MOOCs and ICT Education: Disruptive or Merely Distractng
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Una Daly, OpenCourseWare ConsortiumMid-Pacific ICT 2014 Conference
MOOCs and ICT Education:Disruptive or Merely Distracting?
Image:The MOOC! The Movie by Giulia Forsythe CC BY-NC-SA
Welcome
Una DalyCommunity College Outreach DirectorOpenCourseWare Consortium
Presentation Overview
• MOOC and OER Overview
• Context of Higher Ed
• Research to date
• Pedagogical Innovation or Disaster
• Institutional Strategies• Conversation …
True or False?
• Tuition at public higher ed institutions increased 40% in last decade
• MOOCs are open educational resources that can be freely reused.
• Colleges do not give credit for MOOCs
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OpenCourseWare Consortium (founded MIT in 2001)
“Advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of
free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.”
Over 280 institutions in 46 Countries
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Open Educational Resources (OER)
U.S. Dept. of Education
– Teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or repurposing by others.
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adapted from Judy Baker cc-by license
What are MOOCs?
• Massive [ 1000’s of students]
• Online [ registration, videos, quizzes,
social networking, assessment]
• Open [ enrollment, content?]
• Course [ expert facilitators, credit? ]
2012 NYTime’s Year of the MOOC
Higher Ed Context
• Tuition up 42% at public institutions in last decade.
• Student debt now exceeds $1 trillion• Average student debt upon
graduation is $27,000
Image: Student Loan, Wikipedia
OER Huge and Growing …
OCWC
• 280 Members• Over 30,000
Courses
YOU
TUBE
• Over 700,000 videos on Education channel
iTUNESu
• Over 500,000 courses/learning materials
OER
Adapted from Gary Matkin, Dean UCI, slideshare Evolution of Open 2013
2013: First Half
• Huge growth in MOOCs & partners
• Credit options explored
• $7000 Masters of Computer Science– Udacity partners with Georgia Tech, AT&T
• Gates Foundation Funds Research
Huge Growth
• Coursera: – 70 partners institutions– 10 U.S. state university systems.
• Udacity:– Partners with San Jose State
• edX:- Continues to partner with Bunker Hill Community
College in flipped classrooms
Image:The MOOC! The Movie by Giulia Forsythe CC BY-NC-SA
Credit Options
• ACE approves 6 MOOCs for credit
• Coursera introduces signature track
• UMUC, Georgia State, and Excelsior
• California SB 520 MOOC bill
Community College MOOCs
• Remedial MOOCs– Basic Skills for Math, Reading,– Prep for Placement Exams
• Pedagogical Innovations– Competency-based, student paced– Game-based strategies– Flipped classroom models
Emerging Tech Cycle
Gartner Cycle, Wikipedia Commons, cc-by-sa
End of 2013: “Trough of Disillusion”
• Completion rates dismal– Udacity pivots to corporate training
• California legislation shelved
• Gates Foundation research – results inconclusive
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Community College Research
• Cuyahoga College– gaming engages students
• Mount St. Jacinto– requires lots of faculty mentors
• Wakefield College– Expensive to develop and no clear
revenue
Community College MOOCS & Pundits
• Gate Foundation– Flipped classroom
• Steven Downes– Open Access is key– Hackathon as MOOC– Certificates later
Image: Wikipedia, cc-by-sa
Next Step:Slope of Enlightenment
• Innovation
• Expanding student access
• Attracting students
• Institutional Strategy
Uphill struggle, borkur.net cc-by
Innovation
• Profession Development– Flipped classrooms– MOOCs lead to SPOCs
• Faculty interested in MOOC learning – Scottsdale College – Basic Arithmetic– Hartnell College – Criminal Justice– Seattle College – U.S. History– Broward College – Reading, Math, Prep
Attracting New Students• Beyond traditional college students
– overseas, workforce, high school
• University of California Irvine– 12% of prospective undergrads and grad
students preview open curriculum
Adapted from Gary Matkin, Dean UCI, slideshare Evolution of Open 2013
Institutional Benefits
• Exposure and positioning• Serves current & attract new students• Empower faculty innovation• Identification as learning leader• Opportunity for public service• Opportunity for academic research
Adapted from Gary Matkin, Dean UCI, slideshare Evolution of Open 2013
Summary
• Are MOOCs here to stay?
• Have they changed the conversation?
• What will be their lasting legacy?
CCCOER Mission
• Promote adoption of OER to enhance teaching and learning
– Expand access to education– Support professional development– Advance community college mission
Funded by the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
240+ Colleges15 States & Provinces