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Instructions for adapting ESDGs! MOOC materials
with other learning materials

The effective integration of available materials from MOOCs into regular classroom instruction is
a viable alternative to traditional lectures. While integrating MOOC materials into classroom
teaching, a teacher must clarify the topics to be included. Also, it is essential to define how to
teach the students and engage with the materials. Here are some tips that can help teachers
implement the ESDGs! MOOC on a course and other educational materials.
Carefully determine the topics you want to include in your course
Before you even start looking for ESDGs! MOOC content, it is essential to have a clear view of
what you are looking for. It is important to define the scope in detail. Here are some questions
that could help:
- What are the topics that you lack in your teaching and which you want to supplement with outside
resources?
- What kind of online activities do you envision your students to do?
- Is it more focused on reading materials or watching videos, or do you want your students to self-
explore resources, discuss, and collaborate with peers?
For this, create a short and detailed description of the integration of learning materials you want
to establish.
Choose how you want to utilize the online learning materials

Choose how you want to utilize the online resources. Besides the MOOC course, please be aware
of also additional learning materials on ESDGs! website. These can be applied independently or
along with MOOC content.

Decide how you plan to include the ESDGs! MOOC content in your classroom course. The most
straightforward approach to incorporating little pieces of the online course into your in-person
instruction is to read extra readings from individual learning modules. In this case, the student
enters the ESDGs! MOOC to study one specific topic or module. One or more classroom teaching
sessions can be replaced with specialized MOOC modules for a more intense usage of a ESDGs!
MOOC.
It is critical to carefully consider the integration model since it dictates the type of resources you
will need to choose later on and how to integrate them into instructional activities in the classroom.
Moreover, keep in mind that in situations when completion of a learning module is required rather
than optional, students appear to be more engaged with the online materials and discussions for
a particular course.
It is often essential to measure the learning-related progress of students. Educators can select
and apply some questions from the offline modules to measure the knowledge before and after
going through the learning materials.
Ensure that the course objectives, the learning activities, and the evaluation criteria are
aligned

While integrating ESDGs! MOOC's learning modules in class, there is sometimes a challenge to
develop a holistic overview which integrates learning objectives and aligns them with learning
materials and assesses students' performance. Therefore this alignment is essential, and
additional focus should be put to ensure that.
You should create a plan to coordinate the learning objectives, instructional strategies, and
assessment criteria. It is probably simpler and more effective to provide feedback outside of the
ESDGs! MOOC while meeting students in the class. On the other hand, the quizzes included in
the ESDGs! MOOC modules are a good alternative for students to receive feedback on their
learning.

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