The HANDSON MOOC
The HANDSON MOOC is a teacher training course about designing ICT-based learning activities, based on short, specific and very practical units where you can meet your very specific needs at the same time that you can have the support of peers.
The Learning Design Studio (LDS) approach is used as a framework for structuring the 5 weeks of the MOOC content and learning activities. It puts participants in the position of a learning designer, that is, they identify an issue within the educational practice to which a solution is needed (e.g. a tool supporting the design of a lesson plan or a learning game), look upon different theories and good practices to devise solutions, develop design blueprints, mock ups or prototypes, carry out tests to improve them, and implement the designed ICT-based learning activities into your professional practice, all with the support of expert facilitators and the feedback from peers.
This innovative course has been tested through three editions with thousands of educators from all sectors. The initial learning environment was based on the open-source platform Moodle, the third edition on Canvas.
Are you interested in running the HANDSON MOOC? This is what you need:
- An instance of Moodle or Canvas in which to upload the course contents.
- A group of facilitators; check the handbook for facilitators (in the context of the third pilot using Canvas as a platform).
- Educators or teacher trainers interested in learning and practicing processes to facilitate the inclusion of ICT in education. The course is valuable and useful to educators from all sectors.
Do you want to know more about it? You can download the Palm Reading of the HANDSON MOOC report.
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