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To MOOC or not to MOOCthat is the Question

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What is a MOOC?

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What is Massive?

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What is Open?

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“In order for open education to reach its varied potentials, openness must become a

core cultural value for each and every faculty member.” David Wiley

Hype?

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What’s in the News?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/05/06/will-edx-put-harvard-and-mit-out-of-business/ http://www.wired.com/2014/08/whats-wrong-moocs-arent-changing-game

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Gartner Hype Cycle for MOOCs

Source: http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/cetisli/2013/06/25/moocs-and-higher-education-what-is-next/

The theory of disruptive innovationʺ ʺ

„A process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple

applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves ‘up market’, eventually displacing

established competitors”‒ Professor Clayton M. Christensen,

Harvard Business SchoolAuthor of Disrupting Class (2008) and The

Innovative University (2011)

Low ranked (under) graduate

degree programs

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It certainly has hype characteristics, but for many universities it has

accelerated change

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TU Delft Extension School

Massive Open Online

Courses (MOOCs)

Open Course Ware (OCW)

Online Distance

Education (ODE)

Campus Education

Open & Online portfolio

OpenCourseWare (OCW)• Course Materials• Free• Big Exposure, Worldwide

audience• Both Bachelor and Master level• No interaction with faculty• No accredited certificate

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)• Learning Activities & Course

Materials• Free• Enrolled students only, massive

numbers• Bachelors level• Certificate of Completion

Online Distance Education• Learning Activities & Course

Materials• Paid enrollment• Enrolled students only, limited

numbers• Accredited Course Certificate• Full Master Degree

On Campus Education• Direct access to

education• Research facilities• World Class Library• Student social tissue• Student projects

E-Dean Director ofEducation

Research & Innovation Support

Delft Extension School

MOOCs BlendedEducation

OnlineCourses

DelftX Courses

Water Treatment

SolarEnergy

Next Generation Infrastructures

Aeronautical Engineering

Credit Risk Managemen

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57,00029,000 17,000 15,500 20,500

MOOC students

Next Generation Infrastructures - 2

Drinking Water Treatment

Functional Programming

Delft DesignApproach

Technology for Biobased Products

Solving Complex Problems

ResponsibleInnovation

Treatment of Urban Sewage

Introduction to Water & Climate

Introduction to Solar Energy

Aeronautical Engineering

Pre-University Calculus

Many enrollments

In total: 258.000

Type of Education ’13-’14 ’14-’15 ’15-’16Campus (students) 19.000 20.000 20.000Online (enrolments) 50 500 2.000OpenCourseWare (visitors)

250.000 300.000 350.000

MOOCs (enrolments)

140.000 200.000 250.000

Enrolments Numbers

Online Course• Pay per course• Bachelor and

master• Single Course• <10 EC• Course

Certificate

Series• Pay per course• Bachelor and

Master• Couple of

courses• 10 -15 EC• Formal

Certificate

Module• Pay per course• Bachelor & Master• Couple of

courses/series• 30 EC• Formal Diploma

Programme• Pay per course• Master• Couple of

courses/series/modules

• > 60 EC• Formal Master

OpenCourseWare

Course materials, free, reusable, online, no certificate, no guidance/support

MOOC• Open Access• Bachelor level• Single course• No EC• Certificate of

Completion

Blended Education

Making the best use of Open & Online, and campus education

Back to the Question

Is your university ready for the

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