Training Materials rev. 1/13/2016

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IsraelX and edX

Reinventing Education

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The New Classroom?

What is edX?

Non-Profit

Venture

- Founded by MIT

and Harvard in

2011

- Mission to expand

access to quality

education for all

Website:

edX.org

- 7+ million learners

- 23+ million enrollments

- 95+ partners

- 805+ courses

- 196+ countries

- 250+ blended classes

Platform:

Open edX

- 4+ million

learners

- 200+ learning

websites

- 2,000+ courses

- 15+ languages

EdX’s Newest Member...

The edX Mission...Expand access

to quality education

Advance research

Improve on-campus

education

Flexible Teaching

+ Learning

- Rich assessment

types

- Randomized

problem banks

- Surveys and polls

- Mobile capabilities

- Integration with LTI

3rd party tools

Active Learning

- Auto-grading with

instant feedback

- Virtualizations (incl.

Virtual Labs)

- Learner note taking

- Moderated

discussion forums

Social Learning

- Smaller community

experiences with

- Cohorts

- Teams / peer study

groups

- Integration with

LinkedIn, Google

Hangouts,

Facebook, etc.

Improved Learning

Outcomes

- Instructor

experimentation thru

in-course A/B testing

- Course data, (thru

edX Insights)

- Institutional data (thru

data packages)

Teaching & Learning Capabilities

● Annotation Problem

● Calculator Tool

● Checkbox Problem

● Chemical Equation Problem

● Circuit Schematic Builder

Problem

● Conditional Module

● Completion Tool

● Custom JavaScript Problem

● Drag and Drop Problem

● Dropdown Problem

● External Grader

● Full Screen Image Tool

● Gene Explorer Tool

● Google Calendar Tool

● Google Drive Files Tool

● Google Instant Hangout Tool

Rich Diversity of Assessments● Iframe Tool

● Image Mapped Input

● LTI Component

● Math Expression Input

● Molecule Editor Tool

● Molecule Viewer Tool

● Multiple Choice Problem

● Multiple Choice and

Numerical Input Problem

● Numerical Input Problem

● Office Mix Tool

● Open Response

Assessments

● Oppia Exploration Tool

● Peer Instruction Tool

● Periodic Table Tool

● Poll Tool

● Problem with Adaptive

Hint

● Problem Written in

LaTeX

● Protex Protein Builder

Tool

● Qualtrics Survey Tool

● Randomized Content

Blocks

● Recommender Tool

● Survey Tool

● Text Input Problem

● Word Cloud Tool

● Write-Your-Own-Grader

Problem

● Zooming Image Tool

● MathJax

Course Author Friendly

The Latest: MicroMasters

MicroMasters

Credential

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Masters

Program

Complete

Masters of

Science @ U.

Becomes a New

Credential for

Professionals

Case Study: MIT’s Supply Chain

Management master’s program

On-Campus EducationExpand access

to quality education

Advance research

Improve on-campus

education

● 9 out of 10 MIT undergrads have used edX in campus classes

● Example: Elements of Structures Course

○ Fall semester 2012: 10% of students scoring over 90

○ Fall semester 2015: 56% of students scoring over 90

○ The difference: Same professor, but with the addition of

MITx content

● 95% of students in physics courses say professors should

continue using the system for their classes

Enhancing the Campus

Experience

Advance ResearchExpand access

to quality education

Advance research

Improve on-campus

education

edX Insights

We still need more research on

what works, but standing still is

not an option.- Thomas Friedman

New York Times columnist and

author