Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company - Insurer Innovation Award 2024
The mooc project
1. Ramone Al Bishawi, KTP Associate, North
Alliance
Dr Rachel Shanks,University of Aberdeen
2. Technology Strategy Board
North Alliance
University of Aberdeen
Critical Friends Group
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4. North of Scotland’s geography.
-travel time, costs, access to CPD in rural and
remote locations
Social isolation in rural & remote locations
The increasing importance of IT literacy
5. Multi-level social barriers to involvement;
Technological barriers to access
Blended learning was considered optimum method of
delivering CPD
Virtual barriers – poor internet access, firewalls, lack
of modern technology
Qualities of a good online resource – ease of access
(no multiple logins), highly interactive, mix of delivery
methods.
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9. Self paced
Open
Massive
Choice to participate
Group approach
10.
11. Ran over six weeks and attracted around
50-60 people
Contained keynote speeches
Included weekly tasks for participants to
complete
Used innovative technologies
http://minimooc.wikispaces.com/Welcome
12. 18 people out of 50
Why people participated....
Participants didn’t find the technology too
difficult
100% said they learnt something!!!
& 87% think these technologies can be used
in a CL&D setting
13. 7%
Blogs (15) 20%
33%
40%
7% Difficult
Google Groups (14) 21%
43% Slightly difficult
29%
Not too difficult
21% Easy to use
Disqus (14) 7%
57%
14%
0% 20% 40% 60%
14. Photo sharing 17%
applications e.g Flickr 17%
42%
(12) 25%
13% Difficult
Wikispaces (16) 13%
56% Slightly difficult
19%
Not too difficult
0% Easy to use
You Tube(16) 6%
19%
75%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
15. Do you feel the choice of
technology suited the content?
Yes No
13%
87%
Based on 15 responses
out of 18
16. “I’m not totally lost in the technology. Accessing the learning at
any time of the day was very useful. However, participating in
the discussions is more difficult with delays in time”
“Learned loads about technology”
“The variety of projects made it particularly interesting. It’s
always so useful to hear what other people are doing and this
was so much more engaging than reading case studies”
17. “The video sessions could be used as a training tool. Google
hangout could be used to support groups further afield – i.e
for when the cost of regular travel could be prohibitive to a
project”
“These technologies can be used to bring people together when
physically doing so might not be possible”
“It sort of kills two birds with one stone...we are learning about
how to be more comfortable with technology...as well as
learning about the course topic”
18. Weekly tasks were designed in a way that
exposed learners to different technologies in
addition to different interpretations of
empowerment
Used learning technologies that can be
applied by participants in own course design
