This presentation on the #LACE13 MOOC at KU Leuven was given at the OpenCourseWare Consortium Global Conference at Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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Stephanie Verbeken
fred.truyen@kuleuven.be
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@FredTruyen
Prof. Fred Truyen
MOOC #LACE13
First experienceswithmooc’ing
2014 | 04| 25 – OCWC Global, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

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Presentation by Stephanie Verbeken
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WhoamI? Stephanie Verbeken
• MsC in Educational Sciences
• Project Assistant at Faculty of Arts,
KU Leuven (BE)
• OCW developer
• Supervisor: Prof. Fred Truyen

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Outline
<1>#LACE13: what, whyandhow? </1>
<2>First experiences & Challenges </2>
<3>MOOC as virtual student mobility </3>
<4>Future of MOOCs at KU Leuven </4>

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#LACE13: what, whyandhow?
This is it.
Our first MOOC.

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#LACE13: WHAT?

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#LACE13:what? • LACE = LiteratureAndChange in Europe
• Networked Curriculum
• 7 European universities
Aarhus (Denmark)
Bologna (Italy)
Granada (Spain)
Groningen (The Netherlands)
Leuven (Belgium)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Tartu (Estonia)

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History
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Erasmus exchanges &
foreignstudents
Joint Course ‘Culture and
Change in Europe’ (Moodle)
#LACE13 MOOC (Canvas)
Online,
closed vle
Online,
Open vle
‘Regular’
courses,
on campus

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Content • Courseon “Literature and Change in
Europe”:
Thiscourseaims to giveanin-depth view onnewways of approachingliterature and culture,
in anextendedsense, rangingfrom magazines to digital literature. The
strongemphasisonintermedialityaims to provide studentswith the
necessaryinnovativetoolsforunderstanding the changingparadigms in postmodernity. We
willespecially focus on the interplaybetweenliterature, oral and visual culture, as well as
to keyconcepts in cultural and textualanalysis, such as literacy, fictionality, transmediality,
popular culture, hybridity and creolisation. Finally, the context againstwhich we will place
these concepts is Europe: challengingclassicalconceptions of Europe as a geographical
(continental), homogeneousentity and epistemologicalframework, we will propose a
more fluid concept: Europe as a changing matrix of (cultural, political, economical)
valueswherepost-colonialmigrations and globalisation are quicklyreconfiguringitsold,
hegemonicpositionon the global map.

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#LACE13: WHO?

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Lecturers • Coordinator: Jan Baetens, KU Leuven
• Module 1: Fred Truyen, KU Leuven
• Module 2: Domingo Sanchez-Mesa, University of Granada
• Module 3: Jan Baetens, KU Leuven
• Module 4: Donata-Meneghelli&MonicaTurci, University of
Bologna
• Module 5: Liesbeth Korthals-Altes, University of Groningen
• Module 6: Kristian Van Haesendonck, University of Lisbon
• Module 7: Henrik SkovNielsen, Stefan Kjerkegaard and
CamillaMøhringReesdorf, University of Aarhus

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Students • Enrollments: 416
• Curiouscolleagues of ours: 40+
• Show up for at leaststartupsurvey: 78
• Activelyinvolved in firstdiscussions: ±50
• Certificates of accomplishment: 31

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AgeGender 13-18
19-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65 or older
No answer
Female
Male

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Origin North America
Central America + South America &
Carribean
West Europe
East Europe or Former Soviet Union
Africa
Middle East
Australia & South Pacific
Asia

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PriorEducation
12 12
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Some college, but have not finished a degreeSome graduate school, but have not finished graduate degreeCompleted 2-year college degreeCompleted 4-year collegeMaster's DegreePh.D., Ed.D., J.D., or M.D.None of these No Answer

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#LACE13: WHY MAKE THE MOOC?

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Whymakeamooc? • Attractingnewstudentsfromothercountriesth
an the partner institution’scountries
• Internationalizationat home
• Erasmus exchange of students and teachers
• Elaboration of anopen and shared
curriculum

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WhyCanvas? • Free
• LMS-basedcanvas.instructure.com
• Easynegotiation
– Institutional MOU
– Instructor Release
• Up-to-date platform
– LTI Tools
– Very user-friendly
• Richportfolio (Humanities)

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#LACE13: WHY TAKE THE MOOC?

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Aim
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Check out Canvas Network Learn about the subject Be part of a community of
learners
Complete the course Gain skills for career
opportunity
N=78

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#LACE13: SETUP

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Structureandcontent • Classic structure:
– Information > modules >evaluation
– Sequential&hierarchical modules
– Semester pace
• Content:
– Web lectures
– Articlesor course text
– Discussion forum per module (=assignment)
– Selfevaluation: multiple choicequizzes
( important: track progress + learning data)

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Choicesmade • Interactivity through
– Announcements
– Forum = peer interaction
• Limited extra work load for staff
• Clarity on Learning goals andoutcomes

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FIRST EXPERIENCES & CHALLENGES

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Communication • Before the course:
– Information aboutmetadata of the course
• During the course:
– Welcome
– Announcements structure
– Increaseinvolvement
– Enrichlearningexperiences

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• Social media
• Forum modereration
• Workload? Too
many readings?
Weblectures too
long?
Experiences
• Easy access
• Level of
participation
• Interactions
• Relevance of
discussion posts
+ ?

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VIRTUAL STUDENT MOBILITY

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Virtualmobility • LACE = LiteratureAndChange in Europe
• Networked Curriculum
• 7 European universities
Aarhus (Denmark)
Bologna (Italy)
Granada (Spain)
Groningen (The Netherlands)
Leuven (Belgium)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Tartu (Estonia)

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Studentgroup Autonomouslearnersn = 261 (certif.: n=11)
Officiallyenrolledstudentsn = 22 (credits: n=20)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
autonomous learners official students
received credits or
certificate
participated

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• Onlydiscussion
forums
• Certificate of
accomplishment
Assessment&Accreditation
• Choice: discussion
forums OR final
essay
• Credits: 4 to 12
ECTS, dependingoni
nstitute)
Official students MOOC students

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FUTURE OF MOOCS AT KULEUVEN

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FutureofMOOCsatKULeuen • InternalcallforproposalsbyFacultiesfor
MOOC or SPOC projects
• Primarilyaimed at:
– High school students
– Side inflow
– Preparatory programmes
• Selection of platform and support team
setup

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DISCUSSION

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Contact
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