SMOOCS FOR ALL, ALL IN SMOOCS: DISCUSSING THE SOCIAL SIDE OF MASSIVE OPEN LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITH THE ECO PARTNERSHIP

摘要

The emergence of the MOOC phenomena in Europe has been dominated by a concern of the research community towards the over dominance of course design models which are inadequate both pedagogically and culturally. As such, there is a quest for alternative approaches that can meet high pedagogical quality standards and represent traditional European educational values, as social equity and multiculturalism. In the framework of the European-funded project ECO (Eleaming, Communication and Open-data: Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning -http://ecolearning.eu/our-project) a new pedagogical model was developed, called the sMOOC. This model is an alternative model to existent approaches, namely the xMOOC and the cMOOC. The ECO sMOOC pedagogical model and its additional conceptual tool - pedagogical framework - make possible a flexible implementation adjusting its features to diverse institutional scenarios and personas. In this workshop, 16 of these European sMOOCs (social massive open online courses) will be presented and the results of its development and implementation discussed. Participants will be invited to take part in an interactive session sharing ideas and experiences. Critical aspects of MOOC development and delivery will be analyzed, as instructional design, pedagogical design, learning scenarios, technical requirements (platform and mobile devices), interaction, resources, performances, assessment, gamification, eQuality, accessibility, juridical aspects, scalability, virtual mobility in heterogeneous teams for creation, business plan, factors of resistance, and sMOOC management. Members from the ECO project will animate the workshop, which is divided in 4 different moments: 1. Presentation of the European sMOOCs experience carried out in the framework of the ECO Project, including 16 sMOOCs selected practices; 2. Interactive group work focusing on two selected aspects from the ones mentioned above; 3. Each group will report on the work done, presenting the main streams of discussion; 4. The group reports will be commented by ECO project experts and then discussed by all participants; 5. Conclusions will be drawn regarding the contribution of the sMOOCs experience for the establishment of a new concept for European MOOCs.