MOOCs for Secondary School Students
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This document summarizes a MOOC on coding for secondary school students in Ireland. It discusses: 1) The goals of developing free online courses in coding for teenagers through the Intel Ireland MOOC Project led by Institute of Technology Sligo and several partner institutions. 2) The four MOOCs to be developed - Web Page Development, Roboslam, Multiplayer Online Game Development, and Mobile Game Development - along with their topics, lead institutions, and pilot schedules. 3) How MOOCs can help augment classroom learning, prepare students for college and careers, and potentially be used in secondary education in Ireland.
MOOCs for Secondary School Students
- 1. MOOCs for Secondary School Students Rita Day, Brian Mulligan Centre for Online Learning Institute of Technology Sligo
- 2. What’s a MOOC • Massive Open Online Course – A model for delivery learning content online to any person who wants to learn more about a topic • No limit on attendees • Geographically diverse • Free or reduced cost • Variability in structure, content and instruction • 1000’s of participants • Between specified dates • xMOOC – Short videos – Third party materials – Quizzes – Peer graded assignments
- 3. History of the MOOC • 2008 – Connectivism and Connectivity Knowledge developed by Stephen Downes and George Siemens • 2011 – 3 courses through Stanford 160,000 students in 190 countries • 2013 – 150+ Universities, 1000+ Instructors and 8million+ students • 2015 – Stanford 1.45 million enrolments per month – offers exploration teaching, not a revenue stream, extension of brand and footprint
- 4. How a MOOC is structured • Readings, videos and recordings • Completion rates are low • No application process • Similar to online courses • Assessment can include exams, projects, quizzes or discussion forums • Set completion dates but some are self paced
- 5. Current Providers • Udacity • Coursera • EdX • Canvas • Stanford • MITX • Yale • Futurelearn
- 7. Advantages and Disadvantages Advantages • Free or reduced costs • Global access-richer /wider community • Global networking • Self challenging • Avoids instructor bottle neck • Non passive unlike video only courses Disadvantages • Lack of quality across courses • Lack of individual instruction • Course variability • Motivation and self learning of individuals • Accreditation via assessment often added for a fee • Verification issues
- 8. Benjamin Bloom's Mastery for Learning model -Lecture based -Personalised Instruction -Mastery based
- 9. Costs to Develop • Instructors develop their own courses • Course development 100+hours • Course management 8-10hours per week • Provider services • $250,000+ per course • $50,000+ every time the course is taught • Free to participants
- 10. Cost to Produce • Can be cheaper: –Free platforms –Low cost recording tools –Open Education Resources –Instructional branding –Quality and standardisation • LoCoMoTion Project moocs4all.eu – How to build low-cost MOOCs – MOOC starting June 2015 – IT Sligo, Technical U. of Delft, U. of Girona, Fachhochschule Bielefeld, U. of Leicester
- 11. Possible Settings for MOOC use • Higher Education • Hobbies • Transition Year • Minority Subjects • Augmented classes – home school • Flipped classroom • New Junior Leaving certificate • College readiness • Careers/Professional development • Advanced placement / • Transferable academic credit
- 13. Hobbies (e.g. Nutrition and Fitness for athletes)
- 14. Transition Year (e.g. Computer Programming)
- 15. Minority subjects (e.g. Economics, Applied Maths)
- 16. Augment classes (revision etc.) • Workshops • Seminars • Reflection • Reaffirming learning • Learning gaps
- 17. “Flipped classroom” (specified by teachers) The prevalence of coding and programming has been exemplified through embedding coding in the new junior leaving certificate.
- 18. New Junior Cert Cycle ?? • “We need to build on young people's innate knowledge, enthusiasm and passion for digital, and provide them with educational opportunities that allow them develop skills that make them highly employable," added Brennan. • Train the Teachers in MOOC methodology
- 19. College readiness (e.g. Study skills IT Sligo, Feb 2016) • CV and job applications • Career exploration • Fill in a skills gap • Employers look to search MOOC database • Getting working employability course – Get Working MOOC • Project at ITSligo to build a MOOC for college leavers to Get them ready for college
- 20. Careers (choosing a course) • Life long learning – 40 years plus college • Student profile of MOOCs • Value proposition through MOOC completion • Active learning in the classroom • Blended learning outperforms face to face • MOOCs as a mechanism for risk free exploration • Explore topics and levels of difficulty • Value recognition through certificate of completion
- 21. “Advanced Placement” (College courses) • Leverage contacts • Students are taking a college course before they arrive as type of course foundation or skills gap • Language development pre-college course
- 22. Intel Ireland MOOC Project http://intelcodemaker.com/ • Funded by Intel Ireland • Objective: – To develop (4) free online courses in coding for young people – Leverage the amount of data in this field – Measuring value – Quality at low cost • Led by IT Sligo – Project Manager, Rita Day, Project Leader, Brian Mulligan • Partners – DIFE, DIT, CoderDojo, FIT, SW College
- 23. Web Page Development • Jessica Matthews, DIFE Drogheda Institute of Further Education • Currently piloting HTML, CSS • Available Autumn 2015
- 24. Roboslam • Frank Duignan, Dublin Institute of Technology • https://roboslam.wordpress.com/ • Pilot 2nd March, 2015 • Available Autumn 2015 • Electronic fundamentals, C programming • Requires ordering a kit (€250 / 10 kits)
- 25. Multiplayer Online Game Development • Noel King, Coder Dojo • Javascript, Server programming, Clientside programming, networking, social • Pilot delivery starts 9th March, 2015 • Available Autumn, 2015
- 26. Mobile Game Development • Mark Taylor, Fast-track to IT (www.fit.ie) • MIT AppInventor • Pilot starts 13th April, 2015 • Available Autumn, 2015
- 27. Southwest College - Zambia • Further Education – online meets the needs • Free education in Africa (MOOC)
Editor's Notes
- #29: This is our objective. We are streaking ahead of other institutions in the country, particularly the Universities who do not seem to be interested.