trends in open and online education
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Trends in open and online education: is it just MOOCs?
Robert Schuwer
A detour
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About me
• Robert Schuwer• MSc Mathematics; MSc Computer Science• PhD Knowledge Base Systems (1993)• Professor Open Educational Resources @ Fontys
University of Applied Sciences (since 2014)• Formerly @ Open University Netherlands• Since 2006 Open Educational Resources (OER) and
other forms of open education
Is this the future?
Agenda
• Trends in (online) education• Trends in open education
CC-BY Hester Jelgerhuis
Trends in (online) education
The big picture
Global trends
Education
Technology trends
Affects/challenges
Affects/challenges
influences
Trends
Global trends
• Globalisation• Future of nation state• Rise of the megacity• Family matters• Brave new world (technology influences)
Source: Trends shaping education 2016 (OECD): http://www.oecd.org/edu/trends-shaping-education-22187049.htm
Globalisation
Future of the nation state
Are cities the new countries?
Family matters
Technology trends
• Several sources– NMC Horizon– Ixperium– Gartner– Forbes– OECD
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/gartnergroup/2016/01/15/top-10-technology-trends-for-2016/#2f2c478b5ae9. All rights reserved
Trends in education
• Categories of trends– Policy – Organisation– Pedagogy
• Affected by – Global trends– Technological trends (enablers)
Affected by global trends
• Importance of 21st century skills– Creativity, critical thinking,...
• New topics in curriculum– Climate change, civic literacy & responsibility, cyber literate
• Internationalisation (global classroom)• Demand for flexible and mobile learning• Importance of non-formal learning• Importance of lifelong learning for ageing workforce• Early access to education, for all
Affected by technological trends• More diversity in pedagogy• Personal(ized) education
Innovating pedagogies
Source: Innovating pedagogy 2015: http://proxima.iet.open.ac.uk/public/innovating_pedagogy_2015.pdf
Personalized vs personal learning (Downes)
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/personal-learning-in-the-workplace
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Trends in Open Education
Open education: the 5COE model
OpenEducation
Educational resources
Teaching effortsServices
Learner needs
Employability &Capabilities Development
Supply
Demand
Source: Mulder, F. & Janssen, B. (2013). Opening up education. In: Trendreport OER 2013, pp. 36-42https://www.surf.nl/binaries/content/assets/surf/en/knowledgebase/2013/Trend+Report+OER+2013_EN_DEF+07032013+%28LR%29.pdf
Openness and open education
OpenEducation
Learning resources
Teaching effortServices
•Freely available•Open for adaptation:
• Retain• Reuse• Revise• Remix• Redistribute
•Open in place•Open in time•Open in pace•Open in program•Open admission
Not for free per se!
Open Educational Resources/Open Courseware
OER/OCW
Learning resources
Teaching effortServices
•Freely available•Open for adaptation:
• Retain• Reuse• Revise• Remix• Redistribute
•Open in place•Open in time•Open in pace•Open in program•Open admission
MOOC
MOOC
Learning resources
Teaching effortServices
•Freely available•Open for adaptation:
• Retain• Reuse• Revise• Remix• Redistribute
•Open in place•Open in time•Open in pace•Open in program•Open admission
•Forum•Feedback•Exam•Certificate
•Teacher•Tutor
Pressure on free availability
Openness as a means to raise quality
activating education
international orientation
> Profiled and differentiated supply
> Quality
> Study culture,quality education
> Effectiveeducation
> flexibility in HE voor parttime learners
> Quality teacher
> Learning pathsImprove
connection
> Attention for excellence,> diverse supply
OER/MOOC for information/selection
(own/others)
Alternatives likeflipped classroomwith OER/MOOC
Use cMOOC’s Use OER/MOOC from others
OER/MOOC increases visibility
> Blended learningwith OER/MOOC
A B
Legend: A contributes to B
Taking MOOC’s forprofessionalization
User dataMOOC’s as source for
Learning Analytics
Openness as a means to increase efficiency> Efficiency
> Study efficiency < costs
> Informed selection > Options in
offerings to learner
> Efficienteducational process > Learners
< costs/learner
Use OER/MOOC from othersas additional sources for
learners
Alternatives likeflipped classroomwith OER/MOOC
OER/MOOC for marketing
A B Legend: A contributes to B
OER/MOOC for information/selection
(own/others)
> EfficientProduction process
Reuse OER/MOOC insteadof development from scratch
Current research
• Analysis of 4 major (open) educational conferences 2014-2015
• 218 papers• Lessons learned
Category #Open policy 35Adoption of OER and Open Education
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Lessons learned MOOCs 20Open Education & Culture 18Open Education & communities
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Educational aspects of Open Education (e.g. pedagogy)
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Innovation of MOOCs 6
Trend: connecting forms of openness
Trend: variety in MOOCs
• Pedagogy• Many acronyms
– Confusing
Trend: Recognition
Witthaus, G., Inamorato dos Santos. A., Childs, M., Tannhäuser, A., Conole, G., Nkuyubwatsi, B., Punie, Y. (2016). Validation of Non-formal MOOC-based Learning: An Analysis of Assessment and Recognition Practices in Europe (OpenCred). EUR 27660 EN; doi:10.2791/809371
http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC96968/lfna27660enn.pdf
Trend: Research on effectiveness
• Influence of openness on results of learning• Studies on effects of OER (open textbooks)
– No significant differences in # completions, compared to users of proprietary books
– No significant differences in achievement• Studies on perception
– At least the same quality for OER as for proprietary resources• Gains partly explained by financial benefits
Fischer, L., Hilton, J., Robinson, T. J., & Wiley, D. A. (2015). A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 27(3), 159–172. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-015-9101-x
Hilton, J. (2016). Open educational resources and college textbook choices: a review of research on efficacy and perceptions. Educational Technology Research and Development. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-016-9434-9
Conclusions
• Many trends resulting in many challenges• Open education can be a means• Large variety in pedagogies for better results
Is this the future?
Are current institutions and governments able to respond effectively on what is going on?
Open online education is a means to respond effectively
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Thank you!
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