Redesigning the MOOC “Learning How to Learn”

In this study we present the redesign process that produced a new academic version (in Hebrew, translated into Arabic) of the popular MOOC Learning How to Learn. During the design-based research we explored practices that implement evidence-based principles in the learning sciences in real-life digital learning, and created a course that not only teaches about learning but also practices what it preaches in its learning experience. Our practices address neural, cognitive-emotional, meta-cognitive and behavioral aspects of learning, and they include designing the course as a modular network, creating a local community of lifelong learners, and increasing embodiment in the media design. We present a model for a localized MOOC with maximal adequacy between the theoretical concepts that it teaches and its design, applicable to digital learning in other areas.