Presentation at the Open Forum SC36 in Oslo 20 June 2014 http://sc36norway.wordpress.com/programme-open-forum-20-june/

1. Standard MOOC in a
small world
Ingrid Melve,
Open Forum, Oslo, 2014-06-20

2. Ingrid Melve
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eCampus: national program for video, collaboration tools
and IT architecture for flexible higher education
Work for UNINETT, the Norwegian research network
Building infrastructure, supporting inter-institutional ICT
Prestandard work: specifications
Campus Best Practices: collate, discuss, share, revise
Examples: AV and media equipment for classrooms, security, eduroam,
Infrastructure for digital examinations
Joint procurement on basis of best practice documentation
Twitter and Skype: @imelve

3. MOOC
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Massive Open Online Course
Courses that are:
Online
Massive, scaleable in number
of participants
Open, anyone may sign up

4. 19. desember 2013 4

5. Norwegian MOOC panel
(some of the recommendations)
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National platform & portal
Shared learning design support
Learning analytics
Work/education skill support
Open Educational Resources
No tuition for higher education
Start to do MOOC, sort out
regulations and practice

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7. MOOC production
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Learning resources:
In theory: Dublin Core, SCORM or LOM
Video used actively
Follow video with Multiple Choice Quiz to self-assess learning
Forums (how useful are they?)
Student peer review
May include formal assessment (often out-of-band)

8. MOOC production cost
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Major investment: knowledge
base for teaching
MOOC platform
Learning design for MOOC
Organizational change: from solo
to teamwork
Technical production
Evaluation/exam cost
Include running operational cost

9. MOOC distribution
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MOOC is web-based (and in apps)
MOOC platform
Leverage existing content distribution infrastructure
YouTube, Content Delivery Networks,
PCs, tablets, smart phones
Available in a language you understand?
Signing up from anywhere

10. Pervasive monitoring
Big brother is watching
Export restrictions
Countries are excluded
Organizations are excluded
Persons are excluded
Learning analytics distribution?
Distribution, security and privacy
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11. Follow up students
Assigned discussion topics,
interact with text etc
Forums
Hangouts (teaching assistants or
professors)
Lab exercise
Office hours?
MOOC interaction and
collaboration tools
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12. MOOC assessments
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Formal verifiable assessment of whether the students have
reached their learning objectives
Inside MOOCs multiple choice tests proliferate
ECTS
Formal assessments online is unsolved territory
Growing assortment of solutions for online examinations
1. Control mechanisms built into MOOC platform
2. Online proctoring
3. Proctor centers, travel to nearest center
4. Travel to campus, ordinary exams

13. Important standards for MOOC
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Production: Video standards for mobile devices, open access
Distribution: IP, Wifi, mobile support, content distribution
Collaboration: web (HTML5, HTTPS et al), Web-RTC
Evaluation: credit transfer (ECTS), identity/authorization
(SAML, OpenID Connect)

14. MOOCs in a small world
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Scaling is possible: production, distribution and
collaboration
Open is conceivable: OER, sharing, reuse
MOOCs are a step towards better education: start walking