cccoer webinar: moocs and evolving model of curriculum delivery and assessment

CCCOER WEBINAR ON MOOCS Nov 13, 2012 11:41:00 AM

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Collaborate Window Overview


Welcome


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Agenda


CCCOER Mission


100+ Community & Technical College members in OCW Consortium


What are MOOCs?


Stanford MOOC Fall 2011


MOOC Providers Grow


University of Central Florida


Reflections on Facilitating Two Iterations of an Open, Online Course


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http://BlendedLearningToolkit.org


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Goals for BlendKit Course


BlendKit Course Materials


Why an Open Online Course?


BlendKit2011


What did you like BEST about BlendKit2011?


What did you like LEAST about BlendKit2011?


BlendKit2011 Designer Reflections


BlendKit2012 Modifications


Comparing the Two Iterations


Before Day One??.


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2011 vs. 2012 Week One Comparison (Self-Reported)


BlendKit2012 Badges ? Data


Participant Perspective


Another MOOC Connoisseur


So What???


??Any course not built around dialogue between faculty and students will quickly be understood asfundamentally lacking.?? -Dr. Joshua Kim


Contact Info


British Columbia Institute of Technology


MOOC??S


Coursera Courses


Brain food: healthy vs. fast


The ??Big Gulp?? of learning


It??s the economics, stupid


Concerns With For-Profit MOOC??s


Autodidacts - like White tigers - are rare


Peer problems


Teaching is a profession for a reason


Is that really teaching?


Peer devaluation


Grading Insanity (Fantasy & SF MOOC)


No pain; lots of gain


Grading insanity (Finance MOOC)


Don??t bother us


Grading insanity - Conclusions


Cheating: Fostered/Ignored/Not Caught


Who is that Learner?


The Disposable Learner I


The Disposable Learner II


Brain food: healthy vs. fast


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Open Study

Copyright © 2012 Inquus Corporation. ! Proprietary and Confidential!�top 10 most innovative education companies of 2011�!

Dr. Preetha Ram, CEO, Cofounder,! Assoc Dean, Emory!

Chris Sprague, CTO, Cofounder! Dr. Ashwin Ram, Chairman, Cofounder!

OpenStudy!New Models of MOOCs for Community Colleges!

Copyright © 2012 Inquus Corporation. ! Proprietary and Confidential!

The Problem!

•  1 Million US high school dropouts!

• Only 10-15% of community college students will graduate!

•  53% of college graduates will be unemployed or underemployed!

What is needed? New Academic Experiences !


The Complexities!

•  Factors that affect graduation rates:!

•  Financial!

•  Psychological!

•  Academic (Tinto, 1999: 75% of dropout decisions are non academic)!

“Create opportunities for high school and adult students to earn college credit. … Emerging evidence suggests that some form of college experience in high school increases college going,

college readiness, and college success among lower-achieving populations as well.” White House Toolkit!


•  Meet Sergio, 9th grader, New York!

•  Fails math regularly!

•  Meets Hero, an OpenStudy user, who helps him regularly. !

•  Sergio’s two latest tests >90. !

An OpenStudy Story!

Blog.openstudy.com/narratives!

Between Failure and Success there is a Human!


The OpenStudy Community!

80% report better understanding.!

200,000 users!

160 countries!

>2000 Q/day!

Answer in <5 min!

>40 Institutions!


The Research Framework!

OpenStudy!

Blended Learning!

Peer-to-Peer learning, !

Communities of Practice !

Social Constructivism!

Dziuban et al, 2004; Means et al, 2010,! Twigg (2003 !

Fuchs, 1997! Lave & Wenger, 1991 !

Bandura, Vygotsky, 1978 !


1! Learn! 2! 3! Certify!

The OpenStudy MOOC Model!

Progress!

Learn material on MOOCs !Offered by Universities!

With support of OpenStudy community!

We assess learning, progression and soft skills!

Learners earn a certificate.!Providers make revenues!


The Right Content: Introductory Algebra!


The Right Support: OpenStudy!

Unowen: I always come here to ask and end up helping – lol who says math wasn’t addictive?!


Working together "politely is never easy. "We make it happen.!


Where else will you find people willing to take so much time and help a stranger? Here someone studying a MIT OCW course gets help and support.!


Certificate of Participation!In Univ. Notre Dame OCW course: Thermodynamics!

Team Work 39!

Problem Solving 45!

Engagement !59!

Course Activity Index: 65!Questions: 40 Answers: 50 Medals:60!

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A self directed learner of this course. "

Global Smart Score: 52""

The Right Assessment!


SmartScore!

Problem Solving!

Teamwork!

Engagement!

Powered by Behavioral Profiling and Social Analytics!

ADOPTED BY:!

Notre Dame!

George Mason!


Raw$$Score$

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Time(on(Task(Chats( Medals(

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Normalized$$Score$

>30(Indicators(


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User Feedback!


Benefits of OpenStudy!

For Students !

•  Prepare for placement exams with the support of a learning community by working through MOOCs – place out of developmental courses!

•  Improve their employability!

•  Reengage with learning!

For Course Providers !

•  We have a learning community for academic help!

•  Simple, scalable assessment to turn on revenues!

Contact: [email protected]!


THANK YOU!

Preetha Ram [email protected] Twitter @preetharam!

CEO, CoFounder!

Associate Dean, Emory!


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