moocs, oer, online learning... aren’t they all the same? barbara illowsky, ph.d. de anza college...
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MOOCs, OER, Online Learning ... Aren’t They All the
Same?Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D.
De Anza College & California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
illowskybarbara@fhda.eduAMATYC 2013
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Open Educational Resources (OER) is a catch-all phrase that includes some open
textbooks, some Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and some online learning.
But some open textbooks, some MOOCs
and some online learning are not OER. Learn the similarities,
the differences, and how to choose what your
students need.
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Open Educational Resources (OER)
“Teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or repurposing by others.”
- U.S Department of Education
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or… OER"teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge".
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
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Distance Learning“Distance education means
instruction in which the instructor and student are separated by distance and
interact through the assistance of communication technology...”
- CA Title 5, Division 6, Section 55200
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MOOCsMassive: > 1000 students
Online: videos lectures, automated quizzes, discussions
Open: open enrollment but NOT OER
Course: learning experience
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OER
e-text-books
MOOCs?
online learnin
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e-textbooks
OER $$
Free, but
pass-word
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online learning
OER $$
Free, but
pass-word
OER “Killing” (concerns) Academic Freedom•Pressure from legislature
•Pressure from administration•Forced to use cr*% instead of “real” texts•Forced to learn to teach differently
OER Enhancing Academic Freedom
• provides faculty with more choices for their courses• allows for permission-free
editing and adaptation• promotes customization• eliminates forced revisions
Here a MOOC, there a MOOC …
or
MOOC Concerns• Poor instruction quality (why assume
this???)• Low Completion rates: 5-15% is typical
• Learner support is minimal• Assessment for credit: costs $; in early
stages• Sustainability is unknown
Community College MOOCs for non-
credit??• Hundreds of thousands of students taking
basic skills & pre-transfer level English, reading, writing, ESL and mathematics courses
• Huge subset of above population, at one time, had learned the content using taxpayer $$
• Many just need to review before taking an assessment test for placement
What if …• community college faculty develop and teach
pre-transfer level MOOCs • a large subset of the “huge subset” take
MOOCs to review content?• a VERY small subset of the “large subset of the
huge subset” complete 1 MOOC and place into 1 higher level course in just 1discipline?
Need to Review
Take MOOC
Pass MOOC
Population - pre-transfer level
placementstudents
Very small subset of the large subset of the huge
subset…• will save at least one semester to degree
completion• will save taxpayers $$• may be encouraged to take more ownership in
their education• may take more than 1 MOOC and multiply
their time savings and taxpayer savings
In other words …
• if 100,000 students take at least 1 MOOC
• if just 6% of MOOC folks complete their course
• if this 6% of MOOC folks place into 1 course higher
• then, 94% of MOOC students are FAILURES!!!
BUT …
… 6000 students have succeeded!!!!!
…. and, so ….
… but hoping for …
shorter time to completion?
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