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Using MOOCs for Developmental Education
Bill Weber@wlweberMontana State University Billings
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Problem: Students Are Entering Higher Ed Underprepared
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Some Issues Related to Dev Ed
• 35% to 40% of entering freshmen are placed into Remedial Courses (Bettinger, Boatman, & Long, 2013).
• Issues of Cost
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Solution: Require Minimum Scores For Initial Course Registration
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Justifications
• The less time in Dev Ed —> More likely to complete (Bettinger et al, 2013; Edgecombe, 2011)
• “Leakage Points”
• Acceleration (Edgecombe, 2011)
• “Summer Bridge/Learning Communities” (Bettinger et al, 2013)
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Multiplication Principle, Myra Snell (Edgecombie, 2011)
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Action: Enter The Developmental MOOC
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MOOCs
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Two Examples From The Bleeding Edge
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How Can We Put It Together
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How Can We Put It Together
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How Can We Put It Together
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• Other Educational Resources
• Instructor Created
• Open Educational Resources
How Can We Put It Together
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Drawbacks
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Completion
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Other Issues
• Lack of Research
• Very Early Stages
• Time, Money, Resources
• Especially for Writing
• May not be for all students
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Ties To This Course
• Exposure to College Earlier
• Many skills to get through MOOCs align with traditional 100-level lecture courses.
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Questions?
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Resources
• Bettinger, E., Boatman, A., Long, B. (2013, Spring). “Student Supports: Developmental Education and Other Academic Programs”. The Future of Children. (23:1). pp. 93-115.
• Edgecombe, N. (2011, Feb). “Accelerating the Academic Achievement of Students Referred to Developmental Education”. CCR Working Paper No. 30. Community College Research Center: Teachers College, Columbia University.
• Epper, R., Goodwin, M., Rowenhorst, T., Tirrell, T. (2013, Nov 14). “Finding Integrating, and Understanding OERs”. 2013 WCET Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
• Kizilcec, R., Piech, C., Schneider, E. (2013). “Deconstructing Disengagement: Analyzing Learner Subpopulations in Massive Open Online Courses”. Third International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, LAK ’13, Leuven, Belgium.
• Mitchell, J. (2013, Nov 5). “MOOCs and Beyond”. Educause Learning Initiative FOCUS Session 2013, Online.