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Making and Managing MOOCs: An Experience from the Udder-side
The document discusses the integration of MOOCs, particularly through the Open2Study platform, at Massey University, led by Professor Mark Brown. It covers the motivations for joining Open2Study, the development of specific online courses, and the lessons learned from this experience. The overall context links these efforts to broader themes such as globalization, digital capitalism, and the shifting landscape of educational opportunities.
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Making and Managing MOOCs: An Experience from the Udder-side
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- 2. Making and ManagingMOOCs: A cutting-edge digital learning strategy An Experience from the Udder-side Professor Mark Brown Director, National Institute for Digital Learning Computers in Education Society of Ireland Conference 1st March 2014 Galway
- 3. About Mark… As youcan probably tell I’m from…
- 4. About Mark… As youcan probably tell I’m from…
- 5. About Mark… As youcan probably tell I’m from…
- 6. About Mark… As youcan probably tell I’m from… • Qualified primary teacher • Previous Editor of journal CNZS • Past President of NZ Association for Open, Flexible and Distance Learning • Director, National Centre for Teaching and Learning, Massey University
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- 8. A quick popquiz… What two things are cows good for?
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- 13. Competing mindsets… Technocratic Dream TechnologicalDeterminism Techno-centric Perspective Liberalism Perspective Critics Demon Perspective Human-centric Perspective Social Determinism Technocratic Nightmare
- 14. Competing mindsets… “The webof our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together...” William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3
- 15. Three must readbooks…
- 16. Outline… 1. What isOpen2Study? 2. Why did Massey join Open2Study? 3. What courses did Massey develop? 4. What did we learn from the experience?
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- 18. Basicassumptions... The rise ofthe MOOC is intertwined deeply with globalisation, the dominance of neoliberalism, the expansion of digital capitalism, and decline of influence of the nation-state.
- 19. 1. What isOpen2Study? Page 3 Professor Mark Brown
- 20. 1. What isOpen2Study?
- 21. 1. What isOpen2Study? Page 3 Professor Mark Brown
- 23. 2. Why didMassey join Open2Study? • Enhance reputation • Profile signature platforms • Promote Massey to international students
- 24. 2. Why didMassey join Open2Study? • Enhance reputation • Profile signature platforms • Promote Massey to international students • Enhance student retention by selecting the right course • Promote student readiness – learning to be an online learner
- 25. 2. Why didMassey join Open2Study? • Enhance reputation • Profile signature platforms • Promote Massey to international students • Enhance student retention by selecting the right course • Promote student readiness – learning to be an online learner • Help shape the digital platform and the learning design model • Learn from the experience – innovation
- 26. 3. What coursesdid Massey develop?
- 27. 3. What coursesdid Massey develop? Initially three online subjects… • Agriculture and the World Around Us • Emergency Management • Indigenous Cultures
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- 31. 4. What didwe learn from the experience?
- 32. 4. What didwe learn from the experience?
- 33. 4. What didwe learn from the experience?
- 34. 4. What didwe learn from the experience?
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- 36. Conclusion A conclusion isthe place where you got tired of thinking (or ran out of time)
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- 40. Contact details… Professor MarkBrown Director, National Institute for Digital Learning mark.brown@dcu.ie @mbrownz http://www.slideshare.net/mbrownz
Editor's Notes
- #14 Firstly we have greatly underestimated that educational technology is a contested terrain. This rather simplistic representation shows how digital learning is torn between competing mindsets: boosters, doomsters, deschoolers and toolsters. Arguably most educators see technology as ‘just another tool’, which is hardly a disruptive metaphor. My own position is one of critic as I’m always trying to understand the good and the bad of any new technology.
- #15 To quote Shakespeare, “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together...”This observation brings me to the second point. There has been a basic failure to understand the character of pedagogical innovation and the complexities of the change process.
- #30 Course starts this coming Monday So far 789 learners have registered for the course Completion rates for Open2Study courses are currently around 60% of people who start the course And around 25% of all registered people complete the course