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A faculty development presentation on the *basics* of MOOCs. Links to further resources provided as we went into much more discussion than the slides show. This was an active learning session, with much discussion & activity, so please don't assume the slides = 1 hr of narrated .ppt! Contact me if you would like a copy of the lesson plan.
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Dr. Janet Corral Dr. Candace Berardinelli University of Colorado
Here a MOOC…
..there a MOOC…
..there a MOOC…
..everywhere a MOOC…MOOC?
Photo Credit: www.farmpower.com
Overview
• Why MOOCs, and why now? Trends in Higher Educa:on
• Types of MOOCs
• Implica:ons for Teaching, Learning & Promo:on
• Challenges & Opportuni:es • Q&A
Trends in Higher Educa:on: Comple'on
Taken from: http://collegecompletion.chronicle.com/
Trends in Higher Educa:on: Demographics
Image credit: www.aetna.com
Caucasian students represent 3 out 4 BA/BS
graduates
Average age of 18.7 at the time of college entry
Mean graduation time: within five years
Black, Latino students more likely to be older, lower
graduation rates
Most graduates from upper or middle class
58% grads are
women
Trends in Higher Educa:on: Costs
Slide credit: Siemens, G.http://www.slideshare.net/gsiemens/university-of-wisconsinmadison
Trends in Higher Educa:on: Value
Image credit: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/05/24/education-and-unemployment
Trends in Higher Educa:on: Leveraging Technology
Flipped Classroom
Mobile Learning
Cloud Servers
Facilitated Grading
Open Resources
(Some) unresolved issues: • Bandwidth • Technological Pedagogical
Content Knoweldge • Digital Divide
Trends in Higher Educa:on
Report Year Horizon 1 year or less
Horizon 2 to 3 years
Horizon 4 to 5 years
2013 MOOCs, Tablet Compu:ng
Games & Gamifica:on, Learning Analy:cs
3-‐D Prin:ng, Wearable Technologies
2012 Mobile Apps, Tablet Compu:ng
Game-‐based Learning, Learning Analy:cs
Gesture-‐based Compu:ng, Internet of Things (IOT)
2011 E-‐Books, Mobile Augmented reality, Game-‐based Learning
Gesture-‐based Compu:ng, Learning Analy:cs
2010 Mobile, Open Content
E-‐Books, Simple Augmented Reality
Gesture-‐based Compu:ng, Visual Data Analysis
2009 Mobile, Cloud Compu:ng
Geo-‐everything, Personal Web
Seman:c-‐aware Applica:ons, Smart Objects
Credit: NMC Horizon Report 2013
..there a MOOC…
What is a MOOC?
Photo Credit: www.farmpower.com
MOOCs: A Brief History
Flavors of MOOCs
Credit: www.hapgood.us, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc, http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/7102630165/
CHE Survey 2013
79 % respondents said MOOCs are worth all the hype
Survey: http://bit.ly/17BYnPN
CHE Survey 2013
Respondents’ beliefs on fully online courses:
CHE Survey 2013
56% very enthusiastic
35% somewhat enthusiastic
8% somewhat or very skeptical
..there a MOOC…
What is the value & impact
of MOOCs?
Photo Credit: www.farmpower.com
(Suggested) Value of MOOCs
Efficiency of scale Opens doors of the classroom
Community of learners
Democra:zing educa:on
Experiment before enrolling
Convenience and affordability
Implica:ons for Learning
What type of experience will students have?
Credit: www.repeatingislands.com Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc
cMOOC: learn from you, each other
web/open resources …then build resources/artifacts reviewed by community, world
xMOOC: learn from your videos
contact with TA set assignments, peer graded
Implica:ons for Design
Source: http://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/a-tale-of-two-moocs-coursera-divided-by-pedagogy/
Design Ma_ers!
So you think you want to teach via a MOOC…
• Time needed to create a MOOC
• Plaaorm may restrict pedagogical choices, evalua:on • Interac:on with students at scale, not individually • Administra:ve Support
– TA, :me, funds – Advisory commi_ee & ins:tu:onal workflow
8-10 hrs/wk
12-25 hrs/wk 3-6 hrs/wk
1 hr for every 15 mins of video!
See sample reference of teaching tips in MOOCs: http://bit.ly/11r3oX2
Right for your career?
Stardom
Reputation
Connection with students
Passion for subject
Right for your career?
• MOOC would be a demonstration of curricular innovation and leadership. �
• "meritorious" vs. "excellent" would depend on quality, creativity, impact. �
�So when putting the MOOC in your portfolio…�
Give a detailed description of the online course --- the need it filled, objectives, types of teaching tools, evidence of dissemination (enrollment, etc) and impact (learning outcomes). �
..there a MOOC…
What do you see as the
advantages & disadvantages
of MOOCs? Photo Credit: www.farmpower.com
Cri:cisms & Challenges
Credit: http://mfeldstein.com/emerging-student-patterns-in-moocs-a-revised-graphical-view/
Cri:cisms and Challenges
Two-‐:ered educa:on: – Privileged students at well-‐funded ins:tu:on get own professor
– Financially stressed ins:tu:on where students watch videos & interact with local professor who is more like a TA
Credit: http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Professors-at-San-Jose/138941/
Cri:cisms & Challenges
• MOOCs may be “light” version of course – 6-‐7 weeks
• Educa:on as an democra:zing force?
Cri:cisms and Challenges
Reference: http://bit.ly/17xihtK and http://bit.ly/11r3oX2
Cri:cisms & Challenges
See thoughts from: 1. http://www.tonybates.ca/2012/08/05/whats-right-and-whats-wrong-about-coursera-style-moocs/ 2. http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/a-mooc-delusion-why-visions-to-educate-the-world-are-absurd/32599 3. http://chronicle.com/article/Jump-Off-the-Coursera/136307/
Cri:cisms and Challenges
Credit: http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Professors-at-San-Jose/138941/
Cri:cisms & Challenges
• xMOOCs – Limited assessments – Limited interac:on with instructor – Group learning – Informa:on vs Comprehension, Applica:on
EvaluaBon of MOOCs (sa$sfac$on surveys, comple$on rates)
University of Edinburgh review (6 Coursera courses):
98% felt “got what I wanted” out of the
course
Length, pacing & level was
“right” Most students spent 2-4 hrs/wk studying
See other evaluation ideas at: http://bit.ly/VanYIF and http://stanford.io/18zOGhE and http://bit.ly/15VwJbJ
EvaluaBon of MOOCs (anecdotal data from UCSF)
Impacts faculty members’ teaching & course design
Use videos in their face-‐to-‐face classes
Be_er alignment of course, learning objec:ves
Diversity of discussions, student self-‐policing
Reflection The challenges, changes, and new course models “portend one poten:al future of higher ed that’s more collabora:ve, social, virtual, and peer-‐to-‐peer—and where introductory courses are commodi:es offered free or close to free.”
Selingo, 2012
Will you turn your course into a MOOC?
Thank you!
