Workshop on Experiences and Practices in MOOCs

Chairs: Uwe Egly and Hilda Tellioglu, Faculty of Informatics, TU Wien

This pre-summit workshop gathers practitioners interested in experiences and best practices in MOOCs and MOOC-related contexts. This includes experiences from authors who have been running MOOCs, supporting the production of MOOCs, involved in the selection of MOOCs, or analysing data for their university. It also includes experiences of using MOOC-related technology in other contexts, in particular, for on-campus education. It aims to share experiences, results, and solutions and to document problems.

Topics of Interest

MOOC production: costs, processes, pitfalls
MOOC selection: criteria for selection, how to motivate teachers, feedback from students
MOOC introduction: strategies, phases, evaluation
MOOC data: drop-out rates, student demographics, popular activities, etc.
Integration with existing e-learning initiatives and learning management systems
Failures and successes in flipped classrooms
Pedagogical support to teachers

Invited Speakers

Martin Ebner, Technische Universität Graz, Austria
Michael Kopp, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria
Francisco Pinto, Center for Digital Education, EPFL, Switzerland
Ebba Ossiannilsson, Ossiannilsson QOOL Consultancy, Sweden
Jon Rosewell, The Open University, UK

--------Workshop Program - Monday, October 12, 2015----------

Venue: TU Wien - Karlsplatz 13 -1040 Vienna

- First Floor - Kleines Sitzungszimmer -

09:00-10:00 Registration

10:00-10:15 Welcome and Opening
10:15-11:00 Francisco Pinto, EPFL, Switzerland
"MOOCs Implementation - Data Analytics Process and Main Findings"

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:00 Michael Kopp, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz and Martin Ebner, Technische
                       Universität Graz, Austria
            "Experiences on Austrian MOOC platformwww.imoox.at"
12:00-12:45 Ebba Ossiannilsson, Ossiannilsson QOOL Consultancy, Sweden
                "Quality in Open Online Learning (including MOOCs) Beyond 2015"

12:45-13:45 Lunch Break

13:45-14:30 Jon Rosewell, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
"Benchmarks for MOOCs: the OpenupEd Quality Label"

14:30-15:00 Coffee Break

15:00-16:00 Discussion and Closing
"Discussion Panel with all Speakers and Participants"

17:00-19:00 ARTEMATICA 2015 Wolfgang Pauli Lectures (Künstlerhaus, Karlplatz 5, 1010 Vienna)

17:00-18:00 - Gerhard Widmer, University of Linz, Austria
"Con Espressione! Towards a New Level of Music Understanding in Computers"

18:00-19:00 - Peter Weibel, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany
"Gotthard Günther and the Digital Revolution"

19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception at the Künstlerhaus (co-sponsored by the WPI)