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- 1. Realities of MOOCs The BEN BETTS CEO @ HT2 Inc. Research Engineer @ University of Warwick, UK
- 2. BEN BETTS Massive Open Online Courses – two distinctions… xMOOCs vs cMOOCs What are MOOCs? The Realities of MOOCs
- 3. An exercise in chaos? cMOOCs No timetable No set platform Connectivist approach BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs
- 4. Chaos commercialized… xMOOCs Set timetable Content driven Getting really popular via Coursera, EdX etc… BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs
- 5. Sustainable Supply Chains Our MOOC An xMOOC with some cMOOC elements 4 modules, spread over 8 weeks Lead by Prof. Simon Croom BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs
- 6. A ‘gamified’, social platform; really easy to create the course BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs
- 7. 660 participants registered Sustainable Supply Chains 45 countries Mostly executives working in large, blue-chip companies Lots of different education backgrounds – high school, university, higher level degrees BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs
- 8. Stats breakdown Sustainable Supply Chains 660 registered 56% logged on 18% made it halfway in module 1 14% made it to the end of module 1 BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs
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- 10. Social was well used Sustainable Supply Chains 12,000 + comments 1,003 pieces of user-generated content We ran some tests to investigate further… BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs
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- 12. 1. Size doesn’t matter Three lessons we learned Tests with classrooms of 300, 150 and 50 show no statistical difference in activity BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs
- 13. 2. To finish, start. Three lessons we learned We lost 87% before the end of module 1. Just 3% dropped out after completing module 1. BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs
- 14. 3. Educational history matters Three lessons we learned People with degrees were 3 times more likely to complete. BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs
- 15. Early days for MOOCs… Where’s the business model? We’re making some $ from accreditation Others making money from recruitment + data Mostly seen as a cost of marketing BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs
- 16. Questions? Thanks for your time Visit: http://www.sandiego.edu/business/centers/supply_chain_ To find out about our next MOOC! Or come see us at booth 1146. BEN BETTS The Realities of MOOCs