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Die MOOC-Woche beginnt immer mittwochs. Am Abend vor der neuen MOOC-Woche (also am Dienstag Abend) stellen die ImpulsgeberInnen Ihre jeweiligen Beiträge online.

Am Mittwoch in der Früh gibt es hier auf den Eröffnungspost der GastgeberInnen zur Einstimmung in das neue Wochenthema. Freitags von 17 bis 18 Uhr diskutieren wollen wir live in einem Google+ Hangout mit ein bis drei ExpertInnen on Air verschiedene Aspekte des Wochenthemas durchsprechen. Die begleitende kritische Reflexion und Evaluation übernehmen die MMC-ReflektorInnen, die verbindlich jeweils am Ende einer MOOC-Woche öffentlich über den Verlauf des MOC nachdenken.  Zum Abschluss soll ein offenes Online-Handbuch für MOOC-Maker entstehen. Veranstaltet wird der Kurs von Dörte Giebel, Monika E. König und Heinz Wittenbrink.

Hier das Programm im Überblick:

• Woche 1: Wann ist ein MOOC ein MOOC? Eine Bestandsaufnahme (16.-22. Januar 2013)
• Woche 2: MOOC Didaktik (23.-29. Januar 2013)
• Woche 3: Gib mir ein O: Wie open sind MOOCs wirklich? (30. Januar – 5. Februar 2013)
• Woche 4: Geschäftsmodelle für Open Courses (6.-12. Februar 2013)
• Woche 5: Die ultimative MOOC-Maker Checkliste (13.-22. Februar 2013)

Hier geht’s zur Webseite des Kurses.

From “rhetoric to practice“ to “make LLL a reality“. This aim remains a key priority on the European policy agenda while offering crucial challenges in professional practice for all educational institutions and stakeholders. But how can universities do justice to their responsibility and role as “important social actors contributing to the better integration of adult learners, in particular through the recognition of informal and non-formal learning”? How could universities be supported “to invest more in services for learners” and to “better use their partnerships and effectively communicate the results of their cooperative activities”? How can they become truly LLL universities?

The highly praised results of the BeFlex Plus project made clear recommendations in response to these questions and produced excellent training materials as a valuable learning resource targeted at university staff and their partners and stakeholders – both actual and potential - to reflect on their institutional situation, to develop action plans, and to IMPLEMENT changes. The materials cover 5 key topics:  

• Exploring Diversity in University Lifelong Learning
• Implementing Institutional Change
• Curriculum in Partnership
• Regional Collaboration and Partnership in University Lifelong Learning 
• Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

Over 2 years (January 2011 to December 2012) the IMPLEMENT project aims to further disseminate and actively exploit the results of the BeFlex Plus project.  The approach is based on the idea that the potential for transfer and implementation is strongest when key partners are supported to act as multipliers, to adapt and to work with the materials according to their own needs and the specifics of their home university and national context.  The objectives are:  

• to add value to the existing training materials on the 5 topics by adapting them to national needs, using them in real training at institutional, national and transnational events, and
• to develop and deliver an online version of each topic in order to provide a sustainable and dynamic solution for the longer term exploitation of the learning resources and best practice examples.

At the end of this Year 1, the results achieved are:

• the materials adapted and piloted at institutional events in 4 countries
• 6 new case studies prepared and used as resources  in these sessions
• transnational workshops held in Genoa (IT)
• checklists prepared for engaging learners and for using case studies in training
• a first draft of the on-line version of one of the topics – RPL – presented in a transnational event (Genoa, IT) and feedback obtained
• dissemination presentations made in international settings (Granada (ES) and Genoa (IT) and leaflets distributed widely
• the public website for dissemination that you are visiting now
• an internal management site for the development of the on-line tools set up on moodle

In Year 2, we plan to:

• hold a further institutional event will be held in the University of Graz (AT)
• develop all 5 topics in on-line versions that will be sustainable
• deliver a face-to-face workshop on the topic of Curriculum in partnership and present a draft of  the on-line version of the topic Regional development at a trans-sectoral event in Graz in May 2012
• deliver all 5 topics in face-to-face and on-line versions in a transnational event in Malta in early November 2012
• undertake full-scale dissemination using a range of tools including social networking