open education and moocs: a quick assessment from late 2013

Open education and MOOCs:a late 2013 assessment

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Monthly environmental scan report

Trends identified, tested, projected

Some concepts:1. Open education vs

MOOCs;2. cMOOCs vs

xMOOCs; 3. Selected strategic

uses of MOOCs

“…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…”

“…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

Open… access scholarly communication

Open… assessment (badges)

learners universities courses (MOOC)

2. MOOCs and MOOCs

A complex movement

The first Web-native learning platforms

The first MOOCs

The xMOOCs:-video-huge-broadcast

3. Strategies

Why open? Cost savings Access boost Academic profile and

conversations

Why open?

Flexibility, creativity International reach Rising trendlines

Why include MOOCs?

Expand curriculum, formal and in-

Professional development – all staff

Use MOOCs content as OER materials for classes

Transnational classroom

NB: the Two Cultures divide

Photo by Tony Fischer, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonythemisfit/4099700944/

Why offer MOOCs?

Explore online teaching and learning

Outreach: public scholarship, new students

Why not include MOOCs?

Perceived lower quality learning experience

Increased adjunctification (lecture-TA analog)

Non-adjunct faculty resistance

Why not offer MOOCs?

Perceived lower quality learning experience

Increased adjunctification Costs (except North

Dakota) Faculty resistance

What next?

Casualties are likely

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