Short presentation on University College Dublin School of Geography and Universitas 21 partners MOOC on Planetary Urbanisation. Hosted by FutureLearn

1. Designing and Delivering a MOOC
– Videos, Learning Activities & Participation
Niall Watts, UCD IT Services
Dr. Niamh Moore Cherry, UCD School of Geography
Trish Mountjoy, UCD IT Services
EdTech 2017, IT Sligo

2. Planetary Urbanisation
Visit MOOC

3. Developing a MOOC? Design Issues
Design for Student Engagement
– Lectures  Videos & Activities
– Chunks
– Editing & Revising
– User interface
– Moderation

4. Developing a MOOC? Issues
Time & Money
– Project Management
– Copyright
– Video Production
– 3 Runs
Team
– 5 Academic
– 3 Technical

5. Run 1 - UCD Geography (Year 1) Feedback
I preferred lectures as
there is a routine with
them. I found it hard to
keep up with my work
when using FL.
Good lay out of the course,
engaging and attractive, a
genuinely good source of
learning when compared to
other on-line platforms.

6. Participation Statistics – Social Learning
Run 1 – UCD (mostly)
Run 2 – U21 & UCD
Run 3 – Open (in progress)
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 FL Avg.
Registered (#) 474 88 867
Learners (#) 423 54 574
Full Learners (%) 60% 30% N/A 21%
Social Learners (%) 33% 17% 20% 38%
Comments (#) 787 106 1,297