The document summarizes the convenors' perspectives on collaboratively offering a cMOOC on Open Educational Resources that was hosted by 6 institutions over 12 weeks in 2013. [1] The convenors found that planning and implementing the MOOC as a group made it more manageable than individual efforts, as each person contributed different strengths. [2] The convenors chose different virtual communication spaces like forums and social media based on their familiarity, which highlighted the importance of clearly defining roles and responsibilities. [3] Meeting during the course to discuss progress and needed changes was also important for collaboration.

1. Offering cMOOCs collaboratively:
The COER13 experience from the
convenors’ perspective
Patricia Arnold, Swapna Kumar, Anne Thillosen and Martin Ebner

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5. Quo Vadis
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8. Overall of the course
• cMOOC on Open Educational Resources
• Hosted by 6 institutions
• 12 weeks (April - June 2013)
• Badges in the end of the course

9. Technical components
• Mainwebsite gRSShopper
• additionally discussion forum, Twitter Hashtag
• during runtime: Facebook group and Google+
group
• private Weblogs of hosters and participants

10. Facts/Figures
• Registrations: 1090
• Contribution to the forum: 550
• Blogposts: 316; Tweets: 2247
• Badges: 90

11. Facts/Figures
Online Events

12. Facts/Figures
Blogposts

13. convenors’ perceptions of collaborative
planning and implementation

14. Collaborative planning
It was easier for them to design, implement
and manage the MOOC as a group, instead of
as individuals, because each convenor
brought different strengths to the MOOC
This made the MOOC more manageable to
one convenor who expressed relief, “I didn’t
have to do everything. I also didn’t have to
know everything about everything.”

15. Implementation
The biggest theme that emerged [...] about
the implementation of the MOOC was the
multiple technologies or virtual spaces
used for interactions (with participants and
among participants)
The convenors’ choice and use of the virtual
spaces depended on their own familiarity
and comfort level with the technology used

16. Lessons Learnt
• diverse group of learners who participate
• clearly define roles and responsibilities not
only in terms of design and implementation, but
also virtual space management and interaction
management
• it was as important to meet during the
implementation about how things were going
and what needed to be changed

17. Discussion
• Collaboration
• Digital habitats
• Methodological reflections

18. notice ...
• ... it needs an intensive planning phase
• ... design your virtual communication spaces
• ... think about different responsibilities
• ... adapt virtual discussion spaces to thematic units
• ... be open for new emergent situations
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19. Slides available at:
http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
Graz University of Technology
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Swapna Kumar
swapnakumar@coe.ufl.edu
Martin Ebner
martin.ebner@tugraz.at
http://www.swapnakumar.com
http://elearning.tugraz.at