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Miguel Gea!Head of Virtual Learning Centre!

http://cevug.ugr.es!University of Granada!

Spain !mgea@ugr.es!

MOOC at Universities!http://veriod.cz/files/vydane_badge/1940/a8f7b96e27x1212.png

Online: http://www.slideshare.net/mgea!

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What is MOOC ?

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THE BACKGROUNDS!

2001!1990! 2012!

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PLAYERS IN THE MOOC UNIVERSE!

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MOOC PROVIDERS!

https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-12-22-moocs-in-2013-breaking-down-the-numbers!

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WHAT’S HAPPENING?!BUSINESS EUCATION

FOR ALL

Reputation

Large Scale Market Opportunity

Open Education New Learning

Role to play

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LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS!

Universidad!

University X! University X!

Universidad!University!

EHEA !(i.e. Erasmus)! “Virtual”!

University!

Formal!

Non-formal!

Learning!Communities!Practice!

OER!

Analogic! Digital!

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TALKING ABOUT MOOC!

Ref LinkedIn Groups. https://www.linkedin.com/groups/MOOC-DOCC-SPOC-Think-Tank-7427178

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TALKING ABOUT MOOC (II)!

Ref EFQUEL Mooc Quality project. http://mooc.efquel.org

MOOCathon, Barcelona 2012 The 12 Week MOOC talks

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PEDAGOGY TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION

STRENGHT e-learning is part of the mainstream learning

Students – more active as learner, use of ICT

Improve access to resources, Better communication, Accessibility Repositories sharing

Unit of elearning in universities

Support to the teacher

WEAKNESS Technology driven rather than pedagogy ?

Staff resistance of change

Different learning solutions (LMS) Management&changes Plagiarism?

Institutional strategies (ICT support, teach vs research)

OPORTUNITIES Internacionalisation

Need of good practices, and collaborations

Scope for innovation (mlearning, social networks, gaming) Flexible programs

National/International cooperation

e-University

THREADS Need of cultural change (digital identity) New skills for learning

ICT Obsolescence Fast changes Technology cost

Copyrights Funding needs

THE PAST (?) eLearning at Universities !

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THE FUTURE (?) MOOC at Universities !STRENGTH

•  17 of Top30 Universities support MOOC

•  Global learning strategy

•  Large Market (english /spanish / french) for learning

WEAKNESS

•  Sustainable model of learning? •  Low Completion rate (<15%) •  Relationship with traditional learning •  Certification & QA? (University VS external companies) •  Fundings

THREADS

•  Competitors with other non-formal learning proposal (KhanAcademy, wikipedia, youtube edu)

•  University may loose visibility on Internet as a learning academy

OPPORTUNITIES

•  Lifelong learning (extended online elearning communities)

•  Branding (reputation at Internet )

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MOOC EVOLUTION !

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CRISIS?!

Sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrRn7rSif2Q!http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/429376/the-crisis-in-higher-education/!

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THE ROLE OR MOOC AT UNIVERSITIES!

fundings!reputation!

leadership!

community building!

introductory/!complementary!

courses !

digital !skills!

lifelong!learning!

(inclusive)!for all!

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OUR EXPERIENCE!

http://abierta.ugr.es

Model based on online learning communities!http://abierta.ugr.es

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OUR EXPERIENCE! http://abierta.ugr.es

Focused as a Personal Learning Environment!http://abierta.ugr.es

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OUR EXPERIENCE! http://abierta.ugr.es

http://abierta.ugr.es Temporal evolution!Enrolled Completed Rate

Digital Identities   1.805   620   34'35%  

Ubiquitous learning  

992   403   40'60%  

Creative Commons &OER  

752   250   33'20%  

Community   3.549   1.272   36'05%  

Completed

Enrolled 0

500

1000

1500

2000

Mooc 1- Aprll Mooc 2-

May Mooc 3- June

620 403

250

1.805

992

752

55% 65% (after 2nd month) 40% (after 3rd month)

enrollment gap curiosity Vs interest

completion gap

attention !retaining!

100%

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USER SATISFATION WITH MOOC!http://abierta.ugr.es

3!

3,2!

3,4!

3,6!

3,8!

4!

4,2!Platform!

Workspace!

Contents!

Course planning!

Tutoring and mentors!

Technical support!

Participation availability!

Twitter use!

The community

(PLE)!

Working groups!

community! course!features

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CONCLUSION: WHAT’S NEXT?!

http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/16/att-and-udacity-partner-to-create-the-nanodegree-a-new-type-of-college-degree/!

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TOWARDS LIFELONG LEARNING !

- OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES !

- LEARNING COMMUNITIES!

- TEACHERS/COMMUNITY MANAGER!

- NEW MEDIA (UBIQUITOUS LEARNING) !

CONCLUSION: KEY ISSUES OF (FUTURE) LEARNING!

(SELFIE) CONCLUSION!

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