Elaborating your MOOC approach: pedagogical design considerations

Mart LaanpereTallinn University, Estonia

Olga FirssovaOpen University Netherlands

What is design?

Instructional design

• The process by which instruction is improved through the analysis of learning needs and systematic development of learning materials. Instructional designers often use technology and multimedia as tools to enhance instruction.

Example: ASSURE model

Example: Dick & Carey ID model

First principles of learning (Merrill)

Merrill: Pebble in the Pond model

Traditional vs task-centered strategy

TRADITIONAL STRATEGY

TASK-CENTERED STRATEGY

Component analysisTell Show Ask Do

Information about…

Name --------- Name ---------

Parts-of… Location --------- Location ---------

Kinds-of… Define concept

ExamplesNon-examples

DefineExplain

Classifyexamples

How-to… Steps in sequence

Demonstrate task

StepsSequence

Perform task

What-happens-if…

ConditionsConsequences

Demonstrate process

DescribeJustify

Predict consequencesFind conditions

Example: teaching MS Excel to youngsters

• Whole task 1: Collecting and analysing the data about classmates

• SHOW: Screencast on entering the data• TELL: Text with images, explaining what is table,

cell, formats, heading, column, row• SHOW: Screencast on the procedure of sorting• ASK: self-test on the concepts (cell, heading…)• DO: Enter the height to the right column of Excel

sheet, sort the classmates for height

Example: Excel for youngsters (cont.)

• Whole task 2: Planning and reporting on the budget of a class trip

• TELL: currency format, formula (SUM)• SHOW: calculating the sum• DO: enter the data, calculate sum• TELL: pivot table, pie chart, bar chart• SHOW: creating a pivot table and pie chart• DO: create the pivot table and bar chart

Example: Excel for youngsters (cont.)

• Whole task 3: Helping Aunt Susan to do accounting for her café with Excel

• TELL: transaction, entry, journal• SHOW: journaling, adjusting the entries• ASK: define journaling, adjust the entries• SHOW: Screen cast on calculating the balance• DO: calculate the balance

Your group assignment

• Imagine that you are asked to compile a MOOC on assessment for new lecturers

• Describe two whole tasks (one simple and another a bit more advanced) for the MOOC

• Perform component analysis for these tasks, using the PPT template

• 4+1 min for presenting the results of your group work