Emerging Trends in EducationNageswara Rao PosinasettiDepartment of Technology

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Learning

Management System

Massive Open

Online Courses

Mobile Learning

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Learning

Management System

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

• An LMS is comprehensive, integrated software that supports the development, delivery, assessment, and administration of courses in traditional face-to-face, blended, or online learning environments.

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Learning

Management

Systems

(LMS)

Course

Management

System

(CMS) Learning

Content

Management

System

(LCMS)

Virtual

Learning

Environment

(VLE)Virtual

Learning

System

(VLS)

Learning

Portal

E-learning

Platform

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LMS

Cost

effectiveConsiste

nt

delivery

Own

paceAny

time/

place

Easy to

update

Good for

large

groups

Free LMS - MOODLE

• “Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment” - Moodle has been around for over twelve years, with the first version in August 2002.

• It is open source, a lot of community support and a lot of plugins or add-ons from flash video to teleconferencing. Need to install on the server.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuKhBKAgQcA

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https://moodle.org/

Free LMS1. Moodle - https://moodle.org/2. .LRN - http://www.dotlrn.org/3. eFront - http://www.efrontlearning.net/http://elearningindustry.com/efront-lms-the-best-open-source-solution4. Dokeos - http://www.dokeos.com/5. Sakai - http://www.sakaiproject.org/6. ATutor - http://atutor.ca/7. Edmodo - https://www.edmodo.com/8. Google education – https://classroom.google.com9. Coursera - https://www.coursera.org/10. Canvas - http://www.instructure.com/

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Free LMS – Good Resources• http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/selecting-learning-management-

system-advice-academic-perspective

• http://www.capterra.com/learning-management-system-software/

• http://www.trimeritus.com/vendors.pdf

• https://www.neolms.com/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_Inc.

• http://www.canvaslms.com/higher-education/

• https://eee.uci.edu/online-learning/comparison.php

• https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/classroom/?utm_referrer

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Learning

Management

System

Massive Open

Online

Courses

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)

• A massive open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web.

• MOOCs are a recent development in distance education which was first introduced in 2008 and emerged as a popular mode of learning in 2012.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course

27 January 2015P.N. Rao12"MOOC poster mathplourde" by Mathieu Plourde {(Mathplourde on Flickr) -http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathplourde/8620174342/sizes/l/in/photostream/. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons -http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MOOC_poster_mathplourde.jpg#mediaviewer/File:MOOC_poster_mathplourde.jpg

Example of participation

• An MIT- “Hard circuits and electronics” course --launched about a year and a half ago, 155,000 students from 162 countries enrolled in this course.

• 7,200 students passed the course.

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http://www.ted.com/talks/anant_agarwal_why_massively_open_online_courses_still_matter/transcript?language=en

Global participation in Coursera MOOCs - 2013

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https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/globalhighered/mapping-courseras-global-footprint

Academic Financial Trading Platform

• Founded by Carnegie Mellon University professors, launched online business education courses in 2012 specifically for Indian MBA students and executives. http://www.academictrader.org/

• Offer massively open online business courses by faculty from the world's top business schools to a broad community of students, researchers, and practitioners around the world completely for FREE.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Carnegie-Mellon-University-professors-launch-online-business-education-courses-for-Indian-students/articleshow/17506783.cms?referral=PM

http://educateme360.com/• “Education is a right, not a privilege”

• A New York-based Indian start-up, offers customized online learning to Indian students.

• Their courses, currently still in the pilot stage, aim at fighting illiteracy and developing blended learning.

• They will be made available in various Indian languages.

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http://www.edukart.com/

• Started by alumni of Stanford and IIMs.

• Offers degree courses recognized by the University Grant Commission (UGC) and also professional certificates.

• Not free.

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Indian Initiatives• Delhi University- 'India in 21st century‘ - It will

include 10 lectures delivered by Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh.

• Starts from January 30, 2015.

• http://www.swayamlearning.com/ - (Study Webs of Active-learning for Young Aspiring Minds)

• http://www.mooconmooc.org/#/login

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/delhi-university-set-to-launch-massive-open-online-courses/articleshow/45955770.cms

MOOC Course Offerings• https://www.mooc-list.com/

• https://www.coursera.org/ (532 courses in 2013)

• https://www.edx.org/

• http://www.eua.be/Libraries/Publication/MOOCs_Update_January_2014.sflb.ashx

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/2829351127 January 2015P.N. Rao19

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Learning

Management System

Massive Open

Online Courses

Mobile Learning

Mobile proliferationLevel Playing Field

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/

20120601-money-making-mobiles

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Mobile in India

• The number of mobile internet users in India is expected to reach 213 million by June 2015- report by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) which is growing at a healthier ˜ 10% per quarter.

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http://www.iamai.in/PRelease_Detail.aspx?nid=3528&NMonth=1&NYear=2015

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http://www.iamai.in/PRelease_Detail.aspx?nid=3528&NMonth=1&NYear=2015

Mobile Learning• Mobiles provide a new, and sometimes only,

access channel to the internet for many people.

• A core feature of mobiles is that they support ‘anywhere, anytime’ learning.

• Because they are personal and always at hand, they are perfectly suited to support informal and contextual learning.

• Mobile has a role to play in bridging the formal and informal learning spaces.

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Mobile Learning

• As of January 2014*

• 58% of American adults have a smartphone

• 32% of American adults own an e-reader

• 42% of American adults own a tablet computer

• Mobile devices have replaced desktop computers as the primary access device to the Internet.

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* http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/mobile-technology-fact-sheet/

Mobile Learning

• Educators should be modeling and mentoring smartphone use.

• A digitally literate culture in a technology-driven society should be teaching its students how to use the devices of choice to access, curate, communicate, collaborate with and create information.

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Mobile Learning

• Educators need to view smartphones not as a distraction to learning, but as an accelerator.

• Students can use their personal devices to personalize their learning.

• The where and when about using these devices may need to be worked out for effectiveness in an academic setting.

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Mobile Learning

• To better educate our students, we need to better educate their educators.

• Address the needs of all learning abilities• Equity of opportunity should not beeclipsed by a market-driven agenda

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Other Trends

• Flipped classroom

• Blended instruction

• Collaborative Group Working using Mobile phones

• Social media – Face Book, Linked In, Research Gate, Edutopia, Blogs, …

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LMS

MOOC

Mobile

Learning

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Thank you!

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