1. Some
π
ques*ons
about
MOOCs
1. What’s new
2. Why have xMOOCs bypassed cMOOCs?
3. The MOOC learning stack
4. Who are the learners ?
5. Which contents granularity ?
6. The production pipe
Patrick Jermann &
Pierre Dillenbourg, CRAFT

2. “The Tsunami” (2012) xMOOCs
Massive Open Online Courses (2008) cMOOCs
Technology-enhanced learning (2004)
Swiss Virtual Campus (2000)
Learning Management Systems (1999)
Virtual University (1999)
Vygotsky
Open Learning (1995)
e-Learning (1993) Bloom
Online Education (1993)
Computer-Mediated Learning (1990)
Educational telematics (1988)
Piaget
Computer-Assisted Learning (1985)
Computer-Based Learning (1980) Skinner
Computer-Assisted Instruction (1960)

3. The best of two worlds ?
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Skinner Bloom Piaget Vygotsky
• xMOOCs • cMOOCs
– The best lecturers – YouTube attention span
– From the best universities – Free access to contents
– Focused on contents – Many small revenues
– High workload – Anytime, anywhere
– A course is the unit – Social software
– Classical pedagogy – Community effects
– Strict schedule – Crowdsourcing
– Certification – Learning analytics

4. How to handle (bitter) veterans ?
What after having used all big names ?
Tools
ourMOOCS
Piaget
Ressources
cMOOCS
Social
Interac*ons
Vygotsky
Exercices
xMOOCS
Skinner
Lectures
Bloom

5. Data
produced
by
Heather
Miller
&
Mar4n
Odersky
RESCIF
Lessons
learned:
slowly
becoming
worldwide

6. Data
produced
by
Heather
Miller
&
Mar4n
Odersky
Lessons
learned:
slowly
becoming
worldwide

7. N=7500
Who
takes
MOOCs
?

8. N=7500
#1
mo*va*on
is
personal
interest

9. Produc*on
pipe
1. Recording
2. Edi*ng
3. Producing
4. Publishing
5. Serving
6. Mining

10. 1.
Recording:
MOOC
studio
1
hour
=
4-­‐10
hours
• iMac
• Camera
• Wacom
Tablet
• Microphone
• Ligh*ng
• Screen
• Silence

11. 2.
Edi6ng
1
hour
=
10
hours
Keep
it
simple
• Titles
and
overlays
• Demonstra*ons
• Audio
adjustment
Screenflow
• Easy
media
mgmt
• Mobility

12. 3.
Producing
1
hours
=
2-­‐5
hours
• High
Quality
Video
• Sub*tles
(amara)
• Transla*on

13. 4.
Publishing
-­‐
Pla?orms
1
hour
=
1-­‐2
hour
• Open-­‐source
vs.
closed-­‐
source
=>
Access
to
data
• Cloud-­‐based
vs.
local
hos*ng
=>
Scaling

14. Different
types
of
MOOCs
5.
Serving
• Unique
Selling
Point
1
hour
=
1
day
• Internal
Grading
assignments
• Africa
(french-­‐speaking)
Answering
to
forums
Flipping
the
classroom
• Con*nued
Educa*on
• TOOCs
• Etc…

15. 6.
Mining
1
course
=
250
MB