A presentation @nlafferty and I prepared for the #oer15 conference. (My slides: 18 to 35)

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Students as agents of change:
Experiences of co-producing a mOOC
Natalie Lafferty & Annalisa Manca
University of Dundee

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The tale of our evolving journey supporting students to
develop open online learning

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Dundee School of Medicine - strong tradition of supporting
peer-led learning approaches & peer tutoring

4. Learning resources developed as part of student self-
proposed student selected component (SSC) projects …
Integrated into teaching

5. Peer learning in Web 2.0 World
DundeePRN – Developed by students supported by staff

6. “Issues of professionalism, responsibility for content,
interprofessional working and effective collaboration have all
come to the fore for the group. Overall, we firmly believe that
developing student-led e-learning and online professionalism
can provide an avenue through which young professionals can
develop lifelong learning skills, experience continuing
professional development and learn and work in a professional
community.”

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Community of practice in learning began to develop
Students – Teachers – Educationalists – Ed Technologists

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Success can lead to problems and frustrations …

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Student interest and enthusiasm can come in waves

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Time … reinventing wheels

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How could we develop a sustainable approach to supporting
students as producers of learning?

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HEA Project – Students as partners in the curriculum

13. JISC 2009 …
Students should play a role in working with teachers
to develop teaching and learning delivery by working
in partnership with them.

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Concept: co-create a series of mini open online courselets to
develop the skills of a digital teacher supported by open
badges

15. Copyright
Introduction to copyright issues, Creative Commons,
patient consent etc
Managing
resources
Presentations/
Learning design
Developing
online activities
Formative
assessment
Feedback
Accessibility, usability – fonts, colour schemes
Cognitive load, multimedia design principles
Running a Twitter chat, using a blog to support
learning activities
How to write a good assessment questions, eg MCQs
Incorporating feedback into your learning
resource/activity and different forms of feedback
Searching for resources, managing & curating
resources
Proposed mini OOC topics

16. Content for each OOC co-created with students
and alpha tested with students

17. Beta version hosted on WordPress

18. ITERATIVE CYCLES: testing and refining

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DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL
STRATEGIES

20. SSC – The doctor as a digital teacher
Opportunity to test and evaluate mini OOC topics

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Exploration and discussion of general educational principles,
which serve as a basis for the development of any digital
teaching activity

22. Developing
online activities
Formative
assessment
Feedback
Running a Twitter chat, using a blog to support
learning activities
How to write a good assessment questions, eg MCQs
Incorporating feedback into your learning
resource/activity and different forms of feedback
TESTING mini OOC topics
Copyright
Introduction to copyright issues, Creative Commons,
patient consent etc
Managing
resources
Presentations/
Learning design
Accessibility, usability – fonts, colour schemes
Cognitive load, multimedia design principles
Searching for resources, managing & curating
resources

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OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS

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34. ITERATIVE CYCLES: testing and refining

35. 2015
Testing with staff: mini OOC topics as part of an online CPD
course

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Things we’ve learned on this latest leg of our journey
REFLECTION

37. Assumptions … Students are not all digital maestros

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Need to run sessions on how to set up a blog before we run
the mini OOCs with students and staff in the open

39. Encouraging reflective practice …

40. EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
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41. (Siemens 2005; Sandars 2009)
Image by nlafferty

42. All 5 students asked to continue the experience by
developing 4th Year Projects and keen to contribute to further
development of the mini OOCs and be mentors

44. Still under construction … an evolving ecosystem

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@annalisamanca
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