By Silvia Simon and Miquel Duran

3. Making MOOCs on a Budget
Pedagogies and Communication
MOOCs and Open Knowledge

4. MOOCs and Open Knowledge
• Maximizing reuse and aggregation
of Open Educational Resources
(OERs), while keeping expenses on
new, relevant material
• Design Pattern: Scaffolded MOOCs
– Avoid reinventing content by
spending time to aggregate, evaluate
and contextualise open educational
resources
(http://ilde.upf.edu/moocs/v/bxy)

5. MOOCs and Open Knowledge
• Shooting short videos thus easy replacement
and edition
• Preparing pdf’s and PPT-like files allowing for
easy editing

6. MOOCs and Open Knowledge
• Maximizing future reuse of
– OERs, pdf’s, ppt’s, etc.
– learning flow
– learning pace
– social network/forum activity

7. MOOCs and Open Knowledge
• Fast subtitling through Youtube service
(e.g., accessibility, multilanguism)
• Multilinguism: platforms that allow for
multiple languages - in the future not
likely to be an issue hindering learning
(automatic instant translation)
• Optimal use of free instant translation
services

8. MOOCs and Open Knowledge
• Openness vs low-cost
• The role of Wikipedia and other
similar resources
• The Open Knowledge Foundation

9. On a budget...
• Saving time: reusing spares time. Short videos save time by
reshooting only parts. Use simple slide-containing or
container files: PowerPoint-like or pdf’s. Prezi is fancy but
more difficult to reuse.
• Saving money: reuse of materials saves money intrinsically.
Use simple editing programs, google drive/docs...
LibreOffice, Linux... Use Wikipedia and CC-licensed photos
to avoid paying to copyright owners.
• Saving energy: Changing, reuploading.. short videos and
PPT files saves energy and makes planning easier – task
subdivision, less procrastination. Upload everythink to
searchable engines: YouTube, SlideShare, ... Use automatic
subtitle generation in YouTube.

10. Question open for discussion
Any ideas enhancing openness of
MOOCs while keeping them low
cost?

11. Thanks for your attention.