This presentation discusses the long-term impact of MOOCs at TU Delft. In the short term, TU Delft saw over 2 million MOOC enrollments and growth of online courses and programs. However, the presentation argues the long term impact will be greater. This includes moving from standalone courses to entire programs and credentials online, expanding from national to global students, and shifting from only initial education to continuous learning. It also suggests education will transition from traditional lectures to blended models combining online and on-campus learning. Overall, the presentation argues that while the early impact of MOOCs seems large, their influence on education could be even more significant in the long run.

1. The long run impact
of MOOCs
ir. Willem van Valkenburg
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2. Amara's law
we tend to overestimate the impact of
a new technology in the short run,
but we underestimate it in the long run
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Amara

3. 3
Agenda
• TU Delft Open & Online Education
• Impact of the programme
• Long-term impact on the university
• Conclusions

4. E-Dean Director of
Education
Delft Extension School
MOOCs
Blended
Education
Online
Courses

5. Blended Education
OpenCourseWare MOOCs ProfEds
Online Academic
Courses
• Learning Activities &
Course Materials
• Free
• Enrolled students only,
massive numbers
• Mostly Bachelor level
• Certificate of
Completion
• Course Materials
• Free
• Big Exposure,
Worldwide audience
• Both Bachelor and
Master level
• No interaction with
faculty
• No accredited
certificate
• Learning Activities &
Course Materials
• Paid enrollment
• Enrolled students only,
limited numbers
• Accredited Course
Certificate
• Full Master Degree
• Learning Activities &
Course Materials
• Paid enrollment
• Enrolled students only,
moderate numbers
• Course Certificate
• Continuous Education
Units

6. Short Term Impact

7. 85
MOOCs
35
Professional
Education
2M
enrolments
MOOCs
1.750
enrolments
ProfEds
25
Online
Courses
200
OCW
courses
25
blended
projects
400
enrolments
Online Courses
1.400 visits
OCW per
day
13 Open
Education
Awards
4 Wharton
Award
nominations
3 other
Award
Results

9. Long Term Impact

10. 10
Long-run impact
• From Courses to Programmes to Credits
• From National to a Global World of Education
• From Initial Education to Continuous Education
• From Traditional lecture rooms to Blended Learning

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From Courses to Programmes to Credits
CC-BY Marco Verch

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Short Learning Programmes
“Group courses into short learning programmes to guide the learner
through a relevant learning path to obtain a relevant certificate”
• Xseries
– understanding of specific subject through a series of courses.
– At least 3 courses
• Professional Certificate Programme
– Gain the critical skills and knowledge you need to stand out in your field.
– At least 2 courses
• MicroMaster
– A series of Master’s-level courses to advance your career, accelerate your
Master’s Degree
– MicroMasters Programs are credit-eligible and may be applied to accelerate a
Master’s Degree.
– At least 15 EC

13. 13
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

14. 14
Credits
• CEUs
– Credits for professionals
• MicroMaster
– Outside in (inverted admission)
• Credits for MOOCs
– Inside out

15. 15
Virtual Exchange Programme

16. 16
Online Programmes
• Coursera launched 6 degree programmes
• FutureLearn has 12 degree programmes
• Global Freshman Academy edX

17. 17
From National to Global World of Education

18. 18
Educating the World
Dutch
Students
International
Students
Bachelor programmes
(mostly in Dutch)
93% 7%
Master programmes 66% 34%
PhD programmes 33% 67%
Online Paid Education 25% 75%
MOOCs 3% 97%

19. 19From initial education to Continuous Education

20. MOOC Learner = life long learner

21. Collaboration with industry
Co-creation

22. 22
From lecture rooms to Blended Learning
CC-BY Brett Jordan: https://flic.kr/p/3f6m2C

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Blended learning
From TU Delft vision on education:
• Further developing different types of
education, including a blend of online
and on-campus education

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CHANGING THE CLASSROOM
Cookbook Educational Spaces:
https://pietvanderzanden.weblog.tudelft.nl/2017/05/05/cookbook-education-spaces-1-1/

25. The project partners embrace a
multilevel framework in order to
tackle conceptual and
implementation issues at the
course level (micro), at the
strategic level (meso) and with
the intent to give relevant input
to governmental policy (macro).
More info: https://embed.eadtu.eu/

26. Amara's law
we tend to overestimate the impact of
a new technology in the short run,
but we underestimate it in the long run
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Amara

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