Joint SALT PGT Academic Board Seminar – MOOCs and Distance Learning
MOOCs and Distance LearningCouncil Chamber, 12-2pm, Thursday 7th March 2013
How MOOCs started
Why all the hype?
A real life MOOC
Discussion on what MOOCs can or can’t do
for usLunch
Why is this bloke standing here talking to us?
TRIO Project - DACE
2007
2009
“Learning is free but accreditation costs money”
Local Television
First some questions……….
What does MOOC stand for?
A. Massively Open Online Course
B. More Object Orientated Computing
C. Massive Open Online Course
D. More Open Online CollegeE. Massive Open Online
CollegeF. More Overrated
Overhyped ClaptrapM
assive
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Massi
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e College
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Have you taught on a distance learning course?
A. YesB. No
YesNo
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Have you been a student on a distance learning course?
A. YesB. No
YesNo
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Which of the following best describes your reading about MOOCs?
A. I’ve read nothingB. I’ve read a couple of articlesC. I’ve mainly followed what’s
been in the Times HigherD. I’ve read some information
from sources like JISC, Times Higher and a few bloggers
E. I’ve read more than twenty articles from a variety of different sources
F. I am Stephen DownesI’v
e read noth
ing
I’ve re
ad a couple of a
rticle
s
I’ve m
ainly follo
wed what..
I’ve re
ad some in
formatio...
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ad more
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I am Ste
phen Downes
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Have you taught on a MOOC?
A. YesB. NoC. Maybe but I’m not
sure if it was a MOOC
YesNo
Mayb
e but I’m not s
ure i..
.
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Have you been a student on a MOOC?
A. Yes, I’m taking a course at the moment.
B. Yes, and I completed the course
C. Yes, but I didn't complete the course
D. NoYes,
I’m ta
king a course
..
Yes, an
d I complete
d th...
Yes, but I
didn't complet..
. No
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MOOCs are...You can choose up to three if you like
A. The end of modern universities as we know them
B. A global opportunity for Swansea
C. Something we should explore with scepticism
D. A way of developing our on campus provision
E. A fad we should not take seriously
F. Something we should actively develop
The end of modern
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A global opportu
nity fo
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Something w
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A way of d
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Something w
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Where does the story begin?
Not to be confused with….
Open Educational Resources (OER)
iTunesU
You Tube Edu
Khan Academy
Etc etc etc ……
https://twitter.com/dkernohan/status/250889990828089344/photo/1/large
http://www.downes.ca/ http://www.elearnspace.org/about.htm
Stephen Downes George Siemens
cMOOCs
Experimental
25 fee paying students2,300 other students
Connectivism and connected knowledge2008
Provide all who want to learn with access to available resources at any time in their lives; empower all who want to share what they know to find those who want to learn it from them; and, finally furnish all who want to present an issue to the public with the opportunity to make their challenge known.
Illich,1971
The second O - Open
Moodle
Second Life
Blogs
Online meetings
RSS
Learners choice of
tools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc
Very time consuming
Huge amounts of information
Need to be an advanced independent learner to get the most form the course
Criticisms
http://connect.downes.ca/
PLENK 2010 - Personal Learning Environments, Networks and Knowledge
Kop, R. (2010) The Design and Development of a Personal Learning Environment: Researching the Learning Experience, European Distance and E-learning Network Annual Conference 2010, June 2010, Valencia, Spain, Paper H4 32 (conference paper) conference presentation
Kop, R. (2011) The Challenges to Connectivist Learning on Open Online Networks: Learning Experiences during a Massive Open Online Course. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 12, No 3 (2011): Special Issue - Connectivism: Design and Delivery of Social Networked Learning (journal article)
Fournier, H., Kop, R. and Sitlia, H. (2011), The Value of Learning Analytics to Networked Learning on a Personal Learning Environment, 1st International Conference on Learning analytics and Knowledge 2011, Banff, February 27-March 1st, 2011. Paper 14 (conference paper) conference presentation
Kop, R. and Fournier, H. (2011) New Dimensions to Self-directed Learning in an Open Networked Learning Environment, International Journal of Self-Directed Learning, Volume 7, Number 2, Fall 2010, page 1-18 (journal article) - conference presentation
Kop, R. and Fournier, H. (2011) Facilitating Quality Learning in a Personal Learning Environment through Educational Research, online session at the Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research, May 2011. The link gives access the the Elluminate recording, an Mp3 and Powerpoint slide.
Kop, R., Fournier, H. and Mak, S.F.J. (2011) A Pedagogy of Abundance or a Pedagogy to Support Human Beings? Participant support on Massive Open Online Courses, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Special Issue - Emergent Learning, Connections, Design for LearningVol. 12, No. 7, pg. 74-93 ( journal article)
Fournier, H. and Kop, R. (2011) Factors affecting the design and development of a Personal Learning Environment: Research on super-users, in the International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, Volume 2, Issue 4, 12-22, October –December 2011. (journal article) conference presentation conference paper
Kop, R. and Carroll, F. (2011) Cloud Computing and Creativity: Learning on a Massive Open Online Course, European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, Special Issue on Creativity and OER (journal article)
Rita Kop
http://www.you-learn.org/
The facilitators said we couldn’t possibly read everything, but I feel like I’ve not read anything from Weeks 4 and 5. As you can see there’s a huge amount of discussion going on in the Week 4 forum and it’s already building up in Week 5 which has just started. And that’s not even counting the twitter feed and The Daily. I feel like a marathon runner who went too fast for the first 3rd and is not going to make the 13 mile marker.
Part of the problem is the encroachment of my real job …
Jobling, 2010
2012
Mainstream media gets exited abut xMOOCs
The intersection between Wall Street and Silicon ValleyCaulfield, 2012
xMOOCS
62 Universities
2.7 million learners5 languages
4 continentsCoursera, 2013
Impressive numbers at MIT
155,000 registrations on one course
23,000 tried first problem set
9,000 passed the mid-term
7,157, passed the course
40 years worth of MIT students
CriticismsIt seems pretty obvious that no one who had any working knowledge of research in pedagogy was deeply involved in the creation of the course.
Armstrong, 2012
[T]he xMOOCs begin developed by US institutions…. follow a more behaviourist approach.
Daniel, 2012
Too soon for any real research into the learner experience
Online learning. Really?
Something a little smaller perhaps?
University of Arkansas at Jonesboro
University of Texas at ArlingtonLamar University
Retention rates
+ +
Smaller numbers but………..
Company worked intensively to develop courses with-
Good distance teaching calls for teams that support academics with a range of skills
Daniel, 2012
Librarians
Learning Technologists
Pedagogy specialists
Administrative Support
IT Services
TRIO Project - DACE
2007
Technology
MoodleSecond
Life
BlogsOnline
meetings
RSS
Learners choice of
tools cMOOC
xMOOC
£62 million 900 students
A real life MOOC
Lunch
Discussion on what MOOCs can or can’t do for us
http://bit.ly/saltmooccampus
http://bit.ly/saltmoocdl
http://bit.ly/saltmoocse
Student Experience
On Campus
Distance Learning
MOOCs are...You can choose up to three if you like
A. The end of modern universities as we know them
B. A global opportunity for Swansea
C. Something we should explore with scepticism
D. A way of developing our on campus provision
E. A fad we should not take seriously
F. Something we should actively develop
The end of modern
unive...
A global opportu
nity fo
...
Something w
e should ex..
.
A way of d
eveloping our ..
A fad w
e should not t
ake...
Something w
e should act.
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References
Illich, Ivan (1971). Deschooling Society. Marion Boyars, London and New York
Caulfield, M. (2012). Why We Shouldn't talk MOOCs as Meritocracieshttp://hapgood.us/2012/09/01/why-we-shouldnt-talk-moocs-as-meritocracies/ accessed 5th March 2013
Futurelearn (2013) MOOCs Explained http://futurelearn.com/moocs-explained/ accessesed 5th March 2013
Coursera (2013) 29 New Schools, 92 New Courses, 5 Languages, 4 Continents and 2.7 Million Courserians http://blog.coursera.org/post/43625628117/29-new-schools-92-new-courses-5-languages-4 accessed 5th march 2013
Jobling (2010) PLENK2010 – It’s a Marathon not a Sprint!http://blog.cpjobling.me/2010/10/12/plenk2010-its-a-marathon-not-a-sprint/ accessed 5th March 2013
Armstrong, L. (2012). Coursera and MITx: Sustaining or disruptive?http://www.changinghighereducation.com/2012/08/coursera-.html Accessed 6th March 2013
Daniel J. Making Sense of MOOCs: Musings in a Maze of Myth, Paradox and Possibility. Journal Of Interactive Media Retrieved March 6, 2013, from http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/jime/article/view/2012-17.
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