Experiences with MOOCs: Challenges and Opportunities

Experiences with MOOCs:Challenges and Opportunities

Michael ReesFaculty of Businesshttp://michaelrees.tel

Talk resources at http://talks.michaeljrees.com

Experience with MOOCs 2

MOOC Context

April 2013

• As many as 160,000 students across the world

Massive

• Any person of any age, freeOpen

• 24/7 Internet accessOnline

• High-profile, professional presenters from high-profile institutions

Courses

April 2013 Experience with MOOCs 3

In 2008 Dave Cormier created the term MOOC

His vision:

Although it may share in some of the conventions of an ordinary course, such as a predefined timeline and weekly topics for consideration, a MOOC generally carries no fees, no prerequisites other than Internet access and interest, no predefined expectations for participation, and no formal accreditation.

MOOC Types

cMOOC, 2008• Creation,

creativity• Autonomy• Social

networked learning

• Knowledge generation

xMOOC, 2011• Short videos• Auto assessed

quizzes• Longer tests• Knowledge

duplication


Headlines


College Is Dead. Long Live College! Oct 2012

ANU vice-chancellor

issues MOOCs warning Sep 2012

ANU joins MOOCs rush

with edX partnership Feb 2013

UQ joins MOOCs movement Sep 2012

Melbourne Uni signs on to Coursera with others expected to follow Sep 2012

Online learning: Campus 2.0 Mar 2013

The Most Important Education Technology in 200 Years Nov 2012

An Avalanche is Coming Mar 2013

MOOC providers


Horizon Report 2013 for Higher Ed


Time-to-Adoption: 1 year or less

• MOOCs• Tablet Computing

Time-to-Adoption: 2 to 3 years

• Big Data and Learning Analytics• Game-based Learning

Time-to-Adoption: 4 to 5 years

• 3D printing• Wearable technology

Top 12 in Australian Higher Ed


Source: The Australian

MOOC Features

Heavy reliance on many, short videos

Several online quizzes per unit, 1 per video at least

Weekly activities, exercises, blog posts

Peer mentoring via forums, Facebook, Twitter, Google+

Google Hangouts, Blackboard Collaborate for live tutes

Office hours videos for direct feedback

Statement, certificate of completion


MOOCs Rising


MOOC Completion Rates


4 March 2013http://www.katyjordan.com/

MOOCproject.html

Up skill on TPACK


Udacity CS253 Web Apps Engineering


Interactive coding for assessment


Homework


http://mrees-udacity-blog.appspot.com/

Coursera CS101


Google MOOC


Humanities MOOC


Unfinished MOOCs


Coursera• Web intelligence and big data• Drugs and the brain• Fundamentals of online education• E-learning and digital cultures

Udacity• Introduction to Statistics• HTML5 game development

xMOOC• Educational technology & media

Open University UK• H817 Open education

How to react?


collaboration between elite institutions both for brand positioning and shared development

targeted development of MOOCs that relate directly to community needs

partial credit towards residential education

pedagogical awareness to encourage enrolment within feeder schools

1 millidegree ≈ 1 contact hour

1 subject ≈ 42 millidegrees

From own experience:MOOC ≈ 15-35 millidegrees

So, 40-50 MOOCs equate to one degree!

Millidegrees


Open Badges



MozillaOpenBadgeProject

MOOC Platforms


MOOC Business Model


To survive in a world of OOCs, Australian universities will need to innovate and take risks. On present indications, the future may well belong to freemium universities - a businesss model where they give away their courseware and only charge students for supplementary support services.

Jim Barber, VC UNE, Feb 2013

Accredited exams Moderated

discussion groups Tutorial

assistance

MOOC Outlook

Industry Acceptance• Lists of

acceptable MOOCs

• In parallel with degrees?

Effective Learning• Allow up skilling

and career change

• Rely on self-discipline

• ID assurance

Business Case• Can MOOCs be

sustainable?• How much would

you pay?


Economic imperative

April 2013 Experience with MOOCs30

From: The Avalanche is Coming

Final thought


Think 4-minute lectures!

Reference links


http://go.mrees.com/bondmoocrefs

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