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Collaborative development of a MOOC on digital accessibility

Proposal No: 2999

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Speaker(s)

  • Sebastian Kelle, Dr., HdM Stuttgart
  • Abi James, Researcher, University of Southamtpon

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Length of Session (in hours): 1-hrFormat: Lecture Expertise Level: All Levels Type of session: Not provided

Summary of Session

This presentation aims to introduce a collaborative approach to creating online learning materials. A MOOC about digital accessibility developed by 9 universities. The use of freely available online tools will be discussed along with the step by step approach taken to ensure a successful outcome.

Abstract

When developing learning materials about digital accessibility the task is usually undertaken by a single individual or a small group of disability experts. It is rare for a group of experts from different fields, faculties and universities to collaborate in order to produce a coherent set of resources to be accessed as a MOOC. This presentation aims to highlight the way costs can be kept to a minimum by using freely available tools, how partners can share expertise and how assets can be pooled by taking a step wise approach. The latter also allowed authors to break up learning activities so that processes could be reviewed by other partners for quality control and prevent repetition over the five week course. Each week chosen and authored by different partners has a personal flavour with resources being made available under a creative commons license. The final idea is that the universities can develop their own more in depth courses as a follow up to the published MOOC.

Keypoints

  1. Collaborating to make online courses
  2. Differences between online courses and MOOCs
  3. Tools to aid collaboration

Speaker Bio(s)

Sebastian Kelle

Sebastian Kelle is a researcher in the fields of Accessible Media and Learning Technologies. Since 2008, he has been involved in a multitude of international EU-funded research projects, in the disciplines of Technology-Enhanced-Learning and Human-Computer Interaction. He is currently based at Stuttgart's Media University where he works as coordinating manager of the "MOOCs for Accessibility Partnership" project (MOOCAP).

Abi James

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