Amersfoort, June 2016

Results on the TUDelft Solar

Energy Massive Open Online

Course: reaching out to more than

150.000 students around the world

Arno Smets, TU Delft

Article 26.

Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be

free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages.

Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and

professional education shall be made generally available

and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on

the basis of merit.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNITED NATIONS)

Challenges for education

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Challenges for education

Challenges for education

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Massive Open

Online Course

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Massive Open

Online Course

> 150.000 students

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Massive Open

Online Course

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Massive Open

Online Course

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Massive Open

Online Course

Tools: The power of animations

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Critical Mass

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Big data

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Big data for Research: potential of solar energy

Students teaching Students

How Delft University of Technology changed

my life through DelftxToday I want to tell you how solar energy course changed many aspects of my life, and I mean not only academics, but also economic and environmental aspects.

It all started when I enrolled in a course MOOC of TU Delft offered on the platform EDX.org, called "ET3034TUx Solar Energy" which ended on December 6 last year.

I had not made any progress related to the energy of the sun, but if I had studied about modern physics and that is currently the science that most like me. This previous knowledge of solid state physics helped me understand a little more the lessons of semiconductor related, although these topics were very clearly explained by Professor Arno Smets in each of its lectures.

Finally, the course culminated without committing any error in the exams and assignments so I got a score of 100% and a certificate of EDX of this course.

After gaining all this knowledge, install my own PV system using mathematical tools provided for that purpose, and economic results of the system were very satisfactory. Now, I have a saving of over 50% of money, a continuous electric fluid and a contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.

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Author, Journalist, Columnist NY TimeDays course on-line

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Age distributions

Network: for industry

World wide ∼∼∼∼ 2.500.000 jobs

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On-line Program for Professionals

Building, Urban & Environment

Integrated Solar Energy

Integration in Future Large

Scale Energy Systems

Integration in Future Large

Scale Energy Systems

Alternative Solar Energy

Conversion & Storage

PV Basics & Technology PV Systems

Integration in Future Large

Scale Energy Systems

PV Lab course

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Online platforms

Institutions 90 140

Courses >1000 >1500

Students 7+ million 17+ million

ChineseArabic

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35,7%

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France universiteNumerique

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FutureLearn

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Arabic version

“I chose TU Delft

because while doing the

MOOCs, I could only

imagine the level of

expertise and facilities

the universities has.”

Abdulrasaq GbadamosiFirst year student MSc Electrical Engineering

TU Delft

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Statistics on flipped classroom

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“…When outstanding becomes so

easily available, average is over…”

Thomas L. Friedman

Author, Journalist, Columnist NY Time

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“…knowledge is the only

thing that is growing when

shared…”

Thank you!