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MMVC14MOOCs Hope and Hype
Dr Ebba OssiannilssonEDEN FELLOW 2014
Research Leader ICDE Quality Standard StudyEvaluator SEQUENT
Project ManagerLund University, Sweden
Ebba Ossiannilsson, PhD Lund University, SE
Ossiannilsson (2012) Benchmarking (e)-learning in higher education, Doctoral dissertation, Oulu University, Finland
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Books, book chapters and reports
+ 2 more in press on mobile learning
MOOCs Hope and Hype
The presentation will focus on: What can we do with MOOCs in 2014 and in the years forward, after that the bubble has popped?
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Glacier or tsunami
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In their relatively short history of six years, MOOCs have rapidly grown into a major force in higher education, presenting new opportunities in online learning, academic credit and pedagogical approaches.
Why? The rational is straightforward. They offer hope in a higher education landscape that is reeling from reduced funding, shrinking enrolment, and the sky-rocketing expense of obtaining a college degree. MOOC mania is happening at a time when the cost and quality of education at all levels is being questioned.
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Despite the potential of MOOCs to radically reduce costs, raise a university’s profile and improve education, a number of issues and questions remain. The first and foremost is: can they possibly live up to the expectations placed on them—affordable education for everyone with few if any learning problems? Do they really represent a turning point in online education? Or are they simply a popular and headline-friendly trend in a more general move to online education?
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MOOC (Downes 2013)
Massive
Open
Online
Course
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Historical overview
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MOOC development
cMOOCs or xMOOCs?
• Weekly centred• Participant reflective
spaces• Social and networked
participation• Hashtag: #etmooc• Use of a range of social
media
• Linear learning pathway• Mainly text and video• Formative feedback
through MCQs• Individually focused
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Rethinking tachiing and
learningEmployability
Increased digitalizatiion
and technology
Driving forces Costs
Democracy, education for
allRecruitment
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• 100 000 partticipants• Demography, globally• Most have HE
Scalable
• Lesser then 10% get certificate• Drop outs are not analyzed enoughDrop out
• Critizism (one course crached)• Satisfaction
Variety in fulfilness
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Experiences so far…
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
FreeDistributed global community
Social inclusion
High dropout ratesLearning income not learning outcome
Marketing exercisehttp://alternative-educate.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/audio-ascilite-2012-great-debate-moocs.html
JOLT, Vol. 9, No. 2, http://jolt.merlot.org
BIC 2013 The Maturing of the MOOC
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Main message Xavier Prats-Monne of the EC
“What can MOOCs do?” is not relevant any longer; rather, we have to ask "What should MOOCs do?”
Will affect higher education and that the traditional educational map must be redrawn with other structures, colors, models, pedagogy, organization, management
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GLOCALISATION
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Formal
Informal
Individual Social
Blended courses
DL+ social media
Trad. campus courses
DL courses
OER
xMOOCs
OER + Social media
cMOOCs
APELePortforliosOERuBadges
Formal/informal landscape
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The Networked Teacher – my PLN
meWork Friends
Twitter(# and
people)Conferences/PD meetings
Blogs
Social mediaWikis
Twitter chats
Websites & media
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Learning Analytics
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QUALITY …in the eyes of the beholder
Dimension Characteristics
Context
Open Degree to which the MOOC is open
Massive How large the MOOC is
Diversity The diversity of the learners
Learning
Use of multimedia Extent of use of rich multimedia
Degree of communication Amount of communication incorporated
Degree of collaboration Amount of collaboration incorporated
Amount of reflection Ways in which reflection is encouraged
Learning pathway Degree to which the learning pathway is supported
Quality assurance Degree of quality assurance
Certification Mechanisms for accreditation
Formal learning Feed into formal learning offerings
Autonomy Degree of learner autonomy
A taxonomy of MOOCs(Conole2013)http://e4innovation.com/?p=727
How open is open?
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Copyright Public domainCreative Commons
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Openess to learnersDigital opennessLearner centredIndependent learningMedia supported learningQuality focusSpectrum of diversityOpenupEd label
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Massive target groupMixing groupsLearning across contextsSupport self-organizationDeclare whats in itPeer to peer pedagogyMOOCs support choice based learning
MOOC.EFQUEL.ORG
MOOC Quality Project:
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E OssiannilssonEvaluator SEQUENT
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Quality Standard StudyContractor EADTU and EFQUELResearch Leader Dr E Ossiannilsson
MOOC ON QUALITY, TO BE LAUNCHED 2015
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTETLUNDS UNIVERSITETCHALMERS TEKNISKA HÖGSKOLAUPPSALA UNIVERSITET
University of Copenhagen
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
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Beyond the MOOCs…• What key policy issues
does openness pose for institutions?
• Do institutional quality practices need to change?
• Will openness change the spending priorities of institutions?
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Learner autonomy - learning my way
Small and short - bite-sized learning
Continuous - a steady flow of learning
On demand - when I want/need it
Social - community of interest
Anywhere, anytime, any device (Hart 2014)
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How can we support more autonomy in learning?How can we enable shorter learning experiences?How can we encourage ongoing learning?How can we support learning at the point of need?How can we balance the need for authoritative content and knowledge sharing?How can we encourage anywhere learning?
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Whats next?MOOCCMOOPSMOORCmOOCSOOCBOOCROOCDOOCNOOC etc…..
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MobilityCollaborationOpennessPersonalizationQuality
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RHIZOME
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Caring is sharing, sharing is caring
• Footprints• W:www.lu.se/ced• E:Ebba.Ossiannilsson@ced.lu.se• FB:Ebba Ossiannilsson• T:@EbbaOssian• Phone: +4670995448• S:http://www.slideshare.net/ EbbaOssiann
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