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
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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