discover tu9: mooc on german engineering
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Presentation of the MOOC@TU9 course "Discover Excellence in Engineering and the Natural Sciences - Made in Germany. Discover TU9!" on the 17th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering: Education: New Frontiers. Join the course for free on: http://mooc.tu.deTRANSCRIPT
DISCOVER TU9:
MOOC ON GERMAN
ENGINEERING
17th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering
Education: New Frontiers
November 6-8, 2014 in Providence, Rhode Island
Presenter: Dr. Daniela Pscheida, TU Dresden, Germany
TU9 – Alliance of leading Institutes of Technology
in Germany
TU9 – Alliance of leading Institutes of Technology
in Germany
Strength in Research
Leading in Engineering Degrees
International Character
High Practical Relevance
How to call the attention of
INTERNATIONAL
TALENTS to the wide range of
STEM SUBJECTS and win them for
STUDY AT TU9
UNIVERSITIES?
Project MOOC@TU9
• Joint production of a
Massive Open Online Course on
German Engineering
• to show quality, diversity and
prospects of an engineering
degree in Germany
• with a mixture of marketing,
self-assessment and academic
advising
• and financial participation of the
partner universities to equal
parts
Credits: TU Braunschweig/Marek Kruszewski
Course Concept
• Nine course weeks from October 20 to December 21, 2014
• Between x(extended)MOOC and c(connectivist)MOOC approach
• Open course website (Wordpress), registration possible not necessary
• Lecture series: overview on engineering sciences at TU9 held by
renowned professors
Week 1: Start up
Week 2: Civil Engineering
Week 3: Digital Engineering
Week 4: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Week 5: Material Engineering
Week 6: Future Building
Week 7: Mobility
Week 8: Robots
Week 9: Aerospace
Course Week
Saturday/Sunday
Submission of weekly
tasks
Weekly summary
Weekly Evaluation
Tuesday-Friday
Forum discussions
Work on weekly tasks
(choice of 2-3
tasks/week)
Monday
Interactive live session
on YouTube
(interview, video, chat)
2-3 profs from TU9
moderator
Facts and Figures
• 3rd course week running, 1.163 registered participants (06/11/14)
• 4.500 watches on YouTube channel
• 113 submitted weekly tasks so far
• Participants come from more than 80 countries:
• Germany (23%)
• India (15%)
• Columbia (9%)
• China (8%)
• Spain (5%)
• Egypt (5%)
22.7
14.6
8.8 7.85.4 4.6
2.9 2.6 2.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
Participants MOOC@TU9 (in %, n=1119)
Trailer
Thank you for your attention!
Interested? Join us!Course: http://mooc.tu9.de
Twitter: @mooctu9
eMail: [email protected]
Backup slides...
• experimental cMOOCs since 2011
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Course), Studium Digitale (Universität
Frankfurt)
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Maker Course)
• COER13 on Open Educational
Resources
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Open Online Course), TU Dresden/TU
Chemnitz/Universität Siegen)
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