using moocs within traditional courses: students’ perspective
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UsingMOOCswithintradi0onalcourses:students’perspec0ve
Dr.DianaAndoneVladMihaescu,Prof.dr.RaduVasiu
PolitehnicaUniversityofTimisoara,Romania
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OPEN….
WorldwideParBcipaBoninHigherEducaBonisExpectedtoGrow~60%by2025…
2011 2025
Worldwide Participants in Tertiary Education, 2011 and 2025 Projected In order to
accommodate these 98 million new
students, four major universities of
30,000+ students would need to open every week for the
next 15 years
Source:h*p://www./meshighereduca/on.co.uk/features/a-different-world/2001128.ar/cle;OECDindicatorsEduca/onataGlance2012andTrendsinGlobalHigherEduca/on:TrackinganAcademicRevolu/on,UNESCO2009
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WhataboutHEincountrieswithlesswidelyusedlanguages?
NMCHorizon2015
h.p://www.nmc.org/pdf/2015-horizon-he-preview.pdf
Whatarethechallenges/trendsforHEinmid-sizecountries,non-Englishspeakingstudents?
Flippedclassroom• UseofOERs• IntegraBngMOOCs
• InternaBonalco-operaBonforinclassacBviBes
• OpeningeducaBon• Onlinestudyskillsforstudents
• cMOOCs
cMOOCscMOOCsprovidegreatopportuniBesfornon-tradiBonalformsofteachingapproachesandlearner-centeredpedagogywherestudentslearnfromoneanother(Dron&Anderson,2014)
cMOOCsConnectNetworkLearner-centeredPeerfoundedOERs,xMOOCs
xMOOCsPla`ormAcademicorientedAssessmentLinear
Flippedclassroom&blendedlearning
• GivingstudentsmoreopportuniBestoworkcollecBvely
• newmethodsofteachingSTEMsubjectsandnewapproachestoengineeringeducaBon
• OnlineStudyskillsforstudents’lifelonglearning
• AwarenessandexperimentaBonina(some-what)supervisedenvironment
VariantsofblendingMOOCsinuniversitycourses
Holotescu,C.,Grosseck,G.,Cretu,V.,Naaji,A.(2014).Integra(ngMOOCsinBlendedCourses
IntegraBngMOOCsinUPT,Romania
• 5professors• 11coursesatUGandMasterlevel• Since2013• MOOCsusedasOER,courseaddiBonalresources,projectwork
• Somestudentsa.ended2courseswithMOOCsintegraBonasaflippedclassroom&blendedlearningmodel
MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul0mediaTechnologies
Studyfor9months–Spring2014,Autumn201434Masterstudents–courseinUsabilityandInteracBon27Masterstudents(samestudentsasinpreviouscourse)–courseinInstrucBonalTechnologies• Toa.endacBvelyaMOOC,comment,produceareportandanalyze
–25%finalmark
MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul0mediaTechnologies
• MOOCs&OERs:CourseaddiBonalresourcesandprojectwork
• StudentsownselecBonofthea.endedMOOCs• CVUPT-UniversityVLE-blog,wikifordiscussionsandanalyse
• Studentssubmi.edfinalevaluaBonreportoftheirexperienceinMOOCs,followingthetopics:thetechnicalenvironment,thepla`ormusability,qualityoflearningmaterials,acBviBesperformedandcommunicaBontools
• OnlinequesBonnaireandin-classdiscussion
MOOCspla`ormusedbystudents
Coursera22%
udemy17%
Udacity12%
FutureLearn12%
Iversity10%
Saylor8%
open2study8%
other8%
EdX3%
MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul0mediaTechnologies
• 33%liveMOOCs• 93%completedwithcerBficate• 87%previouslya.endedanotherMOOC• Onlinediscussionincourseblog,wikiandface-to-face
• EvaluaBonasaMOOCcoursereport(instrucBonalandtechnological)
• Students’percep0onofMOOCstechnicalenvironmentandusability
Students’TechnicalanalysisofdifferentMOOCspla`orms
Students’LearningmaterialsanalysisofdifferentMOOCpla`ormsPl
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Coursera different formats would be required
yes can be downloaded, modifying the speed
questionnaires, quizzes, weekly assignments, exam, individual and group projects
subtitles in other languages, courses in other languages
Respect deadlines, Verified Certificate
some yes yes
EdX pleasant and attractive
yes interactive transcript
quizzes, final test
N/A N/A N/A yes N/A
Udemy very useful and explanatory
yes excellent quality, cannot be downloaded, autoplay option
intermediary and final exam, quizzes
N/A yes N/A yes
Udacity good yes can be downloaded
problem sets, quizzes
N/A yes some yes yes
Future Learn
not stuffed, clear terms
external links
very good weekly, short test
N/A N/A N/A yes N/A
Students’LearningmaterialsanalysisofdifferentMOOCpla`orms
• 57%studentsconsideredacBviBesinMOOCasnormalhighereducaBonacBviBes
• Comparingwithregularuniversitymaterials:
45%similarquality
• 73%accessedcoursesfrommobile
• Thebestreasonstoa.end:free,easyaccess,anyBmelearning:5(scale1-5)
Students’LearninganalysisofdifferentMOOCpla`orms
IntegraBngMOOCsinHEcourseacBviBesandpedagogicalbenefits Ac0vi0esintheHEcourse(inCVUPT) Pedagogicalbenefits
Face-to-faceacBviBes
Discussions fordeeperunderstandingofthecoursetopics/requirements
Learner-centricteaching
Feedbackonassignments
Online acBviBes onCVUPT
Followcoursematerials Self-paced study for differentlearning styles, enhanced focusanda.enBon
Discussions of OER, MOOCs and CClicenses
Openne s s t o / c u l t u r e o fknowledge-sharing and re-use,e xp lo i t aBon o f the OERmovement benefits, criBcalthinking
Project work: online course/ training /ICThelpdevelopment CollaboraBon in local learning
community
Ac0vi0esintheHEcourse(inCVUPT)
Pedagogicalbenefits
Group work Online course project
Skills for collaborative work: challenge assumptions, delegate roles and r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , s h a r e d i v e r s e perspectives, find effective peers to emulate, collaborative tools usage
MOOC
Study MOOC materials (short videos, podcasts, presentations) and answer to corresponding quizzes
Self-paced/active learning
Solve assessments Retrieval learning, gamification
Evaluation of peer assignments Peer-assessment, assuming objectivity and responsibility
Discussions / feedback in MOOC forums
Participation in global learning communities, instant feedback
MOOC selection Skills for continuing and for learning autonomy, self-assessment of learning objectives
Forstudents:
• autonomyinassessingtheirownlearningneedsforchoosingtheMOOCsinwhichtoparBcipate
• Newdigitalskills• Developingstudyskillsforlifelonglearning• InteracBonandcollaboraBon
• thecurateduseofinformaBon–analyse&sythesis
Benefits/ChallengesofMOOCsintegra0oninflippedclassrooms
ContradicBons&Challenges• Forteachers:
• toopposeuniformityandself-sufficiencyNewskillsandtasks:• complexcoursedesign/management• OERsandMOOCscuraBng• NewevaluaBonandassessmentsmethods• Newdigitalskills
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Advantages
• FadingtradiBonaleducaBonbarrier• developing/improvingdigitalskills• alwaysconnectedtoreal-lifesituaBons• accesstolatesttechnology• experiencingamorefundamentalformofself–educaBonandopen-educaBon
• learningfromthestream:therearethousandsofcolleagues/pracBBoners/expertsfromallovertheworldtointeractwith
Wicked
• eliminaBngtheconfusionwithdistanceeducaBon:universiBesthatalreadyhaveimplementedthismodel,useinformaBontechnologyasasupportforeducaBon,andnotasanalternaBve
• forMOOCsinHEfacilitators,priorexperienceindesigningandrunningonlinecoursesisneeded
• astrategyforassessment• Creditstransfer
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makexMOOCsmoreclosetocMOOCs
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