For MOOC authors

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is an educational technology that allows organizing teaching several tens of thousands of people at the same time. MOOCs are represented on educational online platforms in a variety of areas: art and humanities, business and management, computer technology and biological sciences, psychology and physics, mathematics and logic, engineering and sociology. The audience of the leading educational platforms is now estimated at millions of users.

Course duration

• 10-12 weeks

Videos for each week

• lecture duration is 60-120 min / week
• the duration of each video is 7-15 minutes

Course assignments

• self-check tests with automatic check
• tests with automatic check
• peer review assignments

Additional materials

• handbooks
• infographics
• science articles

Online communities of learners

• forums for learning maintenance

Final grade for the course

• 2 test forms with automatic check
• peer review assignment

Application for the development of a MOOC

Any campus employee can come up with a proposal for the development of a MOOC. To do this, you need to fill out an application, curriculum and send it by e-mail to the e-learning center (elearningspb@hse.ru). The e-learning center conducts a preliminary examination of the application for compliance with the priority areas of development of the HSE and the internal requirements of the HSE; if necessary, the package of documents is finalized by the applicant.

The e-learning center sends the final package of documents for approval to the dean of the faculty, then to the Directorate for online learning. Then the application is forwarded to the professional collegiums of the HSE Academic and Methodological Council for a meaningful assessment, which can take up to 1 month. An application with expert opinions of the Educational and methodical council board is submitted for discussion at the next meeting of the Council on Online Projects.

Preliminary meeting with the Directorate of Online Education (Moscow)

The Online Learning Directorate holds a preliminary meeting with the author or the team of authors of the online course, the application for which was supported (discussion of the timing and main points of developing the online course). Online meetings are held for authors who are unable to travel to Moscow.

Signing of a contract on the creation and maintenance of a MOOC

At the end of the meeting, the author or a team of authors of the online course fills out the Annexes to the Contract (the structure of the online course and the assessment system, the schedule for the development of the online course) and sends it by e-mail to the Directorate for Online Learning, the Directorate forms the final version of the Contract and sends it to the author or a team of authors for signing.

The e-learning center helps to organize the sending of the originals of the signed Contracts to the Moscow campus.

Assignment of an assistant and signing the contract with them

The next stage is the selection of an online course assistant, i.e. someone who will provide technical assistance to the author or a  team of authors in the development and implementation of the online course. Each team of creators can build interaction by distributing responsibilities for working on an online course individually.

The candidate for the role of assistant undergoes a short training, after which he cor she ompletes the task. Candidates who have successfully completed the training sign the contract on technical support for the author of the MOOC.

Preparation of materials for one of the weeks

At the initial stage of developing the content of an online course, the lecturer prepares materials for one of the weeks, including tests for self-examination, tasks and presentations.

Test shooting of a video lecture

At the test shooting, the author or a team of authors of the course gets acquainted with the process of video shooting in the studio, the main mistakes and tries themselves as a speaker in front of the camera.

Filming of the campus teachers is taking place at the mediacomplex in St. Petersburg.

Actualisation of MOOC materials and placing them on the platform

In accordance with the approved schedule for the development of an online course, the author or a team of authors of the course prepares a complete set of course materials. The assistant provides technical assistance during development and places materials on the platform.

Assessment and practice materials are reviewed by the Center for Computational Education Sciences.

MOOC launching on the platform

At the stage of launching of the MOOC, the author or a team of authors and the assistant support the MOOC on the platform, answering questions from listeners in the forum and sending mailouts in order to maintain attention to the course, correct typos / errors, etc.

Updating of the MOOC

After the rotation of the course, the Center for Computational Educational Sciences prepares recommendations for improving assessment and practical materials based on analytics of assignments by students of the online course. The author or a team of authors of the course, within the time specified in the Contract, make adjustments to the course materials, taking into account the recommendations of the Center.