by Brian Mulligan

2. Division of Labour
Institutional issues in low-cost
development of MOOCs

3. What tasks can be removed from Subject Matter
Experts (SMEs) and carried out more efficiently
by central services?
• Tasks
– Instructional Design
– Content Development (video)
– Editing and Assembly
– Quality Assurance

4. Instructional Design
• SMEs need help
• Teamwork expensive.
• Simple approach to ID
– Templates
– Simple learning strategy
• Menu of object types
– Video, OER, quiz, discussion, assignment
– Project Plan
• List of learning objects

5. Templates
• Fill in the blanks
– Vs. blank sheet
• Design
– Learning strategy, List of learning objects,
project plan
• Content
– Powerpoint (branding, “top and tail”)
– Quizzes, Discussion, Assignment
• No need to understand the platform

6. Subject Matter Expert Training
• Minimise
• Simple Instructional Design
– Use of tools/templates
• Good simple practices
– PPT, presentation
• Recording tools (incl. drawing)
• Certification
– Demonstrated competence

7. Content Development (SME)
• Video
• Text
• OER
• Quizzes
• Discussions
• Assignments
– Peer assessment

8. Video Editing and Assembly
• Specialist skills needed
– Video editing, platform
– E-learning technologist
• Can be minimised
– Don’t overcomplicate
– Save time

9. Quality Assurance
• Avoid increasing
– team size
– workload
• Build into workflow
• Trade-off with cost
– 80/20 rule?

10. Thanks for your attention.