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Reinventing EducationAnant AgarwaledX.org

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Courtesy Eric Klopfer2In the past this was the way that we tried to teach.2

Courtesy Eric Klopfer3This is what it looks like today. Not much different (though it is in color)3

4Open source Platform

Portal for learning edx.org

Pedagogy research on learning using big data

Production support to ensure high quality*Founding partners Harvard and MIT have committed $60M to the venture5edX: A Not For Profit Venture

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6155,000 Students Enrolled in First Course Same staff resources as 150 person on-campus class7,157Certified8,240 Took the Final9,318 Passed the Mid-Term10,547Made it the Mid-Term26, 349Tried the First Problem Set154,763 Registered for 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics

Success on Campus: Preliminary FindingsResult from San Jose State University in Silicon Valley: Course retake rate drops from 41% to 9% when compared to previous offerings

Source: San Jose State University College of Engineering

Expanding to 11 Cal State campuses in Fall 2013 SJSU-Total of 87 students in the courseStudents viewed lectures and completed problems outside of class.During class, faculty and course staff facilitated 15 minutes of question and answer. Remaining time on peer and team instruction and problem solving. Instructors and TAs hired as graders are spending less time on grading work due to edX courseware. This frees their time up for instruction and work with students in class. Next Step: Offer edX section again in Spring 2013- study more deeply. 7

Anatomy of an edX Online Class8Learning Sequences Promote Active LearningLearning and retention is related to depth of mental processing. Craik and Lockhart, 1972

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Rich Set of Autograded Exercises Provide Instant FeedbackChemical Equations

Virtual Game-Like Laboratory11

Long Essay Grading using AI Assessment (ML)12Instructor versus machineInstructor versus another instructorEssay sets Percent errorFree form assessment on edX:AI assessmentPeer assessmentSelf assessment

Resource area ~ time spentResearch with Learning Big DataPritchard http://RELATE.MIT.eduWhat Resources are Learners Accessing

Video Snippets14Personalization effect - Mayer 2003

*Discussion Forum15