MOOCs: How did it work for us?
Case study LACE - A MOOC on
Literature and Change in Europe
Fred Truyen, KU Leuven
Strategic Comité ICT
• TaskForce MOOCs:
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Are there technological developments in E-Learning that
KU Leuven should not miss?
Is internal development to be preferred or a partnership
with a provider?
Do we have to adapt our organization?
Are there weaknesses in our current organization?
Impact on our own Learning space and VLE?
Are institutional decisions required?
Is a sizable ICT budget to be allocated?
Findings
• Yes, there are important technological developments
Learning Analytics
o High Quality video
o Interactivity
o Peer assessment
• No, there is no need for large ICT budget allocation
• Best approach: in collaboration with strategic partner
o Publisher?
o ICT service provider?
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 Depends on scenario
Findings
• Decisions?
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Investment required in personnel
• Local support team
• Expertise pooling
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Importance of scenario’s and goals
• What do you want to achieve with MOOCs?
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New Target groups
• Transition modules (eg from professional BA to academic MA)
• Rich learning experience
MOOC advantages
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Technological evolutions
Learning Analytics
Freeing up quality time in the classroom
Rich audio-visual experiences
Concerns
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Business model
Traditional teaching model in weblectures
IPR
Dropouts
Infotainment
Link with on-campus learning
Sustainability
Profiling
LACE Network
LACE is a university network
between:
•Aarhus (Denmark)
•Bologna (Italy)
•Granada (Spain)
•Groningen (The Netherlands)
•Leuven (Belgium)
•Lisbon (Portugal)
•Tartu (Estonia)
Important aspects
• MOOC was targeted at MA level, sufficient mastery of
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English + one other European Language was
recommended
We will produce follow-on, also Spanish Language
MOOCs
MOOC replaced a planned Erasmus Mundus bid
Our MOOC is a stepping stone towards an Erasmus
Strategic Partnership (in Erasmus+ call)
LACE = 6 ECTS : 180 study hours!
Original Moodle course
MOOC
• Open <> Moodle was only for on-campus students
• In parallell with on-campus students at the 7 partner
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universities
Follows semester planning
Mixes registered students with MOOC-only students
Certificate of accomplishment if all assignments + quizzes
made
Credit if additional paper is submitted + registration at a
partner university
Choices made
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Clarity on Learning goals and outcomes
Classical college lectures & reading
Peer interactivity in forum discussions
Quizzes to:
o Monitor course participation
o Stimulate understanding of weblectures
• Limited extra burden on Teaching staff
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Why Canvas.net ?
• Cloud-based
• Easy negotiation
Institutional MOU
o Instructor Release
• Up-to-date platform
o LTI Tools (easy integration of social media)
o Very user-friendly
• Rich portfolio
• LMS-based canvas.instructure.com
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Results
• Previous years: about 15-20 students on Moodle
• MOOC: about 400 student registrations in total, about 75 were full
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participants
22 on-campus students got the credit
Only 13 others applied for the Certificate of Accomplishment
The MOOC students were the most active and enriched the course
experience for the on-campus students
We reached students from Latin-American and Central European
countries
3 MOOC students registered since to MA or PhD programmes at our
university
Student profile
Survey at start
Age
AGE
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35
33
30
25
20
15
10
10
6
6
5
1
0
1
0
13-18
19-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65 or older
No answer
Origin
Origin
Asia
2
Australia & South Pacific
2
South-East Asia
0
East Asia
0
South Asia
2
Middle East
4
Africa
0
East Europe or Former Soviet Union
6
West Europe
59
Carribean
1
Central America + South America & Carribean
5
Central America
0
North America
17
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Education
EDUCATION
No Answer
1
None of these
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Ph.D., Ed.D., J.D., or M.D.
5
Master's Degree
39
Completed 4-year college
22
Completed 2-year college degree
1
Some graduate school, but have not finished graduate degree
12
Some college, but have not finished a degree
12
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Motivation
MOTIVATION
Gain skills for career opportunity
27
Complete the course
52
Be part of a community of learners
43
Learn about the subject
90
Check out Canvas Network
24
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Discovery
Discovery
Canvas
18
Instructor
25
Web search
27
Online adv
5
Friend / Colleague
10
News story
9
Social media
13
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Time Expectations
Time Expectations
No Answer
1
> 10hrs
5
6 - 10hrs
6
4 - 6hrs
28
2 - 4hrs
37
1 - 2hrs
16
< 1hr
4
TIME EXPECTATIONS
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5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Evaluation
Survey at completion
Activities
How do you feel about the activities in this course (quizzes,
assignments, discussions)?
Activities
No Answer
5
There should have been less
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It was just right
61
There should have been more
16
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Please give this course an overall rating on a scale of 1 to 5
stars with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest rating.
Course Rating
Course rating
No answer
5
1star
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2stars
0
3stars
5
4stars
72
5 stars
16
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Instructor Involvement
How do you feel about the amount of instructor involvement in
this course?
Instructor involvement
No Answer
5
There should have been less
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It was just right
66
There should have been more
27
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Content
How do you feel about the content (readings, videos, etc) in
this course?
Content
No Answer
5
There should have been less
16
It was just right
72
There should have been more
5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Next Course?
Would you take another course from these instructors?
Next Course?
No Answer
5
No, definitely not
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Not likely
0
Neutral
5
Probably
27
Yes, definitely
61
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Course Length
How do you feel about the length of this course?
Course Length
No Answer
5
It should have been longer
27
It was just right
61
It should have been shorter
5
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Call for proposals
• 14 proposals submitted by Faculties
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4 selected
• Blended Learning in the preparatory course
“admission exam Physician/Dentist”
• E-Governance and Public Sector Innovation
• GRAPH: The Great War and Modern Philosophy
• LIPS: Lectures in Psychology series
Links
• Teaser video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls6E-WsQ0v8
• Course on Canvas:
o https://learn.canvas.net/courses/148
• OCW trailer:
o http://vimeo.com/65303079
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European Union
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Contact
Fred.Truyen@kuleuven.be
Homepage LACE:
http://drupal.arts.kuleuven.be/lace
LACE MOOC:
https://learn.canvas.net/courses/148