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London Knowledge Lab nnovations What the Research Says: MOOCs Welcome!. i. Next event When: Friday January 31st What: Fusion Skills in Action Where: London Knowledge Lab Email: p.charlton@ioe.ac.uk. Agenda for this event 1:30 – 2:30pm Presentations
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London Knowledge Lab nnovations What the Research Says: MOOCs Welcome! i • Next event • When: Friday January 31st • What: Fusion Skills in Action • Where: London Knowledge Lab • Email: p.charlton@ioe.ac.uk • Agenda for this event • 1:30 – 2:30pm Presentations • 2.30 - 3:15 pm Hands on Demos– 45 minutes • 3:30 - 4:30pm open discussion – a facilitated debate http://wp.me/p40Chy-i Hashtag for today #wtrs12 Twitter archive Follow us on Twitter LKL Innovations @LKLinnovations Stay in touch londonknwoledgelabinnovations@gmail.com Find out more go to https://www.lkldev.ioe.ac.uk/lklinnovation/ Workshop discussion - give your comments @ http://wp.me/p40Chy-i
What The Research Says29 Nov 2013 The future potential of the MOOC Diana Laurillard
The Context: global demand for education By 2025, the global demand for higher education will double to ~200m per year, mostly from emerging economies(NAFSA 2010) The new UNESCO goals for education: • Every child completes a full 9 years of free basic education … • Post-basic education expanded to meet needs for knowledge and skills … (Draft for UNESCO post 2015 goals) Implying significant growth in graduate numbers to supply this level of education Butstaff:student ratios in the current HE model are ~1:25, which cannot meet this level of demand Can MOOCs help?
The Rationale: Why might we use them? • As a marketing exercise that is a loss leader for our other courses? • For our reputation as world class innovator? • As a pro bono contribution to global education? • As R&D to ensure we are knowledgeable about new developments in a competitive market? • To boost learning technology innovation for our undergraduatestudents? • To develop a new type of course, with a new business model? • For CPD courses but with wider reach?
What does the research say? • There is very little; there is a lot of opinion and hype • The demographic is mainly professionals with degrees • ‘Drop-out’ should be against ‘engagement’, not enrolment • Senior teams are now engaged with learning technology • Many receive high praise from students who complete • The ‘student’ population is highly demanding • More research needs to be done Here’s what we know…