moocs and health sciences education: hype or disruption?
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This a presentation I gave as part of the IAMSE Web Seminar series on 6 February 2014 looking at MOOCs and exploring their potential in health sciences education.TRANSCRIPT
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MOOCS and Health Sciences Education: !Hype or disruption?
Natalie Lafferty!University of Dundee
http://flic.kr/p/dQkC93
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Massive Open Online Courses
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Overview
• History of MOOCs!
• Disruption or Hype?!
• Do MOOCs offer us anything new?!
• Potential for innovation
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2008
2012
2011
2013
CCK09 - Connectivism & Connected Knowledge !Siemens & Downes - 2,300 participants
Artificial Intelligence MOOC!Stanford University - 150,000 participants
Year of the MOOC - Udacity, Coursera, edX
FutureLearn -Growing numbers of health MOOCs!Anti-MOOC
Emergence of MOOCs
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2012: Sebastian Thrun!!
In 50 years, he says, there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them.!
Disrupting Higher Education
http://www.wired.com/2012/03/ff_aiclass/
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cMOOCs!Connectivist
xMOOCs!eXtension
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanflynn/6638184545/
Connectivism - open networked learning!! http://www.connectivism.ca/about.html
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Social Media Tools!Supporting cMOOCS
http://lifeinthefastlane.com/essentials-of-em-talk-2/
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xMOOCs typically involve video lectures, quizzes, discussion boards
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By October 2013 Coursera had …
• Enrolled over 5 million students!• Attracted students from 190 countries!• 107 partner universities!• Course videos over 300 million times
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http://flic.kr/p/desGMt
MOOC hype and hysteria
Can anything stop it … ?
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“Course completion rates are very low, averaging 4% across all courses and ranging from 2% to 14% depending on the course and measurement of completion.”
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http://www.fastcompany.com/3021473/udacity-sebastian-thrun-uphill-climb
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By the end of 2013 the hype begins to dip
Gartner Hype Cycle
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But … is the hype now being fallen for in health care professions education?
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The case for MOOCs
• Blended learning - flipped classroom!• MOOCs are inherently social!• Learning analytics!• Lifelong learning
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Are we already ahead of the game?!Medicine, Nursing & Health make the most use of
TEL in UK Higher Education
Source: UCISA 2012 Survey of Technology Enhanced Learning for Higher Education in the UK!
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Sharing open educational resources!YouTube, Vimeo, iTunes
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Video lectures are nothing new …!!
Lectures are only a small piece of the learning experience in health care professions education!
… we’re already flipping & using TBL
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Is technology simply replicating existing practice?http://www.flickr.com/photos/teddy-rised/2814710002/!
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Have we got a problem with attention span?
1"min" 2"min" 3"min" 4"min" 5"min" 6"min"
The optimal video length is 6 minutes or shorter -- students watched most of the way through these
short videos.
PHILIP GUO edX – 29 Oct 2013!https://www.edx.org/blog/optimal-video-length-student-engagement!
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Changing emphasis in HCP education
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Are xMOOCS really social?!Students want face-to-face teaching
http://www.flickr.com/photos/x1brett/1472187414/!
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Assessment & Feedback
Issues with quality, plagiarism,!machine marking,
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Do students have the appropriate skills?
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What about the …!!
POTENTIAL?
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New models to widen access?!Pre-med MOOCs?
Issues around accreditation?
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Shortage of basic scientists
Can we collaborate to compete?
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Open Online Courses to support interprofessional learning
http://flic.kr/p/dx5HD8
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Could open online courses help us create new learning opportunities around topics like public health, ethics, global health?!
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Open badges to accredit learning
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Most potential at postgraduate and!CME/CPD level
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Free open access medical education already growing in popularity
http://lifeinthefastlane.com/foam/
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What will MOOCs look like in 5 years?
Gartner Hype Cycle
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Keep our focus on enhancing learning & teaching whilst not being afraid of change
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What do you think?!!
Questions?
Natalie Lafferty Twi%er -‐ @nlafferty Email – [email protected]
Thank you