ReFace Syllabus offers the methodological framework for the MOOC “Regions facing shocks: building resilient community”. It builds on the "European Report on Resilient Regions", which highlighted the weaknesses and strengths of partner countries’ regional resilience and their common VET needs in the field. The syllabus defines the main thematic and technical features of the MOOC.

1. Regions facing shocks:
building resilient community
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Syllabus of MOOC
Iveta Orbanova, ASTRA

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ReFace partners

3. Summary
ReFace MOOC syllabus is the first intellectual output
of the project, based on the following inputs:
✗ project proposal, and
✗ European Report on Resilient Regions
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4. The European Report on Resilient Regions
✗ Based on the information collected by project partners in
their national contexts: Italy, Slovakia, France, Spain
✗ Aim: examine the resiliency level of selected countries and
their capacity to prevent/respond to crises appropriately
✗ Methodology: Desk and field research (online surveys
& interviews) on regional resiliency and skill and training
needs in the area of resilient regions building
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5. The Syllabus
✗ Methodological framework for MOOC development
✗ Content: definition of MOOC features, i.e. topics,
assignments and assessments for students, methods
of delivery, learning outcomes, activities, channels
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6. MOOC type & target group
✗ Type: xMOOC (eXtended Massive Open Online Course:
massive, open, and with multiple enrolment periods and
subjects focused on scalability)
✗ Target group:
✗ employees of public administration & NGOs active in the field of
regional development
✗ students in the final academic year of study branches of public
administration or regional development
✗ prospective tutors/curators and facilitators of ReFace MOOC
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7. MOOC architecture
✗ Fully online with mostly asynchronous activities
✗ 4 modules, each further divided into 2 submodules
✗ Activities within each module take up to 4 hours
✗ Total duration of the course: 16 hours
✗ 4 weeks
✗ 4 hours of study weekly (one week for each module)
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8. MOOC modules
✗ Module 1 Resilience basic: roots & framework
✗ Module 2 Regional resilience: life cycle & components
✗ Module 3 Regional resilience planning: key players’
engagement & vulnerability assessment
✗ Module 4 Regional resilience: implementation,
measuring & funding
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9. Modules elements & activities
Variety recommended but not limited to:
✗ study texts/readings,
✗ quizzes,
✗ discussion forums,
✗ live streams & videos,
✗ case studies,
✗ peer assessment assignments
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10. Support & communication channels
✗ Support:
✗ Curators: content & technology expert
✗ Facilitators: “dynamiser” to ensure that participants
complete the course satisfactorily
✗ For the asynchronous communication
✗ discussion forums, Twitter or Facebook
✗ For the synchronous communication
✗ Google Hangout, ZOOM or Skype are proposed
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11. Are you interested to learn more?
Contact us for more details
Reface Website: https://reface-project.eu/
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