5. open course Flexible, Distance and
Online Learning (FDOL)
Chrissi Nerantzi & Lars Uhlin (course developers)
PGCAP module - 2011 approved
FDOL131 - FDOL132 - FDOL141 - 2013, 2014
6. FDOL132 and organisation
Nerantzi, Uhlin & Kvarnström (2013)
• Open cross-disciplinary professional development course for
teachers in HE
• Developed and organised by Academic Developers in the UK and
Sweden
• Developed using freely available social media
• Offered from September – December 2013
• Pedagogical design: simplified Problem-Based Learning
Numbers
• Registered: 107
• FDOL132 community in G+ until now: 72
• Signed up for PBL groups: 31
• PBL groups: initially 8-9 in each x 4 > then 3 (group 2: 6, / group 3: 5
/ group 4: 6)
• PBL facilitators: 4
• Participants in webinars: 10-25
• Participants who completed in groups : 31 (42% of participants
learning in groups)
•Countries
• UK - 66
• Sweden – 17
• Canada – 4
• Ireland – 2
• also participants from: Hongkong, Argentina, Greenland,
Switzerland,
New Zeeland, Slovenia, Belgium, New Zealand, Norway
Nerantzi & Uhlin (2012)
7. FDOL131 > FDOL132> FDOL141
Course FDOL131 FDOL132 FDOL141
Course duration 11Feb – 7 May 13
12 weeks
12 Sep – 5 Dec 13
12 weeks
10 Feb - 23 March 14
6 weeks
Thematic units 6 7 6
Learners 80 107 86
Learners from the UK 42 65 38
Learners from Sweden 21 20 27
Learners from other countries 17 22 21
Groups 8>4 4>3 6>4
Learners in groups/% 64/80% 31/29% 27/32%
Facilitators 4>3 4 14>11 (in pairs/threes)
Learners per facilitator 27 36 7 or 14 (in pairs)
Learners that completed in groups 16 13 17
Completionrate based on the whole
cohort
insufficient information insufficient information insufficient information
Completionrate based on group
participation
25% 43% 63%
(Nerantzi, 2014, 55)
8. Key observations
importance for learning
initial survey final survey
group work 100% 74%
feedback 61% 97%
recognition for study 47% 94%
independent study 100% 100%
facilitator support 100% 100%
9. Boosting motivation
“I wasn't prepared to do it on my own
because I didn't have a reason to do it. I
like [...] the collaboration, even though it
was frustrating, organizing the groups and
expecting everybody to contribute. When
we got together, the four of us, I liked the
fact that I was learning from the others.
And to be honest, this is the most useful
course I ever have done because I'm
learning from others.” participant F7
17. Reasons for joining #BYOD4L
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
sharing experiences, learning with
and from others, networking
research interest
professional development for
application
new ideas
interested in open course design
used
interested in course themes
frequency
frequency
19. Join our open educational adventure
10-15 March 14
Repurposing OER!
http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/flex/oer
week.php
Launch of the North-West OER Network
OpennessinEducation(OpenEducationWeek)repurposinganexistingOER
20. pedagogy is really important
• authentic
• collaborative
• enquiry-based
• discovery learning
• peer learning
• supportive facilitators as
co-learners
21. References
• Gauntlett, D. (2011) Making is connecting. The social meaning of creativity, from DIY and knitting to YouTube and
Web2.0, Cambridge: Polity Press.
• Jackson, N. J. (2013) The Concept of Learning Ecologies in N Jackson and G B Cooper (Eds) Lifewide Learning,
Education and Personal Development E-Book. Chapter A5 available at
http://www.lifewideebook.co.uk/uploads/1/0/8/4/10842717/chapter_a5.pdf [accessed 9 February 2014]
• Nerantzi, C (2014) A personal journey of discoveries through a DIY open course development for professional
development of teachers in Higher Education (invited paper),Journal of Pedagogic Development, University of
Bedfordshire, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. 42-58 http://www.beds.ac.uk/jpd
• Redecker, C., Leis, M., Leendertse, M., Punie, Y., Gijsbers, G., Kirschner, P., Stoyanov, S. & Hoogveld, B. (2011): The
Future of Learning: Preparing for Change, JRC Scientific and Technical Reports: European Commission, Institute for
Prospective Technological Studies, available at http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC66836.pdf
• Weller, M. (2014) The Battle for Open Webinar, The Ed Techie, 21 March 2014, available at
http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/ [accessed 22 March 2014]
• Zourou, K. (2013) Open Education: multilingual, user driven and glocalised, in: European Commission (2013) Open
Education 2030 JRC-IPTS Call for Vision Papers. Part 1: Lifelong Learning, pp. 33-37, available at
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-cuW9MpLUC4YTB6MUpnTktBbU0&usp=sharing [accessed 23 March
2014]
