2. Towards a Low-cost
Development of MOOCs
Pedagogies and Communication

3. Sílvia Simon and Miquel Duran
University of Girona
@silviasimonr @miquelduran #moocs4all

4. What does Low-Cost mean as far as
communication and pedagogy are
concerned ?
• Optimizing everything to save
– Time
– Money
– Personal energy

5. • Having a clear answer of when, who and how
What does Low-Cost mean as far as
communication and pedagogy are
concerned ?

6. 1. Sustainable approach to
MOOCS
• Assessing differences between MOOCs and
MOODLE

7. 2. xMOOC vs cMOOC
• xMOOC – higher cost preparation
• cMOOC – higher cost during the Course

8. 2. xMOOC vs cMOOC
• Thinking of a MOOC as a project
• Relevance of communication issues for
cMOOCs

9. 2. xMOOC vs cMOOC
• Linking goal with competences
• Clear learning path
• Surveys at the beginning, in between, and
just before finishing course

10. 3a. Maximizing registration
• Find an enticing subject
• Have an expertise on the contents
• Think about tentative audience

11. 3a. Maximizing registration
• Publish an attractive promotional videoclip
• Create an interesting presentation video
• International marketing

12. 3b. Minimizing dropouts
• Surveys during the course
• Mixing evaluation types
• Gamification, providing badges to students
• Provocative questions and discussions

13. 4. Team and Schedule
• Getting most of the Team
• Yielding optimal time schedule
– Each WHAT need to have a WHEN, WHO and
HOW

14. 4. Team and Schedule
• Using simple cloud services (e.g., google docs)
• Using simple corporate/enterprise/groupal
social networking
• Using instant messaging for fast, simple,
ephemeral question/answer

15. 5. Sustainable Interpersonal
Communication
• Rational use of E-mail
• But using:
– Hangouts
– Livestreaming + twitter backchannel
– Open discussion and forums
– Clubs, groups and regional meetups
– Social networks
– Contests

16. 6. MOOCs and Open Knowledge
• Maximizing reuse and aggregation of Open
Educational Resources (OERs)
• Shooting short videos thus easy replacement
and edition
• Maximizing future reuse of
– OERs
– learning flow
– social network/forum activity

17. 6. MOOCs and Open Knowledge
• Open Video Annotations
• Fast subtitling through Youtube service
(e.g., accessibility, multilanguism)
• Multilinguism: platforms that allow for
multiple languages - in the future not
likely to be an issue hindering learning
• Optimal use of free instant translation
services

18. Question open for discussion 1/2
Should xMOOCs be favored vs.
cMOOCs when considering a
low-cost approach?
Tell us about your opinion !

19. Question open for discussion 2/2
Any ideas enhancing openness of
MOOCs while keeping them low
cost?
Discuss them at http://magsci.eu !

20. Thanks for your attention.