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Emerging Technologies in Higher Education. Worthington Scranton Advisory Board Meeting September 25, 2013. Griff Lewis Instructional Designer Penn State Worthington Scranton (570) 963-2654 grl13@psu.edu. Student needs. Size. Delivery method. Subject Discipline. Instructional Design.
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EmergingTechnologiesin Higher Education Worthington Scranton Advisory Board Meeting September 25, 2013 Griff LewisInstructional DesignerPenn State Worthington Scranton(570) 963-2654grl13@psu.edu
Student needs Size Delivery method Subject Discipline Instructional Design Outcomes Tools Interaction Assessment
Instructional Delivery Methods Resident Instruction Students Face to Face Hybrid • Presentation Software • Clickers • Doceri • ANGEL • Podcasting • Blogs Web Conferencing • ANGEL • MediaSite • Voicethread • Polycom • Adobe Connect Distance Learning World Campus *MOOCs
Combination of classroom instruction with online tools • “Flipping the Classroom” • Lecture podcasting with F2F classroom • Provide more interaction in class • Student led, active learning • Online Lecture review • Preliminary research data suggest student improvement • Dr. Renee Bishop – BIOL110 Resident Instruction - Hybrid
Multiple live classrooms – one instructor • Teleconferencing –audio/video • Polycom – Penn State network • Eastern Alliance • Business • Information Sciences and Technology • Adobe Connect – Desktop conferencing • Both may be recorded for review Distance Learning - Conferencing
Scalable courses – 10 to 100,000 students • Student interaction through Course Management System (ANGEL): • Discussion Boards • Assignment Drop Boxes • Online quizzes • Peer review • Instructor lecture notes and presentations • Additional web content through links Distance Learning - Web
MOOCs • Massive Open Online Courses • Web-based • Massive scale • 10,000+ students • Free and open to anyone • Top Tier Universities • The New York Times called 2012 “The Year of the MOOC”
MOOC Timeline Online Learning Management Systems Udacity Khan Academy (2007) Stanford University: Intro to Artificial Intelligence (Oct 2011) Penn State University: Intro to Art (May 2013) Coursera PSU World Campus(1998) iTunesU (2007) edX 2000 - 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
MOOC Statistics • Introduction to Art: Concepts & Techniques - PSU • 19,000 students enrolled • 6,175 students completed • 14,346 original artworks completed • 70% felt it was important that PSU offered course • Highest number of students from U.S. • Students from India, Brazil, Canada
More MOOC statistics • History of Rock – University of Rochester • 28,000 students enrolled • 14,000 students participated • 3500 received certificate of completion • 315,000 video views • 70% students from outside U.S. • >50% of students have Bachelor’s degree or higher
MOOC Discussion • Student numbers • Enrolled vs. completed • Multiple providers • Hundreds of partner universities • Academic rigor is high • Non-credit bearing • Effect on higher-education institutions? • Coursera – “Verified Certificates for your employees” program (Forbes)