MALAYSIAN MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE

COURSES (MOOCs)
Prof. Dr Norazah Nordin
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

The objectives of OCW2MOOC

I. Increasing the quality of teaching and
learning
II. Cost effectiveness
III. Branding/Visibility
IV. Niche Areas
The targeted launch date is Semester 1 2014/2015 (September)
Will be launch on September 2014 during the Launch of the
Higher Education Blueprint

Courses to be offered OCW2MOOC KPM

No.

Courses

HEI
coordinator

Language of development and

delivery

1.

TITAS

UPM

MALAY LANGUAGE

2.

HUBUNGAN ETNIK

UKM

MALAY LANGUAGE

3.

IT

UNIMAS

ENGLISH

4.

KEUSAHAWANAN

UiTM

ENGLISH

Delivery model of OCW2MOOC KPM

UM
UKM
PLATFORM
OCW2MOOC KPM
(OPENLEARNING)
UPM
Other
HEIs
UTM

Coordination of Content Development

Item

Proposal

Decision

Structure
coordination

MOE
Coordination
Content
development and
delivery
coordinated by
OCW2MOOC
KPM Technical
Committee

The technical committee agreed to develop OCW

courses in form of MOOCs.

14/5/2014

Starting with the four courses that have been

identified.
Lanuched on September 2014.
For each course, develop five weeks (of course
material and activities) for the pilot study

Coordination of Content Development

Item

Proposal

Decision

Structure
coordination

MOE
Coordination
Content
development and
delivery
coordinated by
OCW2MOOC KPM
Technical
Committee

All HEIs students are obligated to access the content of

the OCW2MOOC KPM courses on the MOOC platform for
teaching and learning purposes.
The OCW2MOOC KPM course content is used for the
flipped classroom techique in HEIs to support existing
courses.
The development of the content involves all HEIs towards
making the course co-owned among the HEIs.
For the long-term development of MOOCs, input from all
HEIs coordinators are required to make the course a
common course.

14/5/2014

Coordination of Content Development

Item

Proposal

Decision

Structure
coordination

HEI
Conducted together with the
cooperation between eLearning unit coordinators and
course coordinators.

Agreed

Course coordinators
Coordinated by the relevant
course coordinators.

Agreed

14/5/2014

Coordination of Content Development

Item

Proposal

Structure
coordination

The main components of the courses:

Total learning hours via MOOC KPM and
total activities

Decision
Topics that cover 5 weeks of the course
(does not have to be sequential). Topics
that are covered will be set with course
coordinators in each HEIs.
Content followed by a case study (video)
Each topic should be followed by an
activity (e.g. self-evaluation quizzes and
forums)

14/5/2014

Development of 2 hourse F2F content is

equivalent to:
i. Video (5-10min) 20 min SLT
ii. 1 case study (scenario/case based)30 min SLT
iii. 1 discussion post /reflection 30
min SLT
iv. Self-assesment quizzes 20 min SLT
v. Further reading- 30 min SLT
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Coordination of Content Development

Item

Proposal

Structure
coordination

The main components of the courses:

Decision

Course information (Synopsis, syllabus,

learning outcome, course schedule)

1. Agreed

Overall topics (completed/not

completed)

1. Choose certain topics for

development.
2. Produce activity-based videos that
are relevant to a particular topic.
Emphasis on pedagogy. Duration of
video 5-10 minutes.
3. Outdoor video are encouraged.

Collaboration

Collaboration is encouraged for SLT

Topic structure, learning content and

activities which is relevant with topic
(quiz/poll)
Announcements/notifications
14/5/2014

Pre-course survey (optional)

Coordination of Content Development

Item

Proposal

Language

TITAS and Hubungan Etnik (etnic

relations) in Bahasa Malaysia.

Decision

IT and Entrepreneurship in English

Cost

RM 20,000.00 funded by MOE

Video
platform

Youtube

Subtitle

Auto captioning for English courses.

Subtitles for courses in Bahasa
Malaysia.

14/5/2014

10

Platform
Item

Description

Type of Platform

OpenLearning

Student registration

All the students who are following the MOOC KPM course
have to register to the MOOC platform

Features

Demo Platform

Course Structure

Will be provided

How to create content

Exercises will be given

Course Information

All lecturers of the pilot course should prepare course

synopsis, objectives, learning outcomes, and learning time

Quiz

The types of quizzes that are proposed to have feedback

(audio, video, text)

14/5/2014

11

Content Delivery and Usage

Item

Proposal

Decision

Role of HEI Host

Coordinate development and
Course Coordinator delivery of content with the
relevant lecturers
Utilized MOOC KPM course as
Role of other HEI
Course Coordinator additional learning material

Role of HEI
Teaching and
Learning Unit

Coordinate and monitor

development and delivery of
courses

Usage of resources
(Flipped
Classroom)

Resource used for course

coordinators for conducting
flipped classrooms

14/5/2014

12

Content Delivery and Usage

Item

Proposal

Decision

Forum among Encouraged for all the students of

students
the relevant course
Assessment

10% assessment is based on

OCW2MOOC material
Type of assessment is based on
particular HEIs

14/5/2014

13

Training
The training program will be developed by the
JK Latihan MOOC
The training program will involve a
development training module that is
systematic
The training will be conducted in AKEPT
continously

14/5/2014

14

Timeline
No Activities

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

1.

Meeting of MOOC KPM course coordination

2.

Development of MOOC KPM courses

Coordination meeting between HEI

coordinators

4.

Uploading of resources and activities in the

OpenLearning platform

5.

Students register for MOOC KPM courses

6.

Launch by YB Menteri Pendidikan II

14/5/2014

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Malaysia MOOCs
www.openlearning.com/malaysiamoocs

14/5/2014

16

UKM MOOC

14/5/2014

17

UKM MOOC

14/5/2014

18

UKM MOOC

14/5/2014

19

UKM MOOC

14/5/2014

20

UKM MOOC

14/5/2014

21

UKM MOOC

14/5/2014

22

UPM MOOC

14/5/2014

23

Unimas MOOC

14/5/2014

24

UiTM MOOCs

14/5/2014

25

WAY FORWARD
For the long-term, four course will be co-developed
comprehensively by 20 HEIs.
The long-term goal is to offer the complete four MOOC courses
(full blown MOOC)
Aimed in conducting teaching and learning via flipped
classrooms and blended learning
Offer flagship programs for HEIs for branding / visibility aims
and introduce niche areas (for teasers)

THANK YOU