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The sense of MOOCsfor 21st century skills

Janine Kiers

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13-nu Product Manager MOOCs

00-03 Capacity Development, Philippines

Janine Kiers

04-12 Innovation in industry & education

97-00 Project Manager, DSM Biologics

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Today

• What are MOOCs

• To MOOC or not to MOOC

• Use in on-campus teaching

• Latest developments

… but let’s start with a question

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Foto: Ulrike Reinhard Learning Stations in Khajuraho, Rural India

“The number of higher

education students in

the world is expected to

quadruple,

from around 100

million in 2000

to 400 million in 2030”

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Goals

• Educate the world

• Enhance Quality of Education

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Open & Online Products

MOOCs Online Courses

OpenCourseWare

Online

Blended Education

Campus

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Next GenerationInfrastructures 2

Drinking Water Treatment

FunctionalProgramming

Delft DesignApproach

Technology forBioproducts

Solving Complex Problems

ResponsibleInnovation

Treatment of Urban Sewage

Introduction toWater & Climate

Introduction toSolar Energy

AeronauticalEngineering

Credit Risk Management

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Latest products

Pre-University Calculus

Pre-university courses

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Professional Education

Latest products

Economics of Cybersecurity

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New MOOCs per 2015

Economics of Information Security

Physical Transport Phenomena

Circular Product Design

Low Cost MOOC production, + three MOOCs

Data Analysis: Take it to the MAX()

Framing: PowerfulPolitical Messages

Topology in condensed matter

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Lecture

• Filmpje Merle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV1zg3Bhvx8

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Challenge

• http://youtu.be/pyBlP1ltPrU?list=PLC4f0PmL-Tdiujmfw7rhAZZyE00kyQCPM

http://youtu.be/pyBlP1ltPrU?list=PLC4f0PmL-Tdiujmfw7rhAZZyE00kyQCPM

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Animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWPB218va7g

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Platform: EdX

• Consortium of top universities

• Focus on improving campus education

• It is not-for-profit

• Focus is on Open

• Research for Educational Innovation

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Consortium

• Founders

• Contributors

• Members

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MA

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Open

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ONLINE

Education on your smart phone

By Victorgrigas (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ]

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Course

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CourseHow to activate 50.000 students?

It is a process. Ingredients:

• Video, book, handout

• Assignments, exams

• Feedback / Interaction

– Discussion Forum

– Feedback movies

– Community TA’s

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Assessment in MOOCsdefinite answers

• Checkbox, Dropdown, Multiple choice

• Numerical Input, Text input (short text)

• Circuit builder, Drag and drop, Image mapped input, Math expression input

• VOORBEELDEN!!

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• Numerical Input:

• (Text input)

Assessment in MOOCsdefinite answers

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Circuit

builder

Assessment in MOOCsdefinite answers

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Image mapped

input

Assessment in MOOCsdefinite answers

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Structural

Chemistry

Assessment in MOOCsdefinite answers

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• Self Assessment

– Students assess themselves

• Peer Assessment

– Students assess each other

• AI Assessment:

– Machine grading – check 100 answers to define the rubric

Assessment in MOOCsopen response

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Interaction in MOOCs

• Discussion Forum

– “Spark”, “Hot Topic”

– Assignments

– Questions from students

– Feedback movies

• World Map

• Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.

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• Cost- & labour intensive

• Only 5% finishes

• “Expensive form of

faculty development”

• The McDonaldisation of

education

(how to active today’s audience)

MOOCs - WHY?

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• Reach• Research• Residential

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ReachEducate the world

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ReachMarketing

• Applications for on-campus programmes:

1 per 1000 MOOC-participants

• % admitted is higher among MOOC-participants than among other applicants

• MOOC-participants applying for other MSc programmes than MOOC-topic not included

• Causality unclear: MOOC -> Delft or vice versa

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ResearchWho are my students?

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ResearchWho are my students?

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ResearchStudent behaviour

Weekly student interaction with course material

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ResearchStudents collect data

The potential of solar energy (given in kWh electricity cost x amount of sunshine hours). Light green is high potential (best markets), dark is less interesting, gray is no reliable data.

The probability of blackouts of the electricity network Light color is little chance, black is more likely

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ResidentialUse MOOCs on-campus

Solar EnergyMOOC material is preparation for the more in depth sessions with the teacher and lab experiments

Water TreatmentMOOC material partly replaces lectures, run on Blackboard

Solving Complex ProblemsReverse evolution: 1. On-campus, 2. Blended, 3. MOOC

Fundamentals of water treatmentOnline course is follow up of the MOOC, for the best students, on edge.edx & Bb

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Water & ClimateMOOC material used in on-campus course, run on Bb

Functional ProgrammingFinishing the MOOC required TU Delft course. More a split classroom than a flipped classroom.

Aeronautical Engineering MOOC material is optional, as extra course material for TU Delft course. Unofficial blended course.

Credit Risk ManagementMOOC will be a relevant part of the on-campus course, on edX. Blended.

ResidentialUse MOOCs on-campus

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Results of blended:

Passing rates

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Results of blended:

Average grades (6.5 to 7.1)

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Experiment: DAL MOOC

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The blue pill or the red pill

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Blue

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Red

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Research & Learning

• Learner agoraphobics

• Learner confusion

• Tools for interaction etc.

• Teacher presence required on forum

• Students responsible for their learning

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The sense of MOOCs

• Costs

• Benefits

“The worst that can happen is that we will have improved our teaching”