Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Mar Pérez-Sanagustín, Carlos Delgado Kloos and Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino.

1. Recommendations for the design
and deployment of MOOCs:
Insights about the MOOC “Digital Education of the Future” deployed in MiríadaX
Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Mar Pérez-Sanagustín,
Carlos Delgado-Kloos, Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino
calario@it.uc3m.es
Salamanca, 1st October 2014

2. Digital Education of the Future
Overview
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Duration: 9 weeks
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Platform:
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Language: Spanish
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5 teachers and TAs (+ 1 facilitator)
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Field: Educational technologies
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Module 1: Human Computer Interaction
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Module 2: Mobile learning
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Module 3: New trends in education

3. Digital Education of the Future
Structure

4. Structure of a week
Example of video lecture
Built-in social tools
Digital Education of the Future
Screenshot

5. Digital Education of the Future
Some data
Profiles
Social engagement

6. Digital Education of the Future
Some more data

7. Recommendations
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8. Design 1. Selection of the platform
To choose the platform based on
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Institutional agreements
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Target learners

9. Design 2. Course structure
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To study the platform constraints before creating the course structure and the learning materials
To follow a homogeneous structure and to distribute the workload among different teachers
To define a flexible assessment structure so that latecomers can join
To create an attractive “About Video”

10. Design 3. Course contents and activities
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To create original video lectures (5-10 minutes) explaining the concepts easily and clearly
To choose charismatic teachers as the main actors in video lectures
To combine videos of different types and provide guidelines with examples to support teachers

11. Design 4. Course logistics
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To be aware of the time required for creating and uploading the materials leaving enough time for subtitling and testing
To plan a schedule with the availability of teachers and institutional resources, sending regular progress reports
To define a “course manager” that supports and coordinates all the stakeholders

12. Design 5. Accreditation
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To define from the beginning the type of recognition people will get if passing the course

13. Design 6. Social components
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To promote social learning through different kinds of social tools

14. Deployment 7. Evolution of the course
To keep a record of problems (and solutions) and share it with the different stakeholders

15. Deployment 8. Engagement
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To maintain a high activity in social tools
To send weekly notifications to the students
To detect “leaders” and “trolls” in social tools

16. (3.3.B01)
Questions?