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This document discusses MOOCs and open educational resources. It defines MOOCs as online courses with large-scale participation that adopt open practices. It outlines the evolving MOOC landscape including different types of MOOCs from various providers. The document also discusses design principles for MOOCs, potential pros and cons, and ideas around the disaggregation of education using open online resources. It advocates that open educational resources can help combat social exclusion by providing free, accessible education for all.
Conole dl forum
- 1. ASCILITE Fellow 2012 National Teaching Fellow 2012 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Gráinne Conole, University of Leicester DL Forum 26th March 2013
- 2. Outline • What are they? • Evolving MOOC landscape • Design principles • Pros and Cons • The OLDS MOOC • Disaggregation of Education
- 3. 100 million adults can’t afford university (UNESCO) Image by James Cridland
- 5. Evolving MOOC landscape • Online course with large-scale participation adopting open practices • 2008 Connectivism and Connective Knowledge • cMOOCs and xMOOCs • Key players: Coursera, edX, Udacity • Now: FutureLearn and a new Oz platform http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a2cEzsMEMY
- 6. Design principles • Aggregation • Remixing • Re-purposing • Feeding forward • Personalised • Multiple channels • No ‘right’ pathway http://www.flickr.com/photos/14852568@N04/3363891963/
- 7. Pros and cons Free Distributed global community Social inclusion http://alternative-educate.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/audio-ascilite-2012-great-debate-moocs.html High dropout rates Learning income not learning outcome Marketing exercise
- 9. Disaggregation of education Resources Learning pathways Support Accreditation http://openclipart.org/
- 10. The OER movement • Over ten years of the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement • Hundreds of OER repositories worldwide • Presence on iTunesU
- 11. The OPAL metromap Evaluation shows lack of uptake by teachers and learners Shift from development to community building and articulation of OER practice http://www.oer-quality.org/
- 12. POERUP outputs • An inventory of more than 100 OER initiatives http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/Countries_with_OER_initiatives • 11 country reports and 13 mini-reports http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/Countries • 7 in-depth case studies • 3 EU-wide policy papers
- 13. State of the art in OER • Builds on a UNESCO conference on HE (09) • Discourse on policy and practice • How do institutions reposition themselves in an information rich world where tools and resources are freely available? http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=412
- 14. Combating social exclusion • Completely open • Free • Education for all • Easy to access and use • Crosses boundaries • Access to new knowledge and expertise • Aggregation of resources • Sharing ideas and practice • Facilitates the development of networks
- 15. Learning pathways • Guided pathways through materials • Can promote different pedagogical approaches – Didactic – Constructivist – Situative – Connectivist Collaborative Pedagogical Patterns
- 16. Support • Computer assisted • Peer support • Tutor support • Community support • Mentoring http://www.flickr.com/photos/24289877@N02/5851058394/
- 17. Accreditation Peer to Peer University www.p2pu.org/en/ OER University wikieducator.org/OER_university/ Mozilla badges http://openbadges.org/
- 18. Changing practices • Nature of learning, teaching and research is changing • It’s about – Harnessing new media – Adopting open practices • New business models are emerging
- 19. http://www.slideshare.net/GrainneConole http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-research-alliance grainne.conole@le.ac.uk http://e4innovation.com
Editor's Notes
- #4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810/ James Cridland