This document summarizes the experiences of students at the University of Dundee co-producing an open online course (MOOC). It discusses how the university has a tradition of supporting peer-led and student-selected learning projects. Students helped create mini online courses on topics like copyright, assessment, and using social media for learning. The courses were iteratively tested and refined. Observing student participation identified challenges like varying digital skills that informed further development of the educational approach to better support students as online content producers.

1. Photo by nlafferty - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/23093930@N04
Created with Haiku Deck
Students
as
agents
of
change:
Experiences
of
co-­‐producing
a
mOOC
Natalie
Lafferty
&
Annalisa
Manca
University
of
Dundee

2. Photo by Stuck in Customs - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00
Created with Haiku Deck
The
tale
of
our
evolving
journey
supporFng
students
to
develop
open
online
learning

3. Photo by garryknight - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/8176740@N05
Created with Haiku Deck
Dundee
School
of
Medicine
-­‐
strong
tradiFon
of
supporFng
peer-­‐led
learning
approaches
&
peer
tutoring

4. Learning
resources
developed
as
part
of
student
self-­‐
proposed
student
selected
component
(SSC)
projects
…
Integrated
into
teaching

5. Peer
learning
in
Web
2.0
World
DundeePRN
–
Developed
by
students
supported
by
staff

6. “Issues
of
professionalism,
responsibility
for
content,
interprofessional
working
and
effecFve
collaboraFon
have
all
come
to
the
fore
for
the
group.
Overall,
we
firmly
believe
that
developing
student-­‐led
e-­‐learning
and
online
professionalism
can
provide
an
avenue
through
which
young
professionals
can
develop
lifelong
learning
skills,
experience
conFnuing
professional
development
and
learn
and
work
in
a
professional
community.”

7. Photo by sebastien.barre - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/99706198@N00
Created with Haiku Deck
Community
of
pracFce
in
learning
began
to
develop
Students
–
Teachers
–
EducaFonalists
–
Ed
Technologists

8. Photo by marfis75 - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/45409431@N00
Created with Haiku Deck
Success
can
lead
to
problems
and
frustraFons
…

9. Photo by monkeyc.net - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/73584213@N00
Created with Haiku Deck
Student
interest
and
enthusiasm
can
come
in
waves

10. Photo by nlafferty - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/23093930@N04
Created with Haiku Deck
Time
…
reinvenFng
wheels

11. Photo by bjornmeansbear - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/64519085@N00
Created with Haiku Deck
How
could
we
develop
a
sustainable
approach
to
supporFng
students
as
producers
of
learning?

12. Photo by nlafferty - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/23093930@N04
Created with Haiku Deck
HEA
Project
–
Students
as
partners
in
the
curriculum

13. JISC
2009
…
Students
should
play
a
role
in
working
with
teachers
to
develop
teaching
and
learning
delivery
by
working
in
partnership
with
them.

14. Photo by IlonkaTallina - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/92641139@N03
Created with Haiku Deck
Concept:
co-­‐create
a
series
of
mini
open
online
courselets
to
develop
the
skills
of
a
digital
teacher
supported
by
open
badges

15. Copyright
IntroducFon
to
copyright
issues,
CreaFve
Commons,
paFent
consent
etc
Managing
resources
Presenta3ons/
Learning
design
Developing
online activities
Formative
assessment
Feedback
Accessibility,
usability
–
fonts,
colour
schemes
CogniFve
load,
mulFmedia
design
principles
Running
a
Twi]er
chat,
using
a
blog
to
support
learning
acFviFes
How
to
write
a
good
assessment
quesFons,
eg
MCQs
IncorporaFng
feedback
into
your
learning
resource/
acFvity
and
different
forms
of
feedback
Searching
for
resources,
managing
&
curaFng
resources
Proposed
mini
OOC
topics

16. Content
for
each
OOC
co-­‐created
with
students
and
alpha
tested
with
students

17. Beta
version
hosted
on
WordPress

18. ITERATIVE
CYCLES:
tesFng
and
refining

19. Photo by fishgirl7 - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/7842375@N06
Created with Haiku Deck
DEVELOPMENT
OF
EDUCATIONAL
STRATEGIES

20. SSC
–
The
doctor
as
a
digital
teacher
Opportunity
to
test
and
evaluate
mini
OOC
topics

21. Photo by sciencesque - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/74998608@N00
Created with Haiku Deck
ExploraFon
and
discussion
of
general
educaFonal
principles,
which
serve
as
a
basis
for
the
development
of
any
digital
teaching
acFvity

22. Developing
online activities
Formative
assessment
Feedback
Running
a
Twi]er
chat,
using
a
blog
to
support
learning
acFviFes
How
to
write
a
good
assessment
quesFons,
eg
MCQs
IncorporaFng
feedback
into
your
learning
resource/
acFvity
and
different
forms
of
feedback
TESTING
mini
OOC
topics
Copyright
IntroducFon
to
copyright
issues,
CreaFve
Commons,
paFent
consent
etc
Managing
resources
Presenta3ons/
Learning
design
Accessibility,
usability
–
fonts,
colour
schemes
CogniFve
load,
mulFmedia
design
principles
Searching
for
resources,
managing
&
curaFng
resources

26. Photo by brongaeh - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/63848374@N04
Created with Haiku Deck
OBSERVATION
AND
ANALYSIS

27. Photo by Stevie Spiers (Photography) - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/14383544@N08
Created with Haiku Deck

29. Photo by Roebot - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/40814689@N00
Created with Haiku Deck

31. Photo by Horia Varlan - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/10361931@N06
Created with Haiku Deck

33. Photo by futureshape - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/55231259@N00
Created with Haiku Deck

34. ITERATIVE
CYCLES:
tesFng
and
refining

35. 2015
TesFng
with
staff:
mini
OOC
topics
as
part
of
an
online
CPD
course

36. Photo by i k o - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/37182073@N06
Created with Haiku Deck
Things
we’ve
learned
on
this
latest
leg
of
our
journey
REFLECTION

37. AssumpFons
…
Students
are
not
all
digital
maestros

38. Photo by edrabbit - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License https://www.flickr.com/photos/77866964@N00
Created with Haiku Deck
Need
to
run
sessions
on
how
to
set
up
a
blog
before
we
run
the
mini
OOCs
with
students
and
staff
in
the
open

39. Encouraging
reflecFve
pracFce
…

40. EMPLOYABILITY
SKILLS
h]p://www.flickr.com/photos/naturewise/6219571665/

41. (Siemens
2005;
Sandars
2009)
Image
by
nlafferty

42. All
5
students
asked
to
conFnue
the
experience
by
developing
4th
Year
Projects
and
keen
to
contribute
to
further
development
of
the
mini
OOCs
and
be
mentors

44. Photo by garryknight - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License http://www.flickr.com/photos/8176740@N05
Created with Haiku Deck
@nlafferty
n.t.lafferty@dundee.ac.uk
@annalisamanca
a.manca@dundee.ac.uk