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MOOCs in the European

Opening up Educationcontext

Fred MulderUNESCO/ICDE Ch air in OER at OUNL

(fo rm er Recto r OUNL 2000 2010)Chair EADTUs OpenupEd Initiative

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eMOOCs 201412 February 2014

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EU: Opening up Education 25/9 launched : Finally but Timely

Relevant and SignificantPhrasing plus Budget (2014-2020)

BROAD SCOPE (DGs CONNECT + EAC)1. Inn ov at ive teach ing and learnin g fo r a l l throu gh ICT

2. Resh aping/mo dernizing EU educ at ion thro ug h OER

Digital competencies, infrastructures, interoperability

Equity, quality, visibility, licensing, certification

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OuE well-chosen umbrella

Open (ing up) Education (OuE)seems a subtle change to OE

but is pretty relevant

> OuE underlines the dynamics and the process OuE can adequately accommodate diversity Learner at the Centre High-quality Learning Materials Self-study Model Diversity in Language and in Culture 100 courses )

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OpenupEd common features Openness to learners (in OUs tradition)

Digital openness (e.g. OER-based)Learner-centred approach

Independent learningMedia-supported interaction

Recognition optionsQuality focus

Spectrum of diversity

Not m eant to b e a s t r ic t ord erbu t rather to g ive general gu idance

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OpenupEd, a decentralized model Ins t i tu t ions

themselves areleading

OpenupEd central communication por ta l ,a referatory to the ins t i tu t ion al p la t form s

Driven by servic e to learn ers & so c iety(rather than by revenue)

Positioned in the pub l ic do m ain (not-for-profit) (rather than the private sector)

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but centralized for quality Branding : commonality in our eight features

(contributing to opening up education)

OpenupEd quality label requirement(launched last week CC licensed)

Continuous moni to r ing

Research and evaluation(common surveys; longitudinal)

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OpenupEd: perspective Not to com pe te with Coursera, edX, FutureLearn,

Open to partnering with the wh ole spec t rum of un ivers i t ies ,government s , other MOOCs ini t ia t ives

Offer the Openu pEd qu ali ty label to the MOOCs world

Reach out to open universities in A frica , A sia and L at in A m ericaContribute to the EU moderniza t ion agenda for HE

Showcase MOOCs indeed can cont r ibu te to op en educa t ion(if based on OER )

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Call for Europe to Not aim for uniformity, instead ch er i sh d ivers i ty

(language, cultural context, educational philosophy)

Create s y m m e t r y and reciprocity in par tnersh ips

Partners to be commi t t ed to their o w n c as e in their o w n w ay

Move from exclusiveness to inc lus iveness (Erasmus+) Address the wh ole of educa t ion

Embrace openness in its full spectrum and potential(Its about OER and sharing knowledge)

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