methods and models of moocs integration in traditional higher education

MethodsandModelsofMOOCsIntegra2oninTradi2onalHigherEduca2on

Dr.DianaAndonePolitehnicaUniversityofTimisoara,Romania

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WorldwidePar8cipa8oninHigherEduca8onisExpectedtoGrow~60%by2025…

2011 2025

Worldwide Participants in Tertiary Education, 2011 and 2025 Projected In order to

accommodate these 98 million new

students, four major universities of

30,000+ students would need to open every week for the

next 15 years

Source:h*p://www./meshighereduca/on.co.uk/features/a-different-world/2001128.ar/cle;OECDindicatorsEduca/onataGlance2012andTrendsinGlobalHigherEduca/on:TrackinganAcademicRevolu/on,UNESCO2009

165M

263M

WhataboutHEincountrieswithlesswidelyusedlanguages?

NMCHorizon2015

h#p://www.nmc.org/pdf/2015-horizon-he-preview.pdf

Whatarethechallenges/trendsforHEinmid-sizecountries,non-Englishspeakingstudents?

cMOOCs

cMOOCsConnectNetworkLearner-centeredPeerfoundedOERs,xMOOCs

xMOOCsPlaWormAcademicorientedAssessmentLinear

NewOPENlifelonglearningstudent

Todaystudentswilllearnindependentanddigitalalltheirlife21stcenturyskills

NewOPENlifelonglearningstudent

Aretheyreadytoiden8fy,access,learn,analyse,apply,prac8cenewknowledgeacrossdifferentmedia,informa8on,communica8on,toolsastoenhancetheirskillsanddeveloptheircareers?Intradi8onalHighereduca8ondowepreparethemforthis?

FlippedclassroomwithOERandMOOCs•  UseofOERs•  Integra8ngMOOCs

•  Interna8onalco-opera8onforinclassac8vi8es

•  Openingeduca8on•  Onlinestudyskillsforstudents

•  cMOOCs

Flippedclassroom&blendedlearning

•  Givingstudentsmoreopportuni8estoworkcollec8vely

•  newmethodsofteachingSTEMsubjectsandnewapproachestoengineeringeduca8on

•  OnlineStudyskillsforstudents’lifelonglearning

•  Awarenessandexperimenta8onina(some-what)supervisedenvironment

Integra8ngMOOCsinUPT,Romania

•  5professors•  11coursesatUGandMasterlevel•  Since2013•  MOOCsusedasOER,courseaddi8onalresources,projectwork

•  Somestudentsa#ended2courseswithMOOCsintegra8onasaflippedclassroom&blendedlearningmodel

MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul2mediaTechnologies

Studyfor9months–Spring2014,Autumn2014,con8nuesinautumn2015

Toa#endac8velyaMOOCoftheirchoice,relatedtocoursesubject,comment,produceareportandanalyze

–25%finalmark

MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul2mediaTechnologies

•  MOOCs&OERs:Courseaddi8onalresourcesandprojectwork

•  Studentsownselec8onofthea#endedMOOCs•  CVUPT-UniversityVLE-blog,wikifordiscussionsandanalyse

•  Studentssubmi#edfinalevalua8onreportoftheirexperienceinMOOCs,followingthetopics:thetechnicalenvironment,theplaWormusability,qualityoflearningmaterials,ac8vi8esperformedandcommunica8ontools

•  Onlineques8onnaireandin-classdiscussion

MOOCsplaWormusedbystudents

Coursera22%

udemy17%

Udacity12%

FutureLearn12%

Iversity10%

Saylor8%

open2study8%

other8%

EdX3%

MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul2mediaTechnologies

•  33%liveMOOCs•  93%completedwithcer8ficate•  87%previouslya#endedanotherMOOC•  Onlinediscussionincourseblog,wikiandface-to-face

•  Evalua8onasaMOOCcoursereport(instruc8onalandtechnological)

•  Students’percep8onofMOOCstechnicalenvironmentandusability

•  57%studentsconsideredac8vi8esinMOOCasnormalhighereduca8onac8vi8es

•  Comparingwithregularuniversitymaterials:

45%similarquality

•  73%accessedcoursesfrommobile

•  Thebestreasonstoa#end:free,easyaccess,any8melearning:5(scale1-5)

Students’LearninganalysisofdifferentMOOCplaWorms

Integra8ngMOOCsinHEcourseac8vi8esandpedagogicalbenefits Ac2vi2esintheHEcourse(inCVUPT) Pedagogicalbenefits

Face-to-faceac8vi8es

Discussions fordeeperunderstandingofthecoursetopics/requirements

Learner-centricteaching

Feedbackonassignments

Online ac8vi8es onCVUPT

Followcoursematerials Self-paced study for differentlearning styles, enhanced focusanda#en8on

Discussions of OER, MOOCs and CClicenses

Openne s s t o / c u l t u r e o fknowledge-sharing and re-use,e xp lo i t a8on o f the OERmovement benefits, cri8calthinking

Project work: online course/ training /ICThelpdevelopment Collabora8on in local learning

community

Ac2vi2esintheHEcourse(inCVUPT)

Pedagogicalbenefits

Group work Online course project

Skills for collaborative work: challenge assumptions, delegate roles and r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , s h a r e d i v e r s e perspectives, find effective peers to emulate, collaborative tools usage

MOOC

Study MOOC materials (short videos, podcasts, presentations) and answer to corresponding quizzes

Self-paced/active learning

Solve assessments Retrieval learning, gamification

Evaluation of peer assignments Peer-assessment, assuming objectivity and responsibility

Discussions / feedback in MOOC forums

Participation in global learning communities, instant feedback

MOOC selection Skills for continuing and for learning autonomy, self-assessment of learning objectives

Forstudents:

•  autonomyinassessingtheirownlearningneedsforchoosingtheMOOCsinwhichtopar8cipate

•  Newdigitalskills•  Developingstudyskillsforlifelonglearning•  Interac8onandcollabora8on

•  thecurateduseofinforma8on–analyze&synthesize

Benefits/ChallengesofMOOCsintegra2oninflippedclassrooms

Contradic8ons&Challenges•  Forteachers:

•  toopposeuniformityandself-sufficiencyNewskillsandtasks:•  complexcoursedesign/management•  OERsandMOOCscura8ng•  Newevalua8onandassessmentsmethods•  Newdigitalskills

Image:h#p://www.spafuturethinking.com/blog/

Wicked

•  elimina8ngtheconfusionwithdistanceeduca8on–itisjust21stcenturylearning

•  forMOOCsinHEfacilitators,priorexperienceindesigningandrunningonlinecoursesisneeded

•  astrategyforassessment•  Creditstransfer•  Strategyforco-opera8on(virtualmobility,Erasmus,etc)

Europeancollabora8on

•  Opentracksfordeveloping/improvingdigitalskillsforindependentlearners

•  experiencingamorefundamentalformofself–educa8onandopen-educa8on

•  learningfromthestream:therearethousandsofcolleagues/prac88oners/expertsfromallovertheworldtointeractwith

ENGAGE

makexMOOCsmoreclosetocMOOCs

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