Workshop – Elaborating your MOOC approach: design considerations
Dr. Olga Firssova
EMMA Summer School
July 7, 2015, 9.00 – 10.30
Dr. Mart Laanpere

Program
9.00 Introduction
9.05 Design considerations: MOOC vs traditional
course (warming-up)
9.20 Introduction of the task-based design
approach (for MOOC design)
9.40 Applying the task-based approach (hands-on)
10.10 Presenting the results (3 min)

Design considerationsEMMA MOOC provider requirements

 Learning goals
 Prior knowledge & (digital) skills
 Social aspects of learning
 Flexibility of learning
 Learning tasks and activities
 Individual or group learning
 Interaction with materials, teacher, peers
 Synchronous & asynchronous communication
 (Computer supported) collaborative learning
 Use of tools & re-(sources)
 Classroom
 Online platform(s)
 Personal learning environment
 (Online) (re)sources & materials
 (Electronic) tools
 Multimedia learning
 Internet access
 Embedded feedback,
 Online assessment
 Integration
 Part of a larger whole
 Instructional model /pedagogy
 Course duration
 Domain /subject
 Objectives
 Outcomes
 Assessment criteria
 Structure/dependencies
 Instructional strategy
 Design (micro)
 Pedagogical approach
 Guidance and feedback
 Formative and summative assessment
 Interaction with learners live and online
 F2F /real time /asynchronously
 Communication with L /Ls
 Use of tools & re-(sources)
Teacher
Learner
Curriculum
Environment

Design considerations: F2F vs MOOC
1. Discuss in your group and write down in keywords
possible implications for design from one of the
four perspectives. Use post-its of resp. colors.
2. Fill in a Venn diagram for each of the four
perspectives on a separate flow-chart.
Learner Teacher
Curriculum Environment MOOC F2F

 Learning goals
 Prior knowledge & (digital) skills
 Social aspects of learning
 Flexibility of learning
 Learning tasks and activities
 Individual or group learning
 Interaction with materials, teacher, peers
 Synchronous & asynchronous communication
 (Computer supported) collaborative learning
 Use of tools & re-(sources)
 Classroom
 Online platform(s)
 Personal learning environment
 (Online) (re)sources & materials
 (Electronic) tools
 Multimedia learning
 Internet access
 Embedded feedback,
 Online assessment
 Integration
 Part of a larger whole
 Instructional model /pedagogy
 Course duration
 Domain /subject
 Objectives
 Outcomes
 Assessment criteria
 Structure/dependencies
 Instructional strategy
 Design (micro)
 Pedagogical approach
 Guidance and feedback
 Formative and summative assessment
 Interaction with learners live and online
 F2F /real time /asynchronously
 Communication with L /Ls
 Use of tools & re-(sources)
Teacher
Learner
Curriculum
Environment

Task-based design for MOOCs
• For the presented whole task specify a
progression of 3 consequent tasks from less to
more complex
• For each task identify at least two components
(concepts and procedures)
• Fill in the template and present it in 3 minutes

Feedback will follow in the Wednesday morning
session
Thank you!
Mart Lanpere martl@tlu.ee
Olga Firssova olga.firssova@ou.nl