Newcastle hited me as project manager, a learning technologist and a video technician, and 0.5 of another learning technologist allocated internally specifically to work on MOOCs. -- Suzanne Hardy Senior Project Officer Quality in Learning and Teaching (QuILT) Room 2.70 Bedson Building Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU Tel: 0191 208 3264 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/quilt email: [log in to unmask] mobile: 07790 905657 skype: glitt3rgirl https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/suzannehardy/ OER14: building communities of open practice 28 & 29 April 2014, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK www.oer14.org On 3 Apr 2014, at 09:50, Bird, Terese M. <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hello, I’m looking for answers to the question: when universities decide to launch MOOCs, are they consequently hiring new people to work on the MOOCs? At University of Leicester, we are just now launching our second MOOC on FutureLearn and we did not hire any new people. We’re trying to get a picture of what’s happening out there in the sector. Thanks! Terese Bird Learning Technologist and SCORE Research Fellow APS Technology-Enhanced Learning Team/Institute of Learning Innovation, University of Leicester +44 116 252 5763 http://www.le.ac.uk/ili http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/academic-practice/academic-practice-unit Terese on Twitter: tbirdcymru