This document discusses ways to create low-cost MOOCs while maximizing open knowledge and reuse of resources. It recommends aggregating and contextualizing open educational resources rather than creating new content. Short videos and editable file formats like PDFs and PowerPoints allow for easy replacement and editing. Maximizing future reuse of resources, learning structures, and community forums keeps costs low. Open licensing, Wikipedia, and translation services further reduce expenses.

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.