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

2. 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 www.EuropeanSchoolnetAcademy.eu MOOCs for teachers: #EUNAcademy

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. “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

8. 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

9. Practices in the classroom: http://youtu.be/WCbHHlNHk28 http://youtu.be/WCbHHlNHk28 Animations: http://youtu.be/mAacroUP0iU http://youtu.be/mAacroUP0iU Talking Head: http://youtu.be/AxAYnP2QqCY http://youtu.be/AxAYnP2QqCY SOME EXAMPLES

10. ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES Screen recordings: http://youtu.be/eG0- G_f7Clc http://youtu.be/eG0- G_f7Clc Speaking to the camera + keywords: http://youtu.be/7gLZfCBLEQM http://youtu.be/7gLZfCBLEQM

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

12. 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

13. Thank you www.europeanschoolnetacademy.org www.europeanschoolnet.org Benjamin Hertz: benjamin.hertz@eun.orgbenjamin.hertz@eun.org Valentina Garoia: valentina.garoia@eun.org valentina.garoia@eun.org @eu_schoolnet #EUNAcademy european.schooln et