Grainne Conole will represent the Beyond Distance Research Alliance in the OLDS MOOC project. She has over 10 years experience in learning design and sees potential benefits for practitioners interested in using new technologies for teaching. While drop-off rates are a concern with MOOCs, providing a clear learning pathway could help engagement. The project aims to aggregate learning design resources into a coherent structure and link to formal courses after completion.

1. OLDS MOOC Kickoff
Meeting
Partner Introduction

2. Please tell us..
• Who are you?
• Why are you interested in the OLDS-
MOOC?
• What can you offer the project?
• What will you do?
• What are you hoping to take with you/learn
from this project?

3. Who are you?
• Grainne Conole
• Professor of learning innovation
• Beyond Distance Research Alliance
• Been involved with learning design
ca. 10 years – led OULDI
• 7Cs of learning design
• Also interest in OER

4. Your people
• Members of BDRA and CDDU
• Academics across UoL
• Wider L & T community particularly through
social and participatory media

5. Target Audience
• Who do you think is the target audience for
the OLDS-MOOC?
• Practitioners interested in using
technologies in their teaching
• How can we engage with this/these
audience(s)?
• Through social and participatory media
generally and cloudworks specifically
• What do you think the target audience will
get out of the MOOC?
• New approaches to design

6. Concerns
• What do you think of the MOOC concept?
•Exciting novel way of teaching
•Harnesses the distributed community
• Are there any issues/concerns with the idea
of a MOOC, and/or the OLDS-MOOC?
•Dropout and/or low engagement
• Possible solutions to these
problems/concerns?
• Provide a clear learning pathway

7. Outcomes
• What do you anticipate as outcomes of the
OLDS-MOOC project process?
• An aggregation of LD resources into a
coherent structure
• What do you anticipate as the "next steps"
post-project?
• Link to formal institutional courses
• Ongoing development of resources