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Practical Patterns for Active and Collaborative MOOCs: Checkpoints, FishBowl and See Do Share

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eLearning, (2015)

Abstract

Pedagogies based on active and collaborative learning approaches have been recognised as both effective and engaging in online course settings. However, implementing such pedagogies poses challenges for instructors in terms of educational design, orchestration and assessment. These challenges are multiplied with increasing scale, and could become catastrophic in massive learning situations. This paper presents findings from the MOOC design patterns project that articulate design solutions for such circumstances. We used the Participatory Pattern Workshop methodology to examine practitioner experiences from designing and delivering such MOOCs, encode these experiences as design narratives and extract design patterns from these. The resulting patterns could be easily implemented in any MOOC that aspires to implement similar pedagogical approaches. Finally, being aware of these challenges at the design stage is invaluable in helping all MOOC developers choose viable solution paths.

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