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MOOCs: History, Hype and Reality
Daniel A. Reed Vice President for Research and Economic Development University Computational Science and Bioinformatics Chair Computer Science, Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering, and Medicine
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Predicting the future Sociology and economics Technology mediated education and MOOCS A few thoughts on the issues
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HiFi was more common than 4G and Wi-‐Fi
Your phone did not answer questions
Books did not need batteries
A knew
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was still in the future
Communications
Average household costs and income
College tuition
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the approaches and answers do
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Some rules of thumb
Outside their field of expertise
Sapir Whorf Hypothesis (﴾SWH)﴿
Inventing the future is far more successful
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Major players in the higher education space
Diverse attributes of university education
College/university education is not just about marketable skills
Different constituencies have different expectations
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Rising earnings differentials
College funding and costs
As a result
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Rapid economic shifts
Large wage and income disparities
Lifelong skills refresh
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Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (﴾GI Bill)﴿
1945-‐1950 Science: The Endless Frontier Federal Research Programs
Smith-‐Lever Act of 1914 (﴾Cooperative Extension)﴿
Morrill Act of 1862 (﴾Land Grant Act)﴿
Agricultural College Act of 1890 (﴾HBCUs)﴿
National Defense Education Act of 1958
N Colleges Civil Rights Act of 1964
Higher Education Act of 1965
Quo Vadis
Title IX 1972
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Long and rich history
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First to U.S. university to broadcast (﴾1933)﴿ University W9XK are now ready to present the first scheduled series of sight and sound educational programs ever given by an American university. This announcement was made by the department of electrical engineering last Friday. The first broadcasts will probably be made once a week between 7 and 7:30 p.m., exact evening to be determined upon later. Details of the broadcasts are now being arranged and it is expected that a regular schedule of illustrated lectures will commence next week. Illustrated lectures have been chosen for program material because they are adaptable to radio and television synchronization pictures being confined to small areas with details. March 16, 1933 Monticello Express (Monticello, IA) http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/05/predictions-‐for-‐educational-‐tv-‐in-‐the-‐1930s
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E.B. Kurtz and J.L. Potter University of Iowa, 1933 Art instructor Aden Arnold of the Plastic and Graphics
Arts Department sketches a portrait during his lecture on W9XK television, University of Iowa, 1933
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Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations
Early online community
Lessons gave us
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Broadband penetration
Consumer devices
Cloud and web services
Socialization and acceptance
http://www.broadbandmap.gov
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Massive
Open
Online
Course
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Born from a catalyzing event
Powerful social combination
Led to the founding of Udacity
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Electronic registration
Video lectures (﴾varying length)﴿
Periodic assignments and assessments
Social media for student interaction
Automated assessment
Varying recognition http://reediowamooc.appspot.com
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www.udacity.org
Outgrowth of AI course Certificates, testing certification and credit (﴾San Jose State, ACE)﴿
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www.edX.org
MIT and Harvard (﴾co-‐founders)﴿ Certificates, and credit in limited cases
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https://www.coursera.org 62 university partners, including Duke, Stanford, Michigan and Illinois
Certificates and American Council on Education (﴾ACE)﴿ credit evaluation
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https://class.coursera.org/sciwrite-‐2012-‐001/class/index
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http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/6216/Duke_Bioelectricity_MOOC_Fall2012.pdf
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Developed at Stanford
Building blocks
Source: https://github.com/Stanford-‐Online/class2go
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Couse builder web site: http://code.google.com/p/course-‐builder/ Content
Software
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HTML defines content
JavaScript
YAML
Python
Background tutorials
http://www.w3schools.comhttps://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/appconfig
HTML HTML
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
YAML
Python
Google App Engine
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Knowledge transfer
Certification and validation
Socialization and acculturation
Publishing is already being disaggregated
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Commodity courses
Differences are primarily pedagogical
Commodities exist today
Specialty courses Unique or less common content
Often tied to institutional differences Faculty expertise and/or facilities Undergraduate (﴾some cases)﴿ Graduate (﴾more often)﴿
Unique expertise and attributes Aggregation of global market
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Badges are a certification mechanism
Badges highlight separation of concerns
Each function can be provided by separate entities Employers increasingly care about competence, not degrees
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Economic dislocation is accelerating
Lifelong skills/knowledge refresh
Needs continuum
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Broader educational participation Affordability and reduced costs Rapid response to changing needs Lifelong education support Just-‐in-‐time learning/skills refresh Public/private partnerships
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Discussion