MOOCs Development In Malaysia

Presented by Prof Fauzy Wan

National Higher Education Research Institute (IPPTN)

Information by Prof Abdul Karim Alias

Director

Center for Development & Academic Excellence

Universiti Sains Malaysia

Malaysian Ministry of Education

Evolution of Revised National Higher Education Strategic Plan-2011

Plans for 2013-2025 - 11 Big IdeasMassive Open Online Courses MOOCs – 11th Big Idea (

Intensification of Online Learning)In line with the National e-Learning Policy (DePAN,

launched in April 2011)MOOCs are based on the philosophy of Open

Education – “Education for All” of the United Nation.

Malaysian Ministry of Education

Evolution from Open Educational Resources (OER) – Open CourseWare (OCW) - MOOC

Malaysia’s Growth of internet usage2000 Population 29.17 million – internet usage 2.7

millionsJune 2012 – 17.7 millions, Facebook users 13.59 millionsMarch 2014 Malaysian average internet speed 5.48Mbps

Vietnam 13.01Mbps, Thailand 17.38Mbps, Singapore 59Mbps

UNESCO Paris Declaration regarding OER in 2011To empower interested learners from around the globe

who lack access to higher education

Malaysian Ministry of Education

MOOCs being offered through various providers:Coursera, Edx, Udacity, FutureLearn

Revisit DePan implementation Plans to determine the readiness of Universities for e-Learning & MOOCsInfrastructureContent DevelopmentUsage

MOOC Implementation Plans1st Develop 4 general subjects

TITAS (Tamadun Islam & Tamadun Asia –Islamic Civilization & Asian Civilization)

Ethnic RelationsIT literacyEntrepreneurship

Require 13 Public Institutions of Higher Learning register with the Open Courseware Consortium

2nd Develop and upload other general subjects into the same platform

MOOC Implement PlansAKEPT (Akademi Kepimpinan Pengajian Tinggi – Higher

Education Leadership Academy )Promote AwarenessDevise Training of Trainers programme

Development of Modules for designing & Delivery MOOCS Design Training for courseware developers Design Training for technical personnel

Topics include: Overview, Instructional Design, Content Development, Copyright Issues,

Online Facilitation and Collaboration, Online Assessment MOOC specific Design MOOC implementation Strategies for active and engaging learning

Flipped Classrooms, Blended Learning, Best Practices, Case Studies, Challenges and Opportunities

Current StatusThe first MOOC course offered in Malaysia was by

Taylor’s college in March 2013 – EntrepreneurshipJuly 2013 – Achieving success with Emotional IntelligenceApril 2014 –PutraMOOC – Public University Major Trial run on July 17th 2014 involving 3 platforms

Open4Learning  (open4learn.upsi.edu.my)    : 10.00 - 10.20 am Open Learning (www.openlearning.com)       : 10.20 - 10.40 am Coursesite  (www.coursesites.com)               : 10.40 - 11.00 am

Malaysian Ministry of Education – 2015 -30% of courses offered at Public Higher Education Institutions will be online

Thank YouQuestionsfauzy@usm.my