MOOC?

August 8, 2012Pat Sine

Massively Open

OnlineCourse

Who’s offering these?http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/2012/05/all_moocs_explained_market_open_and_dewey.html

The Experience• Why does it work for a student?

• What does it take from technology?

• What does it take from the faculty?

Db-class.org• http://www.db-class.org• Stanford U introductory database class running

along traditional course• Total registered students: 91,734• Students turning in some work

(composite score > 0): 25,859• Students receiving

Statement of Accomplishment(composite score >= 160) : 6,513

Why do people participate?

• Filling in gapso New things since formal schooling

o Things we missed but know we need

• Participating in a group with common interests

• Certification

• Degrees

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/2012/05/all_moocs_explained_market_open_and_dewey.html

Features• Web site with weekly calendar and regular updates

• Text and other materials available for easy download

• Videos in small chunks, some with embedded check questions

• Automated Assignments – with multiple attempts!o Quizzes

o Exercises in a self-correcting workspace

• Automated Exams

• Q & A forum, with *very* active TAs and others

• Weekly Screenside Chats

Predicted ways Coursera and others will make

money:

a. Charging for certification and testing.

b. Vending of tutorial services, translations,

facilitation of small-group discussion and peer

learning, etc.

c. Direct tuition for courses or clusters of courses

d. Miscellaneous sources like ads and employment

services

Good MOOC’s, Bad MOOC’sChronicle.com, July 25, 2012, 4:06 pmBy Marc Bousquet

http://mfeldstein.com/four-barriers-that-moocs-must-overcome-to-become-sustainable-model/

Four Barriers That MOOCs Must Overcome To Build a Sustainable

Model