Introducing iMooX

November 18th, 2014 Michael Kopp

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Academy of New Media •  is a department with 8 part-time working staff-

members, located at the Vice Rectorate for Studies and Teaching

•  offers services and initiatives to motivate teachers to use New Media and enhance their competence development

•  develops methods, educational strategies and high-quality solutions aiming at continuous innovation in learning

•  shares and expands its expertise within the university, with partners and networks

Academy of New Media •  Development (models, projects, scenarios,

platforms and services) •  Knowledge transfer (consulting, workshops,

guidelines and recommendations) •  Events and publications •  Cooperation with universities, economy and other

organizations •  Awarding the “ELCH” (E-Learning Champion) for

initiatives and projects that particularly support New Media for teaching and learning

MOOC?

•  MASSIVE (attending students do not know each other)

•  OPEN (freely accessible for everyone, but content is not free)

•  ONLINE (accessible every time and everywhere)

•  COURSE (structured like lectures)

Austrian MOOC-Platform

•  Two universities, one goal •  60.000 € public funding /

150.000 € costs (60.000 € p.a.) •  3.700 registered users (so far) •  10 courses until the end of 2014 •  xMOOC (videos, quizzes, forums) •  www.imoox.at

Students

•  50% older than 35 years •  71% employed •  57% have a bachelor degree

(at least) •  10% finish the MOOC •  10% want a certificate •  85% are satisfied with the platform

Distinctiveness

•  “Education for everybody” as the general theme

•  All course materials are offered as Open Educational Resources

•  Didactical approach

Open Educational Resources?

•  Educational resources that can be freely used and modified

•  Using Creative Commons licenses •  Business model that suits taxpayers •  Avoidance of copyright issues

Findings

•  Consistent design and course structure means consistent didactic methods

•  Different lecturers means different approaches

•  Less personal resources means more smart guidelines

Why did we do it?

•  Always trying to be the first •  Advertising tool •  Support of the life-long-learning-

strategy •  Test run for using MOOCs in the

form of regular lectures •  Test run for developing promising

MOOC-business models

Thank you for your attention!

Michael Kopp @koanmi michael.kopp@uni-graz.at Presentation on Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/anmw/introducing-imoox