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MOOCs and the Hubble Telescope: The Big Leap for Higher Education Research Presented by Gary W. Matkin, Ph.D., Dean 2014 OCW Consortium Global Conference, Ljublijana, Slovenia April 23-25, 2014 slideshare.net/garymatkin/ocwc2014
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This presentation will serve these three purposes and also propose that the OCW Consortium take a leadership role in serving as a clearing house and advocate for the sharing of data and experimental results across institutions, in order to advance the use of open material to fuel education innovation.
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MOOCs and the Hubble Telescope: The Big Leap for
Higher Education Research
Presented by Gary W. Matkin, Ph.D., Dean2014 OCW Consortium Global Conference, Ljublijana,
SloveniaApril 23-25, 2014
slideshare.net/garymatkin/ocwc2014
Purposes of this Presentation
• Describe state of research related to
MOOCs
• Describe issues raised by MOOC
research
• Describe the potential of MOOC
research
How is Universal Higher Education Happening and What Will It Mean?
The UCI Experience: UCI MOOCs Enrollments 2013
UCI Course YouTube Views and Minutes Watched 2014
YouTube views are beginning to exceed 100,000 and minutes watched are approaching 1 million per
month
The Purposes of MOOC-Related Research
• Who engages in MOOCs and why?
– Participation rates
• How do MOOCs help people learn?
Findings From MOOC Research
• Most enrollees are educated and are
not seeking a degree
• Around 50% of MOOC enrollees are
not in the U.S.
• Most enrollees are engaging in MOOCS
out of interest in the subject matter
UCI Coursera MOOCs: Log-ons
The Coursera Dashboard
• Levels of Participation:
– Visitors (those who simply visit the site
but take no action)
– Auditors (those who watch lectures and
view pages but take no action)
– Participants (those who submit an
exercise or join a discussion)
Persistence Stats for 11 Coursera Courses
Can MOOCs Help Students Prepare for College Level Work?
MOOC Research Problems and Their Consequences: Too Many Variables
MOOC Research Problems and Their Consequences: Personally Identifiable
Information (PII)
MOOC Research Problems and Their Consequences: Data Ownership
Advantages of MOOC Related Research
• Large numbers
• Easily collectable data
• Rapid sharing of results
• Impulse for replication tied to metrics
