A Workshop for Creating Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

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The Ministry of Education invited National Ilan University and Tzu Chi University to sponsor a workshop for creating MOOC courses, and thus on the weekend of April 16-17, many teachers and teaching assistants gathered at TCU’s Da-Ai Building to take part in the event, and shared their know-how about creating MOOC courses.

 

雖然是周末假日，慈濟大學大愛六樓的北二區基地營，卻佈滿熱烈的討論及交流聲響，105年4/16及4/17兩天，教育部委託由國立宜蘭大學及慈濟大學聯合辦理【磨課師課程單元破冰設計工作坊】，匯聚了對於磨課師(MOOC)課程充滿理想及熱情的老師、助理們，透過共同參與工作坊的過程分享磨課師的寶貴經驗。

 

Sharing with each other and creating MOOC courses were two major segments of the workshop. Chao-Si Huang and Da-Yong Zhu of National Ilan University, Shu-Ping Zhang of Chihlee University of Technology, Shi-Chang Chen and Xi-Xun Yang of Yunglin University of Science and Technology, Hui-Ru Lin of TCU, and Meng-Yu Zheng of Da-Yeh University each shared the experience of creating their own MOOC, and showed participants how they made MOOC introductory films step-by-step.

 

此次工作坊分為「分享交流」與「實際拍攝」兩個部分，皆於大愛樓六樓北二區基地營進行，邀請宜蘭大學黃朝曦老師及朱達勇老師、致理科技大學張淑萍老師以及雲林科技大學陳世昌及楊晰勛兩位老師，慈濟大學「現代科南」林惠茹老師，大葉大學鄭孟玉老師，各校老師聯合進行主題式的分享，透過課程讓參與學員從實際案例中了解，何謂破冰？如何設計破冰影片？又該如何製作？並透過實際拍攝示範讓學員了解拍攝的步驟及過程。

 

Day 1 of the workshop focused on creating content and designing the introductory film, and day 2 centered on guiding participants to produce their own online courses. CFDIR provided two mobile studios, and moreover, Center of Media Production and Teaching Director Ding-Bang Chen offered CFDIR production staff and professional advice.

 

一整天的主題式分享行程，讓每位學員醞釀並設計自己的破冰影片，為第二天的「進棚」做準備。第二天的實際拍攝，數位教學組除提供兩間行動式的攝影棚，更特別邀請媒體製作暨教學中心協助，提供專業的錄製環境，並由媒體中心陳定邦主任親自指導，提供學員多樣拍攝的選擇。

 

Each filming took around 30 minutes, and right after the recording, participants discussed and received immediate feedback from production staff. They also learned from chatting with others about the process of creating their own courses. By going through the hands-on process, they became familiar with how to make their teaching fascinating.

 

每位學員拍攝約半小時的時間，按照設計的腳本與後製團隊做協調，並舉辦成果分享，不僅透過製作影片的過程實際的了解製作磨課師影片的步驟及方法，更在學員彼此討論及互動中吸取他人的經驗，腦力激盪出更具特色的教學內容。

 

During this weekend, many people sacrificed their time to attend the workshop, and TCU’s Dean of Academic Affairs Ingrid Liu was one of them. Yi-Shan Li, a staff of the Department of Information and Technology Education, Ministry of Education was also present during the whole session, chatting with participants and speaking highly about TCU’s working team. The TCU team’s mindfulness and professionalism made every participant feel at home.

 

本次工作坊在假日舉辦，卻仍獲得許多的關注及詢問，慈濟大學劉怡均教務長在百忙中仍親自出席，教育部科技及資訊教育司李依珊管理師更兩天全程參與，不僅把握時間與各校進行交流，並給予慈濟大學在場工作夥伴高度的鼓勵及讚賞，整齊且專業的工作形象，讓所有遠到而來的學員們有賓至如歸之感。

 

The participants gave positive feedback about this workshop, asked about the next workshop, and said they looked forward to attending it. Through this workshop, they shared skills, administrative challenges, and ideas with each other, and as a result, collaboration between universities might be forthcoming. Starting in Fall 2016, TCU plans to train teaching assistants and enhance their digital skills, and assist Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology to set up a SOP for creating MOOC courses. Many universities are prepared to recommend their MOOC courses to other universities, and turn them into a part of other universities’ curriculums. Collaboration is coming, resource sharing is not a saying anymore, and we can work together to face the waves of innovation and accomplish practical teaching goals.

 

工作坊結束在即，許多老師給予本次活動正向的回饋，紛紛詢問如何得知相關活動訊息，不願放過任何一次的學習機會。也經由這樣工作坊的辦理，增加各校間不論是技術、行政運作甚至是理念上的交流，間接促成許多跨校間的合作支援，105學年度開始，慈濟大學數位教學組從數位助理培訓著手，協助慈濟科技大學建立磨課師課程製作機制，各校間亦推薦優質課程至他校做學分認證，這些合作模式使資源共享不再只是口號，而是我們真正努力有形且具體的教學新視野。