moocs for agriculture professionals
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Invited presentation for the ICRISAT Capacity Development Program on Appropriate Technologies and Innovative Approaches for Agriculture Knowledge and Sharing. September 2014, Hyderabad, India. Launch of the National Virtual Academy for Indian Agriculture, a regional consortium of One Agriculture - One Science. www.oneagriculture.orgTRANSCRIPT
MOOCs for Agricultural Professionals Christine Geith, Ph.D.
Executive Director & Assistant Provost MSU Global
ICRISAT Capacity Development Program Appropriate Technologies and Innovative
Approaches for Agriculture Knowledge & Sharing
September 2014, Hyderabad, India
How did they get started?
• 2008 Stephen Downes & George Siemens cMOOC
• In 2011 xMOOC debuted with Stanford’s Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig’s Artificial Intelligence MOOC that attracted more than 160,000
What is a MOOC?
Overview by Paul-Olivier Dehaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCE_yhGWl6c
cMOOCs by George Siemens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3gMGqcZQc
How many MOOCs are there?
2500+
• http://www.class-central.com
• http://www.mooc-list.com
• http://edspire.com/
• Estimated 4 million users
Common Features of the Product
• Online Open Access to Masses
• The Optional “C”
– Course
– Copyright is openly licensed
– Completion
– Credential
Common Features of the Market
• Brand Alliances
FutureLearn OU UK, 36 university/non-university http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FutureLearn#Partners
EdX 36 founded by MIT & Harvard https://www.edx.org/schools-partners
Coursera Top-50-Ranked Universities https://www.coursera.org/about/partners
http://msuglobal.com/moocs-at-michigan-state-university/
http://msuglobal.com/2014/08/update-moocs-at-msu/
http://msuglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/MSU-Pilot-MOOCs-Summary-4-1-2014.pdf
• 10 MOOCs, 3 platforms
• 3 formats: Instructor-led, peer-to-peer, research network
http://metroagcourse.com/weekly-sessions/week-1-2
Research Network MOOCs What we’ve learned from Food Fraud and MetroAg MOOCs
• Engage and build global networks
• Focus on problems and solutions
• Live webinars leverage expert effort
• Used to gather disciplinary data
• Formal course elements can be added
• Potential to offer as a free event/resource, as a non-credit experience and as part of a for-credit experience.
Instructor-Facilitated MOOCs What we’ve learned from Writing and Science MOOCs
• Global reach
• Focus on building knowledge/skills
• Asynchronous online learning course design
• Designed to be a course (credit or non-credit)
• Requires expert effort to develop and deliver as a course
For MSU MOOCs are:
• a means to expand programmatic reach, influence and connect or strengthen engagement with specific audiences
• a different way to engage with corporate stakeholders from an awareness and professional development/training approach
• a worthwhile approach to conduct research, expand the reach and reputation of a program area or faculty
• OOCs, without marketing and links to distribution channels. These are the critical to meaningful enrollment levels
Self-Organized Meetups
• 661 Udacity Communities http://www.meetup.com/Udacity/
• 4065 Coursera Communities http://www.meetup.com/Coursera/
• 39 EdX Communities http://edx.meetup.com/
Learning Hubs
• Coursera Learning Hub Partners http://blog.coursera.org/post/65596539008/introducing-coursera-learning-hubs-global
MOOC Degree Options
First fully accredited massive online MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. Total tuition for the program is initially expected to be below $7,000. https://www.udacity.com/georgia-tech
Agriculture MOOCs
• ICRISAT Open Ag Ed
• Malaysia PutraMOOC • http://putramooc.upm.my/www/main.php
• COL Mobiles for Development • http://m4d.colfinder.org/
• MORE?
FUNDED BY THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
6 Universities Haramaya University, Ethiopia Makerere University, Uganda Mekelle University, Ethiopia Moi University, Kenya
Sokoine University, Tanzania United States International University, Kenya
4 Programs MSc Plant Breeding/Crop Science
PhD Soil and Water Management MSc Ag Info and Comm Management
Certificate in Agribusiness
http://www.oerafrica.org/agshare/
http://agsharetoolkit.com/
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Volume 17:2 - July 2013 A Special Issue on OER and Online For International Rural, and Hard-To-Reach Populations
Christine Geith and Karen Vignare, Editors http://sloanconsortium.org/node/407776
Open Strategies
• open content • open data • open access (research) • open government • open source software • open standards • open policy • open licensing • open hardware
FSKNtraining.org Foodsafetyknowledgenetwork.org
CREATED IN India, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Brazil,
Columbia, Russia, Ukraine, Egypt and the United States
WITH Consumer Goods Forum, Hewlett Foundation,
USAID, World Trade Organization, World Bank, UNIDO,Tata Group, Wal-Mart, Metro
Cash and Carry, Coca-Cola
Designing Corporate Training in Developing Economies Using Open Educational Resources Geith, Chris; Vignare, Karen; Bourquin, Leslie D.; Thiagarajan, Deepa Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, v14 n3 p3-12 Nov 2010
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ909878.pdf
STUDENT
TRANSLATIONAL
SCHOLARS
http://wp.me/pJlTi-8a
MOOCS for Agriculture Development
• New C’s
– Capacity Building
– Community
– Catalyst for Change
Forbes Thought Of The Day “ The end of all knowledge should be in virtuous action. ” — Philip Sydney
CHRISTINE GEITH, PH.D. ASSISTANT PROVOST, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MSUGLOBAL
KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING INNOVATIONS MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
MSUGLOBAL.MSU.EDU [email protected]