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Building a successful massive open online course about multiple sclerosis: a process description
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Claflin, SB and Gates, R and Maher, M and Taylor, BV, Building a successful massive open online course about multiple sclerosis: a process description, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22, (7) Article e16687. ISSN 1439-4456 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2020 Suzi B Claflin, Rachael Gates, Maree Maher, Bruce V Taylor. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
DOI: doi:10.2196/16687
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to present a detailed description and assessment of the development process of the Understanding MS MOOC.
Methods: The development process included a course development focus group; the creation of more than 50 content videos and related text, quizzes, activities, and discussion prompts; the creation of original images and animations; a pilot study; and collaborations with people living with MS, MS nurses, allied health care practitioners, and neurologists and researchers from 4 universities.
Results: Overall, the process was efficient and effective. With a few small changes, we recommend this approach to those seeking to develop a similar course. This process led to the development of a highly reviewed MOOC with excellent user satisfaction.
Conclusions: We identified 5 key lessons from this process: (1) community support is essential, (2) stakeholder involvement improves content quality, (3) plan for research from the beginning, (4) coordination between the academic lead and project manager team ensures a consistent voice, and (5) a network of collaborators is a key resource.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | health education, multiple sclerosis |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Neurosciences |
Research Field: | Central nervous system |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Claflin, SB (Dr Suzi Claflin) |
UTAS Author: | Gates, R (Ms Rachael Gates) |
UTAS Author: | Taylor, BV (Professor Bruce Taylor) |
ID Code: | 140400 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 11 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2020-08-13 |
Last Modified: | 2022-08-23 |
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