The OER Knowledge Cloud: The Learner’s Journey � Creating More Engaging Moocs

The learner’s journey – Creating more engaging MOOCs

Dawson, Carl · Meetoo, Krishan · Brown, Adam

Published	October 2016
Conference	Enhancing European Higher Education “Opportunities and impact of new modes of teaching”, Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference Pages 705-716
Publisher	EADTU
Editors	Ubachs, George and Konings, Lizzie
Country	United Kingdom, Europe

ABSTRACT

Overview of papers on enhancement of European Higher Education as presented during the Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference in Rome, October 2016

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are often perceived as a low-cost and efficient means for a teacher to reach a large audience of students, but if they are poorly made they will not be effective. A poorly made MOOC could have damaging effects on the teacher and the institution that they work for. Proversity teamed up with a professional screenwriter, summarising key areas of dramatic theory, to develop a robust template for the structure of MOOCs. It is hoped that in the near future, Proversity will be able to use The Learner’s Journey to create more effective MOOCs that allow learning through gameplay, immersing the student in the subject.

Keywords

corporate · edX · enterprise · hero’s journey · Joseph Campbell · learner’s journey · monomyth · MOOC · MOOCs · national initiative · Open edX · regional strategy · skills · skills development · Vogler · writer’s journey · youth unemployment

Published at	Rome, Italy
ISSN	978-90-79730-29-2
Refereed	Yes
Rights	Copyright © 2016 European Association of Distance Teaching Universities and the authors. All rights reserved.
URL	https://conference.eadtu.eu/php/downloadFile.php?mediaId=2415&fileName=
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