V Jornadas eMadrid sobre “Educación Digital”. Ruth Cobos Pérez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Experiencias y expectativas de los MOOCs de la UAM. 2015-06-30

1. Experiences and Expectations
of the MOOCs of UAM
Ruth Cobos Pérez
Rector’s Delegate for Educational Technologies
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
tecnologias.educativas@uam.es

2. Outline
● Introduction to educational technologies at UAM
● Experiences:
○ UAMx - Starting Point
○ Good Practices Implemented
○ Results
● Expectations:
○ Our MOOC Agenda
○ Next steps

3. ●Several approaches to technology-enhanced learning
○Training courses on tools for Instructors.
○Supporting teams on platforms.
Educational Technologies at UAM
www.uam.es/uamx

4. ● is an interdisciplinary team to support, encourage and lead the
creation of MOOCs at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)
Starting Point: What is UAMx?
It is composed by several roles:
● Program director: to manage the process of course creation
● Legal advice, marketing, multimedia and IT staff: to support the
creation of the courseware
● Faculty and teacher assistants: to devise the courseware
● Data Czar: to define and lead the overall research strategy around course
data

5. ● MOOC selection:
○ Call for MOOC proposals to all Staff at UAM
○ Decision: steering Committee
● Phases for the generation of a MOOC:
○ Planning
○ Design
○ Creation
○ Promotion strategies
○ Run
○ Data Analysis / Evaluation
Starting Point: Generating a MOOC

6. Quijote501x
QuiOrg101xAndroid301x
TxEtj201x
Our first MOOCs at edX

7. Good practices implemented
●Interactivity
●New components
●Social activities (Discussions, Peer-assessment)
●Video
●Short and simple videos (~5min)
●Exploration of new narrative formats
●“The Golden Age TV News”

8. Developed Components
● Big images:
○ Magnifying glass effect
○ Map component
● Structured information:
○ Timelines
○ Interactive Periodic Table of Elements
● Embedded simulators:
○ JSMol (an open-source JavaScript viewer for chemical structures in 3D)

9. Big images - Magnifying glass effect

10. Big images - Map component
Zoom-In
Zoom-Out
Move

11. Structure - Timelines

12. Periodic Table of Elements - Images

13. Periodic Table of Elements - Electronic Distribution

14. Periodic Table of Elements – Atomic Radio

15. JSmol, a molecular interactive viewer

16. The Golden Age TV News
http://youtu.be/axvWSbF0u_I

17. ● Enrollment
● Video Interaction
● Social Interaction
● Academic results
● Surveys
Results

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9/28/2014 10/18/2014 11/7/2014 11/27/2014 12/17/2014 1/6/2015 1/26/2015 2/15/2015 3/7/2015 3/27/2015 4/16/2015
ENROLLMENT
edx.course.enrollment.activated edx.course.enrollment.deactivated
edx.course.enrollment.mode_changed Start course

19. TxEtj201x
7%
Quijote501x
13%
QuiOrg101x
18%Android301x
62%
ENROLLMENT ACTIVE EVENTS BY COURSES

20. How old are our students?
Android301x (29)
Quijote501x (35)
QuiOrg101x (26)
TxEtj201x (27)

21. Video Interaction

22. 0
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0 5 10 15 20 25
Averagepercentageviewed
Average view duration (minutes)
VIDEO ENGAGEMENT BY DURATION

24. Social Interaction

25. Social Interaction - Android301x Discussion

26. Social Interaction - QuiOrg101x Discussion

27. Social Interaction - TxEtj201x Discussion

28. Social Interaction - Quijote501x Discussion

29. Academic results

30. Academic results
Pass mark
No-pass mark
Verified

31. Academic results
Pass mark
No-pass mark
Verified

32. Surveys Summary
MORE THAN 700 ANSWERS
University
9% E-mail
3%
Fiends
13%
News
8%
Social Networks
10%
edX Web
50%
Others
7%
HOW DID YOU FINDOUT ABOUT
THIS UAMX MOOC?
Totally
disagree
32%
Disagree
41%
Agree
16%
Totally
agree
11%
I WISH ALL MATERIALS WERE
IN ENGLISH

33. Totally
disagree
3%
Disagree
4%
Agree
39%
Totally
agree
54%
THE QUALITY OF THE COURSE
CONTENT HAS BEEN SUITABLE
(VIDEOS, EXERCISES, READINGS)
Totally
disagree
2%
Disagree
3%
Agree
42%
Totally agree
53%
WITH THIS COURSE, I IMPROVED MY
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ITS TOPIC
Yes, it fits
80%
I expected a
higher rating
13%
I expected a
lower rating
7%
THE RECEIVED COURSE
MARKS FITS MY
EXPECTATIONS Totally
disagree
2%
Disagree
1%
Agree
31%
Totally
agree
66%
I'M INTERESTED TO ENROLL ON
ANOTHER UAMX MOOC
Surveys Summary
75% UAM students
validate ECTS

34. Next 4 MOOCs
De la granja a la
mesa: La seguridad
alimentaria en la
Unión Europea.
SegAlim201x
Idealismo
Filosófico: Cómo
hacer Mundos
con Ideas
Idealismo501x
¡Nunca sospechaste
de tus riñones!
Enigmas de la vida
cotidiana.
Renal701x
Educación de
calidad para todos.
Equidad, inclusión
y atención a la
diversidad.
Equidad801x

35. Our MOOC Agenda
Re-ediciones
Octubre 2015
Nueva edición
Febrero 2016
De la granja a la mesa: La
seguridad alimentaria en
la Unión Europea.
Idealismo Filosófico:
Cómo hacer Mundos con
Ideas
¡Nunca sospechaste de
tus riñones! Enigmas de
la vida cotidiana.
Educación de calidad
para todos. Equidad,
inclusión y atención a
la diversidad.

36. ● Corroborate best practices in the new runs an re-runs of
our MOOCs
● Use of open edX at UAM
● Promoting MOOCs on campus
● Generating SPOCs in Projects of Innovative Practices on
Teaching
● New components, narrative formats, etc.
● Collaborations
Next steps

37. Experiences and Expectations
of the MOOCs of UAM
Ruth Cobos Pérez
Rector’s Delegate for Educational Technologies
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Tecnologias.educativas@uam.es
Any question?