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Et tu MOOC? Massive Online Considerations
Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou
Head of e-Learning, University of Bath
26th June 2013
Massive
Open
Online
Courses
• Thousands of participants
• Global reach
• Open access to education of the highest quality
• Free at the point of delivery to ‘students’
• Education for all – strong moral argument from top HEIs
• Defined beginning and end
• No formal entry requirements
• Do not typically offer a qualification
• Do not typically offer credits at any other
HEI than the one that offered the MOOC
• New platforms developed
• Sophisticated analytics
defining new pedagogies
• Highly participatory
• Facilitated courses
Internet History, Technology, and Security course
University of Michigan on Coursera
Massive
Open
Online
Courses
• Thousands of students
• Global reach
• Open access to education of the highest quality
• Free at the point of delivery to ‘students’
• Education for all – strong moral argument from top HEIs
• Defined beginning and end
• No formal entry requirements
• Do not typically offer a qualification
• Do not typically offer credits at any other
HEI than the one that offered the MOOC
• New platforms developed
• Sophisticated analytics
defining new pedagogies
• Highly participatory
• Facilitated courses
Approx.
90-95% drop
out rate
Clow, Doug (2013). MOOCs and the
funnel of participation. In: Third
Conference on Learning Analytics and
Knowledge (LAK 2013), 8-12 April 2013,
Leuven, Belgium, p185-189. New York:
ACM.
• Participants tend to be
highly educated, already
have a degree, take part
as a CPD activity to
develop competencies
• Business models
emerging
Screen shot from Duke University report on
development of Bioelectricity: A Quantitative
Approach offered through Coursera in June
2012
• Data not ‘open’ –
commercial sensitivities
• Pedagogically stale?
• Limitations of online
facilitation
• Accreditation models emerging
• Brand = quality
• Digital literacies and study skills
Year of the MOOC
• Students flock to MOOCs to complement studies –
University World News
• Are MOOCs a game changer for higher education? -
OBHE
• Embrace MOOCs or face decline, warns VC – THES
• Moody’s say MOOCs could raise a university’s credit
rating – Chronicle of Higher Education
Massive
Open
Online
Courses
Internationalisation
Widening Participation
Marketing
Public Engagement
Learning & Teaching
E-Learning
Web Services
Recruitment & Admissions
Quality Codes of Practice
Regulations
ICT
Academic
TechnicalAdministrative
Why HEIs offer MOOCs
• Democratisation
• Reputation/Brand extension
• Innovation
• Risk of lagging behind
• Experimentation/research
• 230+ courses from 40+ providers, in various
languages
• Massive media hype
• Changing dynamics of HE
• Pan-European MOOC provider – OpenUpEd
Why students enrol on MOOCs
Stanford, 2012
http://etcjournal.com/2013/04/23/time-out-at-tcc-2013-how-social-media-saved-the-day/
Edinburgh on Coursera – case study
• Artificial Intelligence Planning
• Critical Thinking in Global Challenges
• E-learning and Digital Cultures
• Equine Nutrition
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Astrobiology and the Search for Extra-terrestrial Life
Format:
• 5-7 weeks
• weekly plan
• Videos, quizzes, discussion board
• Facilitation
100,000 students in
first week
From 300+ countries
Business models?
• Wide variation in estimates
• Mainly funded as marketing or WP initiatives
• Fee for certificate of completion, assessment, charging for premium
services
• Charging employers for hiring access to the best students (Coursera &
Udacity)
• Licensing fees for educational institutions that use Coursera materials.
• Alternative funding models being sought (mainly UK):
– Sponsorship from industry partners
– Working with professional bodies which require continuous professional
development (i.e. pharmacists, teachers, etc)
– Producing a MOOC on the back of an externally funded project (ESRC, etc)
• OU’s spin-off commercial
company
• UK response to US MOOCs
• New platform
• Distinctive
features/differentiation from
US MOOCs
• League stars – 21 HEIs plus
British institutions
• HEIs responsible for content,
quality, any accreditation and
cost of courses offered online.
FutureLearn Partners
• University of Bath
• University of Birmingham
• University of Bristol
• Cardiff University
• University of East Anglia (UEA)
• The University of Edinburgh
• University of Exeter
• University of Glasgow
• King’s College London
• Lancaster University
• University of Leeds
• University of Leicester
• Loughborough University
• Monash University
• The University of Nottingham
• The Open University
• Queen’s University, Belfast
• University of Reading
• The University of Sheffield
• University of Southampton
• University of Strathclyde
• Trinity College Dublin
• The University of Warwick
• British Council
• British Library
• British Museum
Looking at Bath….
Pause for thought - 1
• Should we be considered integrating a MOOC
from another university into our own
teaching? Should we direct your students to a
MOOC for additional support? Is a MOOC the
new text book?
Pause for thought - 2
• Are we prepared to be judged based on the
online learning experiences that we offer?
What kind of MOOCs should the University of
Bath be offering? What should we be
avoiding?
Pause for thought - 3
• As a tutor/facilitator, how do you deal with a
1:8000 staff-student ratio? How would you
make your presence felt in the massive global
classroom? How would you make students
feel supported?
Pause for thought - 4
• In their application a prospective student has
noted that they have successfully completed
one of our MOOCs. Although our MOOCs are
not credit bearing, would you see this as an
advantage? What if the MOOC was from
another reputable university?
Pause for thought - 5
• Our traditional campus-based students are
already accessing high quality MOOC learning
materials for free from elite universities
globally. Do you think this will result in higher
expectations of e-learning provision within
our face-to-face courses?
Who?
Planning and approval process
Production
• Project manager
• Subject experts
• Academic staff (internal or external) - authors
• Subject librarians – advise and source available
digital content
• Learning Technologists/instructional designers
• IP & Legal Services, CPD, WPO
• Technical Content producers
• Academic staff
• Learning technologist
• AV staff
• Marketing/Web services
• Proof reader/copy editor
‘Go live’ & facilitation (Autumn 2013)
• Subject expert
• Learning technologist
• Programme administrator
Marketing
• Of the MOOCs
• Of the University on
• FutureLearn website
• FutureLearn learning platform
• Within the MOOCs we offer
• Other aspects?
In the process of:
• Agreement from academic staff
• Operational project team
• Project plan
Challenges/opportunities
Immediate
• Truly cross-institutional
• Prioritisation
• Timescales
• Unknown territory
• Learning, planning and doing
at the same time
• Designing effective MOOCs –
large scale ‘learning design’
Medium term
• Quality = Brand
• Accreditation and APEL
• Rich resources and new
technologies for free to all, but
what about our campus based
students?
• Learning Analytics – new
research area?
• Sustainability
Questions and Discussion
K.Anagnostopoulou@bath.ac.uk

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Et tu MOOC? Massive Online Considerations

  • 1. Et tu MOOC? Massive Online Considerations Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou Head of e-Learning, University of Bath 26th June 2013
  • 2. Massive Open Online Courses • Thousands of participants • Global reach • Open access to education of the highest quality • Free at the point of delivery to ‘students’ • Education for all – strong moral argument from top HEIs • Defined beginning and end • No formal entry requirements • Do not typically offer a qualification • Do not typically offer credits at any other HEI than the one that offered the MOOC • New platforms developed • Sophisticated analytics defining new pedagogies • Highly participatory • Facilitated courses Internet History, Technology, and Security course University of Michigan on Coursera
  • 3. Massive Open Online Courses • Thousands of students • Global reach • Open access to education of the highest quality • Free at the point of delivery to ‘students’ • Education for all – strong moral argument from top HEIs • Defined beginning and end • No formal entry requirements • Do not typically offer a qualification • Do not typically offer credits at any other HEI than the one that offered the MOOC • New platforms developed • Sophisticated analytics defining new pedagogies • Highly participatory • Facilitated courses Approx. 90-95% drop out rate Clow, Doug (2013). MOOCs and the funnel of participation. In: Third Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK 2013), 8-12 April 2013, Leuven, Belgium, p185-189. New York: ACM. • Participants tend to be highly educated, already have a degree, take part as a CPD activity to develop competencies • Business models emerging Screen shot from Duke University report on development of Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach offered through Coursera in June 2012 • Data not ‘open’ – commercial sensitivities • Pedagogically stale? • Limitations of online facilitation • Accreditation models emerging • Brand = quality • Digital literacies and study skills
  • 4. Year of the MOOC • Students flock to MOOCs to complement studies – University World News • Are MOOCs a game changer for higher education? - OBHE • Embrace MOOCs or face decline, warns VC – THES • Moody’s say MOOCs could raise a university’s credit rating – Chronicle of Higher Education
  • 5. Massive Open Online Courses Internationalisation Widening Participation Marketing Public Engagement Learning & Teaching E-Learning Web Services Recruitment & Admissions Quality Codes of Practice Regulations ICT
  • 7. Why HEIs offer MOOCs • Democratisation • Reputation/Brand extension • Innovation • Risk of lagging behind • Experimentation/research • 230+ courses from 40+ providers, in various languages • Massive media hype • Changing dynamics of HE • Pan-European MOOC provider – OpenUpEd
  • 8. Why students enrol on MOOCs Stanford, 2012 http://etcjournal.com/2013/04/23/time-out-at-tcc-2013-how-social-media-saved-the-day/
  • 9. Edinburgh on Coursera – case study • Artificial Intelligence Planning • Critical Thinking in Global Challenges • E-learning and Digital Cultures • Equine Nutrition • Introduction to Philosophy • Astrobiology and the Search for Extra-terrestrial Life Format: • 5-7 weeks • weekly plan • Videos, quizzes, discussion board • Facilitation 100,000 students in first week From 300+ countries
  • 10. Business models? • Wide variation in estimates • Mainly funded as marketing or WP initiatives • Fee for certificate of completion, assessment, charging for premium services • Charging employers for hiring access to the best students (Coursera & Udacity) • Licensing fees for educational institutions that use Coursera materials. • Alternative funding models being sought (mainly UK): – Sponsorship from industry partners – Working with professional bodies which require continuous professional development (i.e. pharmacists, teachers, etc) – Producing a MOOC on the back of an externally funded project (ESRC, etc)
  • 11. • OU’s spin-off commercial company • UK response to US MOOCs • New platform • Distinctive features/differentiation from US MOOCs • League stars – 21 HEIs plus British institutions • HEIs responsible for content, quality, any accreditation and cost of courses offered online.
  • 12. FutureLearn Partners • University of Bath • University of Birmingham • University of Bristol • Cardiff University • University of East Anglia (UEA) • The University of Edinburgh • University of Exeter • University of Glasgow • King’s College London • Lancaster University • University of Leeds • University of Leicester • Loughborough University • Monash University • The University of Nottingham • The Open University • Queen’s University, Belfast • University of Reading • The University of Sheffield • University of Southampton • University of Strathclyde • Trinity College Dublin • The University of Warwick • British Council • British Library • British Museum
  • 14. Pause for thought - 1 • Should we be considered integrating a MOOC from another university into our own teaching? Should we direct your students to a MOOC for additional support? Is a MOOC the new text book?
  • 15. Pause for thought - 2 • Are we prepared to be judged based on the online learning experiences that we offer? What kind of MOOCs should the University of Bath be offering? What should we be avoiding?
  • 16. Pause for thought - 3 • As a tutor/facilitator, how do you deal with a 1:8000 staff-student ratio? How would you make your presence felt in the massive global classroom? How would you make students feel supported?
  • 17. Pause for thought - 4 • In their application a prospective student has noted that they have successfully completed one of our MOOCs. Although our MOOCs are not credit bearing, would you see this as an advantage? What if the MOOC was from another reputable university?
  • 18. Pause for thought - 5 • Our traditional campus-based students are already accessing high quality MOOC learning materials for free from elite universities globally. Do you think this will result in higher expectations of e-learning provision within our face-to-face courses?
  • 19. Who? Planning and approval process Production • Project manager • Subject experts • Academic staff (internal or external) - authors • Subject librarians – advise and source available digital content • Learning Technologists/instructional designers • IP & Legal Services, CPD, WPO • Technical Content producers • Academic staff • Learning technologist • AV staff • Marketing/Web services • Proof reader/copy editor ‘Go live’ & facilitation (Autumn 2013) • Subject expert • Learning technologist • Programme administrator Marketing • Of the MOOCs • Of the University on • FutureLearn website • FutureLearn learning platform • Within the MOOCs we offer • Other aspects? In the process of: • Agreement from academic staff • Operational project team • Project plan
  • 20. Challenges/opportunities Immediate • Truly cross-institutional • Prioritisation • Timescales • Unknown territory • Learning, planning and doing at the same time • Designing effective MOOCs – large scale ‘learning design’ Medium term • Quality = Brand • Accreditation and APEL • Rich resources and new technologies for free to all, but what about our campus based students? • Learning Analytics – new research area? • Sustainability