Some reflections on ru

1. H817Open reflections
Martin Weller

2. An open course in Open Education
• 7 weeks
• Informal and formal learners
• Running in OpenLearn
• Badges
• 2 ALS moderating forums
• Blog aggregator
• Collaboration-lite activity based
model
• Started March 16th
• Also an OER

3. Student spaces
Course spaces
The #H817Open ecosystem

4. Mooc Types
cMOOCs xMOOCs
Distributed
Network
Peer focused
Platform
Linear
Academic focused
H817Open?

5. Some stats
• 239 syndicated blogs
• 911 posts
• 556 enrolled
• 4,698 new visitors
• Weekly visitors 1900-450 (200 for
last week)
• 13,000 visits
• 145,000 page views
• 4 registrations on other OU courses
• 49 prospectuses requested

7. Tech Issues
• OpenLearn platform
– Speed
– Enrol
– Screen real estate
– Navigation
• Cloudworks & badges
• Manual blog adding
• Blog platforms

8. Learner issues
• Connecting with others
• Info overload
• Being open
• Pacing
• What is the right
metaphor?

9. What worked
• Mixing informal and formal
learners
• Blog aggregator
• Weekly email
• Allowing flexibility
• Activity based approach
• Badges
• Live sessions

10. What I’d do differently next year
• Platform
• Initial community/twitter
activity
• Advice on reciprocity/engaging
• More live sessions
• Limit blog options
• Update content but largely the
same
• More multimedia solutions?

11. What I’ve learnt
• MOOCs are hard work
• MOOCs are fun
• I believe in open

12. To discuss?
• MOOCs are the future of higher education
• MOOCs are not sustainable
• Course reflections
• Learner experience
• Would you take another MOOC?
• Where would the H817Open approach be
applicable?