open education and moocs: a quick assessment from late 2013
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Very brief talk on open education and MOOCs, for the Midwestern Higher Education Compact's 9th Annual Policy Summit: http://www.mhec.org/events/9th-annual-policy-summitTRANSCRIPT
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Open education and MOOCs:a late 2013 assessment
Image by Alan Levine
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nitle.org
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Monthly environmental scan report
Trends identified, tested, projected
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Some concepts:1. Open education vs
MOOCs;2. cMOOCs vs
xMOOCs; 3. Selected strategic
uses of MOOCs
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“…Open education seeks to create a world in which the desire to learn is fully met by the opportunity to do so, where everyone, everywhere is able to access affordable…”
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“…educationally and culturally appropriate opportunities to gain whatever knowledge or training they desire.”“About Open Education,” Open Education Week,
February 2012, http://www.openeducationweek.org/about-open-education
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Open… educational resources (OER)
courseware (OCW) learning tools (Moodle)
scholarship
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Open… access scholarly communication
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Open… assessment (badges)
learners universities courses (MOOC)
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2. MOOCs and MOOCs
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A complex movement
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The first Web-native learning platforms
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The first MOOCs
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The xMOOCs:-video-huge-broadcast
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3. Strategies
Why open? Cost savings Access boost Academic profile and
conversations
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Why open?
Flexibility, creativity International reach Rising trendlines
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Why include MOOCs?
Expand curriculum, formal and in-
Professional development – all staff
Use MOOCs content as OER materials for classes
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Transnational classroom
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NB: the Two Cultures divide
Photo by Tony Fischer, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonythemisfit/4099700944/
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Why offer MOOCs?
Explore online teaching and learning
Outreach: public scholarship, new students
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Why not include MOOCs?
Perceived lower quality learning experience
Increased adjunctification (lecture-TA analog)
Non-adjunct faculty resistance
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Why not offer MOOCs?
Perceived lower quality learning experience
Increased adjunctification Costs (except North
Dakota) Faculty resistance
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What next?
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Casualties are likely
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