiences, four MOOCs • Communicating Science 2.0.1: keys for a digital society (MiriadaX platform), 2013 and 2015 • History of Chemistry: from subatomic particles to macromolecules (MiriadaX platform), 2013 and 2015 • Magic, Science and Confessable Secrets (currently in production, to be delivered through MiriadaX), 2015 • University entry-level Chemistry (Currently in the planning phase, in Catalan), 2015 • Introduction to advanced chemical catalysis and molecular modeling (Future consideration, in English)
- 20. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr Science Communication 2.0.1 MiriadaX Spring 2013 and 2015 (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
- 21. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr Investigación científica 2.0.1: Procesos clave en una sociedad digital
- 22. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr Investigación científica 2.0.1: Procesos clave en una sociedad digital (2a ed)
- 23. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr Descubriendo la química: de la alquimia a las partículas subatómicas
- 25. @miquelduran @c4dudg @silviasimonr Four different experiences, four MOOCs Magia, Ciencia y Secretos Confesables (#magcimooc) Related to FECyT public outreach project "From the Magic of Science of the Science of Magic" 1.- Historia. Los científicos como “magos” 2.- La ciencia de lo curioso 3.- Magia con pocos secretos 4.- La ciencia explica la magia 5.- Magia para introducir ciencia 6.- Magia matemática, física y química 7.- Magia y comunicación 8.- Magos, científicos y milagros Opening quite soon (already delayed twice) Note: website hacked and vandalized!
- 26. A few stormy ideas on our future with MOOCs: The GISOLR Initiative Girona Science Open Learning and Research Our group is composed of active scientits, partially convinced of the key role of Open Knowledge pursuit. Open Access is still quite limited in the field of Chemistry, so working on Open Science will help to mimic publishing trends in Physics and other disciplines MOOCs are a way of fostering Open Knowledge
- 27. A few stormy ideas on our future with MOOCs: Is the Wikipedia model suitable for MOOCs? In MOOCs you have at least - Content - Learning flux / Pedagogial approach - Actual user/student track - Social&academic interaction (forums, social networks) Content might be organized in a similar way to Wikipedia. Learning might be organized as Wikitexts/Wikiprojects.
- 28. A few stormy ideas on our future with MOOCs: On the language of MOOC delivery Indeed major languages (English, Spanish, ...) are used in MOOCs. However, there are at least two specific areas for use of local or minority languages: - Connection with preuniversity level - Developing countries A very good example of using a multilanguage, interconnected information platform is Wikipedia. We might mimic it.
- 29. A few stormy ideas on our future with MOOCs: Indeed one should solve the problem of fake identity and improve remote assessment. We are imagining new (low-cost) ways like - Moebius-like MOOC: sequential student-instructor-student - Quantum MOOC: synchronous student-instructor
- 30. A few stormy ideas on our future with MOOCs: Wikiloc-like MOOC: following and registering running/mth-like tracks: different speeds, different capacities, different muscles
- 31. A few stormy ideas on our future with MOOCs: And last but not least: MOOCs as science communication (flipped?)
- 32. A few stormy ideas on our future with MOOCs: We should not expect teachers and researchers to use the low-cost approach as a driving force Tentative MOOC organizers should be motivated by organization and peers. The low-cost approach should catalyze entering the MOOC world.
- 33. Thank you very much! Contact and references: http://moocs4all.eu silvia.simon@udg.edu miquel.duran@udg.edu http://c4d.udg.edu http://magcimooc.net Just a procedural note: this presentation has been built with Google Slides. First time concurrently working on a presentation. Mixed-feelings experience :-)