MOOCS FOR TEACHERS: THE USE OF VIDEOS WITHIN THE #EUNACADEMY Valentina Garoia, European Schoolnet MEDIA & LEARNING, 21 November 2014

SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES The European Schoolnet Academy is a platform for online professional development of teachers in Europe. We have successfully completed a piloting phase with two experimental courses: Innovative Practices for Engaging STEM Teaching Future Classroom Scenarios MOOCs for teachers: #EUNAcademy

Timing: 2 rounds each course: March and July 2014 // Over several weeks, 1 module per week Interaction: Asynchronous, follow the course when and where you like Content: Videos, Discussion/Collaboration Activities, Webinars Assessment model: Quiz, Peer2Peer Assessment Certification: Badges and digital certificate Language: English PILOT COURSES

PILOT COURSE PARTICIPANTS 5200 participants 75% female Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain vs UK, Germany, France ~60% more than 16 years experience ~70% using tech in teaching for more than 6 years

More than 90% retention rate within modules Close to 50% course completion rate, 5327 badges awarded 99% gave the course a positive rating, 80% gave the course the highest rating 86% report having tried out a new teaching style (student-focused) 69% report having changed their classroom setup PILOT COURSE RESULTS

Reported challenges: time issues, language issues, technical issues Quality online assessment in a large-scale course Recognising teachers’ work through accreditation Recognising and responding to teachers’ work through curation of contributions KEY CHALLENGES

“This course has given me new energy and inspiration. I love my job, but every once in a while you need a professional development that gets you reenergized. So thank you. I also learned [about] many new tools such as Aurasma, Padlet, Tricider etc. that I plan to use in my classroom. I also started to approach my planning process in [the] light of the new ideas from the course.” COURSE FEEDBACK

Offering a variety of video formats: Practices in the classroom Animations Interviews Screencasts Talking head Narrated video images Narrated PowerPoint Webinar recording Short & sharp: majority 2-3 minutes, no longer than 7 minutes Informal atmosphere VIDEO ON ACADEMY COURSES

Practices in the classroom: Animations: Talking Head: SOME EXAMPLES

ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES Screen recordings: G_f7Clc G_f7Clc Speaking to the camera + keywords:

Who is your audience? Diversity of viewers  diversity of styles Time Teleprompters Focus on content English as a second language LESSONS LEARNED

Games in Schools (ongoing, started 27 th Oct) #gamescourse How to teach Computing for Secondary Teachers (ongoing, started 3 rd Nov) #cscourse Competences for 21 st Century Schools (ongoing, started 17 th Nov) #21skillscourse Using Tablets in Schools (2015) Teaching Creative Thinking (2015) How to teach Computing for Primary Teachers (2015) CURRENT AND UPCOMING COURSES

Thank you Benjamin Hertz: Valentina Garoia: @eu_schoolnet #EUNAcademy european.schooln et