Introduction session at Opening Up Education: National MOOC Symposium. Dublin City University, Dublin, 1st May 2015. This event was supported through two European funded projects: the HOME Project, SCORE2020 Project

1. Opening Up Education:
National MOOC Symposium
Dublin City University
1st May 2015

2. mark.brown@dcu.ie
@mbrownz
Welcome
Mark Brown
eamon.costello@dcu.ie
@eam0
Eamon Costello
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3. Opening Up Education:
National MOOC Symposium
1. Why this Event
2. Programme Overview
3. Housekeeping

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Image by @dkernohan
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6. MOOCs will Transform Higher Education
Barber, M., Donnelly, K., & Rizvi, S. (2013). An avalanche is coming: Higher
education and the revolution ahead. Institute for Public Policy Research.
London.
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7. Another Colonialist tool?
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8. • a type of marketing
• a financial policy for higher education
• an academic labor policy
• an expression of Silicon Valley values
• a kind of entertainment media
MOOCs are…
Peters, M. (2013). Massive Open Online Courses and Beyond: the Revolution to
Come. Truthout, August 17
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Video

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course
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14. To mature the level of knowledge in the
Irish context, and to identify and explore
the types of the questions that need to
be asked when thinking about the
potential and long-term impact of
MOOCs on Higher Education.
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Objective
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15. http://ubyssey.ca/features/information-driveway-moocs-462/
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• In case of emergency
• Bathroom facilities
• Refreshment breaks
• Guest wifi access [ NjAX24wA ]
• Twitter hashtag
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18. Professor Mike Sharples
Open University
United Kingdom
Perspectives
On Mass Pedagogy
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