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MOOCs

MOOCs. What in the world is a MOOC?. Lisa LaVigna, Executive Director of Outreach Excelsior College. Agenda. Introductions What is a MOOC? What is not a MOOC? Advantages Disadvantages Discussion: Ways to use MOOCs Q&A (but please ask questions throughout). Agenda.

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MOOCs

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  1. MOOCs

  2. What in the world is a MOOC? Lisa LaVigna, Executive Director of Outreach Excelsior College

  3. Agenda • Introductions • What is a MOOC? • What is not a MOOC? • Advantages • Disadvantages • Discussion: Ways to use MOOCs • Q&A (but please ask questions throughout)

  4. Agenda

  5. Open Educational Resources • Lecture notes • Videos of classroom lectures • Lessons designed for online world • Courses / MOOCs • Discussion groups Physics lecture OpenStudy Khan Academy Open University

  6. Open Educational Resources

  7. edX

  8. Awarding Credit for MOOCs? This was particularly true of edX’s first course, a virtual lab-based electrical engineering course called Circuits & Electronics: 155,000 students registered for the course when it opened, but only 23,000 earned a single point on the first problem set, and 9,300 passed the midterm. 8,200 students took the final. Just over 7,000 earned a passing grade and the option of receiving an informal certificate from edX.About 30 percent of the students surveyed said they did not have a bachelor’s degree. (Six percent said they had a doctorate, 28 percent a master’s degree, and 37 percent a bachelor’s degree.)Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/09/12/edx-explores-demographics-most-persistent-mooc-students#ixzz2fH5ofLLPInside Higher Ed

  9. Awarding Credit for MOOCs? • Low Cost • Reach underserved • Increase completion rates • Spread expertise • Showcase best professors • Quality? • Identity Verification • Scalability • Who awards the degree?

  10. Issue: Identity Verification Make sure the people claiming the knowledge are: • WHO they say they are • DOING their own work

  11. Why are we fixating on credit? • “A fixation on completion rates limits our imagination of what might be possible with MOOCs,” • Andrew Ho, Associate Professor of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education

  12. Best Practices • Preparing for Assessment • Remedial support/College Readiness • Reaching International Audiences • CEU & Professional Development • Certificates • Branding and grow student base • Life Long Learning

  13. OER and assessment “What you know is more important than how or where you learned it.” Credit should be based on knowledge, not attendance

  14. Remediation Use MOOCs as part of a blended learning solution to integrate remediation • Biology (University of Miami) • Math (University of Wisconsin La Crosse) • Excelsior College - imbedded in online courses

  15. Democratization Women Low Cost Education to those in developing world Africa & Third World At 15, it seems unlikely Priya Prabhakar of India would know much about college. But she has already taken six college courses from some of America's best universities, earning high marks in everything from poetry to computer programming.

  16. Last spring, Martinez enrolled in a class on electronic circuits offered by edX,. He thought it was so good that he began traveling around El Salvador to convince others to join the class and… he signed up 50 students— A U.S. graduate student, Tony Hyun Kim, used edX last spring to teach high school students in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia. A dozen passed the course.

  17. Professional Development, Certificates or CEUs

  18. Professional Development, Certificates or CEUs

  19. Value for an Academic Institution • Establish Credibility • Show off faculty – establish reputation • Reach untapped markets (international) • Improve quality of online programs • Grow interest in STEM fields

  20. Three Flavors Introduction to Computers • Completely Free MOOC • Moderately priced certified Hybrid Course • Full Price Harvard Course

  21. Why take a MOOC? • Advancing in a current job • Curiosity. • Nearly half of MOOC students report their reason for enrolling in a course as “curiosity, just for fun” while 43.9% report enrolling to “gain skills to do my job better.”

  22. Lifelong Learning • For fun! • Career Exploration • To experiment – see if you like something • Brush up on skills • Validate expertise

  23. Life Long Learning “I am addicted to Coursera's courses. I am retired person (73 years old) and I have completed 5 courses in 5 months.” 83% already have a post secondary degree (79% have a bachelors or beyond)

  24. Questions Thank you for attending! Lisa LaVigna llavigna@excelsior.edu

  25. Check out some MOOCs Here are some links to to sign up for courses. • http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc • http://www.mooc-list.com/ • http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/massive-open-online-courses-are-multiplying-at-a-rapid-pace.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 • http://www.bdpa-detroit.org/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57:moocs-top-10-sites-for-free-education-with-elite-universities&catid=29:education&Itemid=20

  26. Check out some MOOCs Here are some links to my sources • http://www.learndash.com/mooc-latest-trends-infographic/ • http://www.elearnhub.org/mooc-infographic/ • http://www.wiredacademic.com/2013/03/infographic-mooc-completion-rates/ • http://www.classesandcareers.com/education/2013/07/10/infographic-how-many-students-are-completing-free-online-courses/ • http://www.katyjordan.com/MOOCproject.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOOC • http://vcharkarn.com/uploads/images/MOOC.png • http://www.technewsworld.com/story/MOOCs-Tearing-Down-the-Ivory-Tower-78909.html • http://moocsatwork.com/blending-mooc-on-public-speaking-at-jlt-group/ • http://www.ecampusnews.com/research/mit-harvard-mooc-266/ • http://www.insidehighered.com/booklets • http://www.ecampusnews.com/online-learning/harvard-mooc-187/? • http://www.educationnews.org/online-schools/moocs-could-prove-disruptive-to-latin-america-higher-ed/ • http://chronicle.com/article/5-Ways-That-edX-Could-Change/134672/?cid=wc • http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506336/online-courses-put-pressure-on-universities-in-poorer-nations/ • http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/articles/2013/06/25/5-reasons-international-students-should-consider-moocs • http://knowledgeempowered.com/who-take-moocs/ • http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/articles/2013/06/25/5-reasons-international-students-should-consider-moocs • http://www.yourtrainingedge.com/how-moocs-are-used-in-workplace-training/

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