Session 4 - MOOCS and Preparing Resources for Delivery

This week in the Online Learning Tools unit, it is about MOOCS.

What is a MOOC?

A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course. A MOOC is free and anyone can join. There are no limits on the number of people who can join in. It is about being part of a learning community.

Here is the blurb from Wikipedia:

A massive open online course (MOOC; /muːk/) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for students, professors, and teaching assistants (TAs). MOOCs are a recent development in distance education which began to emerge in 2012.

Although early MOOCs often emphasized open access features, such as connectivism and open licensing of content, structure and learning goals, to promote the reuse and remixing of resources, some notable newer MOOCs use closed licenses for their course materials while maintaining free access for students.

Learn More about MOOCs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8avYQ5ZqM0

Learn even More about MOOCs

http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7097.pdf

What can I learn from a MOOC?

Good question!! ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING is my answer.

Where do I sign up?

Here are some websites where you can find MOOCs - these are from a few different countries.

https://www.class-central.com/

http://www.mooc-list.com/

http://www.mooc-list.com/countrys/australia

http://www.openculture.com/free_certificate_courses

https://www.futurelearn.com/

http://www.mooc.ca/courses.htm

https://www.open2study.com/

If you would like to read a couple of articles for more information, here are a couple of links

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/are-moocs-massive-open-online-courses-the-future-of-education/story-e6frg8h6-1226870108325

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/a-moocs-education-rhetoric-and-reality/5598962

Online Learning Tools Task 4

Find 5 MOOCs that would be of benefit to you as someone working within the library and information services industry.

Find 5 MOOCs that would help improve your knowledge of IT and Computing.

Find 5 MOOCs that would be of benefit outside of work - i.e. lifestyle, hobby, special interest etc.

For each of the courses you find, provide:

• The link to the course
• The current or next starting date
• A short blurb about the course
• Why you chose it

You do not actually have to enrol in and do any of the courses (unless you really want to and then leave it for the holidays).

TAEDEL401A

In the second part of today's class, we will talk about pre-delivery. This involves preparing the resources, organising equipment, and booking an appropriate training room.

3. Prepare resources for delivery
3.1.    Contextualise existing learning materials to meet the needs of the specific learner group
3.2.    Finalise learning materials and organise facility, technology and equipment needs in time for delivery of learning sessions
3.3.    Confirm overall delivery arrangements with relevant personnel

Preparing for Delivery

Contextualise

What does it mean when it refers to "Contextualise existing learning materials"

It means that you need to develop learning resources that have meaning for your learners. That could mean adjusting for cultural issues or targeting to a specific industry. The idea of contextualising the learning materials is to make it relevant for your learners, so they can understand it better.

Class Activity

The 3 units below are units that have been imported into the CUL11 Cultural Services training package. They are also imported into some other training packages and courses, an example of a few are listed below each unit (including CUL40111).

Divide into 3 groups and come up with a plan on how you might contextualise the subject matter and assessments for each of the courses listed within your given unit.

BSBSUS301A - Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
SIS40210 - Certificate IV in Fitness
SIF30213 - Certificate III in Gravedigging, Grounds and Maintenance
DEF30912 - Certificate III in Explosive Ordnance Operations

CPCCOHS1001A - Work safely in the construction industry
CUL40111 - Certificate IV in Library, Information and Cultural Services
CUS40209 - Certificate IV in Sound Production
CUV20313 - Certificate II in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts Industry Wor

SIRXSLS001A - Sell products and services
SIT50307 - Diploma of Hospitality
SIB40110 - Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy
HLT43512 - Certificate IV in Optical Dispensing


If you need to find out more about each course, you can get details from http://training.gov.au/Home/Tga

Other Preparation

Make sure that the training facility is appropriate for what you will be delivering - do you need a classroom, IT lab, science lab or meeting room?

What equipment do you need - make sure that everything is included on the session plan. Check that everything is available. Book any extra things that you may need or make sure that you bring them in with you.

What resources will you be providing? DO you need printing done? DO the students need to complete some preparation? DO the students need to bring something with them?

Feedback

What information do you need to know to perform better?

Activity

Design a Form that will be used for peer assessments and feedback to your classmates after they have completed each of their sessions. There is an example of the one that the students designed last year on Moodle

YOU will all be providing constructive feedback for each of the sessions that you attend using the form created/edited/selected above. This does not mean writing Yes/No answers on the sheet. Feedback from these forms will be discussed with each student after their presentation with the aim of highlighting areas where they can improve for the next time.