Contribution to the workshop 'Shaking the Brick and Mortar: Moving Higher Education Online' taking place at the European University Institute on 5th December 2016. The workshop gathered leading experts from across the EU and Canada to discuss potential benefits of moving Higher Education online. http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Academic-and-Professional-Development/Upcoming-Events/Shaking-the-Brick-and-Mortar-Moving-Higher-Education-Online.aspx

1. Session 2
Chiara Canestrini, Salla Sissonen, Annika Zorn
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Shaking the Brick and Mortar –
The Emerging World of Teaching & Learning
Online and Knowledge Loops

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Online learning at the Florence School
high-level training for academics, professionals & policy makers

3. 3
Residential training with distance
elements – we did do since years…
Because of the MOOC hype…?
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Why to start online learning in 2013?

4. 4
Make leading academic thinking in an area
(EU energy and climate policy) …
… accessible
… to more people
…high-quality learning!
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Our ambition

5. 55
Our challenges?
• Challenge No 1: From 150 slides to 5 minutes video teaser
• Challenge No 2: Acquire knowledge that has to be applied (highest-level learning)
• Challenge No 3: Knowledge that changes all the time
How did we do? Chiara and Salla will tell you!

6. The Regulation of the (Energy) Power Sector
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• Four months of online training (6 hours/week)
• Currently in 5th edition
• Linking academics and professionals
• MIT, FSR, Comillas

7. Participant Overview (2014-2016)
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• + 500 participants (VS 120 residential)
• mixed backgrounds
• different levels of experience
2016: 45 participants from Cameroon
2016

8. 8
Online Learning
• User experience (new platform)
• Peer assessment (policy paper)
• Knowledge building (wiki project)
• Interaction & feedback (live sessions, forums, surveys)

9. Did we succeed?
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90% of completion rate (2-week course)
- Easy? -
70% of completion rate (4-month course)
97% of whom learned new skills they could apply in their work
And why?

10. Ceci n’est pas un MOOC
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• Limited number of participants
• Dedicated facilitation team
• High level of interaction and group work

11. The FSR online approach
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Course
facilitation!!!
Community of experts
Course
design
Knowledge Access
Online
platform

12. Course Facilitation
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• Communication
• Monitoring
• Engagement

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Engagement
Communicative
Personalised
Learner-centered
approach
Gamified
Real-life
impact

14. 14
Our experimental path continues …
… modularity: designing new courses
with flexible learning components …
What else?