Revolution Or Hype: MOOCs And The K-12 Student

 

Jason Neiffer Tech-­‐Savvy  Teacher-­‐in-­‐Residence,  Northwest  Council  for  Computer  Educa=on    

Curriculum  Director,  Montana  Digital  Academy  Doctoral  Candidate,  the  University  of  Montana  

 

Paperless  Handouts  

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My point of view…

Virtual  School  Curriculum  Director  

K-­‐12  Online  Teacher  

College  

Online  

Teacher  

Nerd  

OER  Advocate  

Teaching  Advocate  

Willing  to  

Fail  

College  

Face-­‐to-­‐

Face  

Teacher  

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Common Understanding

MOOC:  “Massive,  Open  Online  Course”  

Massive:  100?  1000?  10,000?  100,000?  

Open:  Campus?  State?  

Country?  World  

Online:  LMS?  Open  

PlaUorm?  Mobile?  

Instructor  Developed?  

Instructor  Monitored?  

Instructor  Assessed?  

CredenXal,  Credit  or  Badge?  

MOOC Learning Design

Who  designs?  

Lecture-­‐Focused  

Aggressive  Use  of  Discussion  and  Social  Learning  

“InformaXon  OrchestraXon”  

Automated  Learning  Environments  

MOOC and Assessment

“Faith  Based”  Assessment  

Automated  ObjecXve  Assessment  

Social  Grading  

Discussion  

Inside a MOOC

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MOOC Platforms

http://www.coursesites.com

Image:  Torpak  Hopper  

https://code.google.com/p/course-builder/

Image:  Torpak  Hopper  

http://www.openmooc.org

Image:  Torpak  Hoper  

Moodle or other LMSs

Other Open Platforms

Image:  TorpakHopper  

Yay!

Affordable  

Scalable  

Social  Learning  

Ehhh…  Good  Enough?  

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Boo!

Too  disrupXve?  

Low  passage  rates  

Lack  of  security/assurance  

Too  lecture  dependent  

Teacher  quality  sXll  important  

Ko  and  Rosen  (2010)  

• Move  courses  beyond  “knowledge  level”  

• Assessment  is  criXcal  to  course  effecXveness  

Lehman  and  Conceicao  (2010)  

•  Teacher  social  presence  criXcal  to  online  learning  

•  End  users  have  be=er  outcomes  with  an  instrucXonal  presence  

Use Cases

MOOCs in K-12?

http://jasonlinks.net/moocengagement

MOOCs in Blended Learning

MOOCs to Individualize Instruction

MOOCs to Provide Self-Driven P.D.

Try  Out  a  MOOC!  

http://www.mooc-list.com

Do  a  Needs  Assessment  

Don’t  Fall  for  Hype  

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“A  few  mo(vated  groups,  such  as  older  employees  trying  to  keep  pace,  reservists  in  the  US  military  and  ambiXous  youngsters  in  places  such  as  India,  tend  to  finish  online  degrees.  But  most  people,  including  Mr  Thrun’s  enrollees,  rapidly  lose  interest.  The  real  challenge  facing  US  educators,  in  other  words,  is  to  mo(vate  the  unenthused  majority.  This  is  far  easier  said  than  done.  You  can  lead  a  horse  to  water  but  you  cannot  make  it  drink.”  

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Jason  Neiffer  Tech-­‐Savvy  Teacher-­‐in-­‐Residence,  NCCE  

Doctoral  Candidate,  the  University  of  Montana  (Go  Griz!)  Curriculum  Director,  Montana  Digital  Academy  

 

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