Planning, Marketing, Open Tools and Other Considerations

First: A word about Power Pointless! We at the University of Illinois Springfield Center for Online Learning, Research and Service present many national workshops each year, encouraging attendees to freely share presentation materials online using web-native tools that encourage collaboration and updating. Please share using the URL:

https://sites.google.com/site/designingamooc

What is a MOOC?

A MOOC is a "Massive Open Online Course" - it has a beginning and an end. Most MOOCs today are not fully open since all of the material is copyrighted and may not be used by anyone other than the university and the provider. MOOCs today close at the end of the course and are not openly available outside of the actual course.

When and why did they develop?

• Began in 2007 with experimental efforts to serve large numbers in truly open online classes
• 18 of the early MOOCs are chronicled by WikiEducator
• Largest of the early MOOCs was eduMOOC

Where are we today?

xMOOC, cMOOC

MOOCs are a Platform - George Siemens

• Like social media
• Many providers (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
• Let multiple people develop content and apps (University partners, individuals, companies)

Who are the Major Players in the MOOC Universe?

Coursera

• 3.4 million+ Courserians
• 370 courses
• 69 universities (mostly AAU)

Udacity

• 22 courses
• Collaborations - such as San Jose State initiative
• Originating courses funded by Google

edX

• 12 universities plus collaboration with Stanford
• 32 courses and collaborations with San Jose State
• "linux of learning" - Anant Agarwal

iTunesU

• Thousands of courses
• Open to all - both to create and to take

Canvas

• More than 30 courses
• Includes self-paced
• From Canvas subscribers

CourseSites

• Blackboard
• Open version for all to create up to five courses
• Seamless import from standard Blackboard

FutureLearn

• Led by the UK Open University (one of the largest in the world)
• Joined by ten other universities
• To launch first MOOCs later this year

European Union MOOCs - OpenUpEd

Udemy

• 6,000 classes
• More than 500,000 enrolled since startup in 2010
• Entrepreneurial approach - set your own price

Collaborative Projects such as SJSU with Udacity and edX

Coursera begins to generate revenue in first quarter 2013

MOOC aggregator:

http://www.class-central.com/

What is driving the rapid deployment and expansion?

http://www.businessinsider.com/growth-in-college-tuition-vs-growth-in-earnings-for-college-graduates-2012-11

Average cost of college by year http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=76

Average salary of young adult baccalaureate degree holder http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=77

http://www.polleverywhere.com/free_text_polls/LZyaxuuDctB7fwn

What about those 10% completion rates?

• From day one, many seek basic info and do not intend to complete
• 45% of those who turn in first assignment complete
• 70% of those who join $50 Signature Track program complete

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/coursera-takes-a-nuanced-view-of-mooc-dropout-rates/43341

What is our research?

American Council on Education Project

Taxonomy of Pedagogy - using an instrument based in part on the dimensions of pedagogy

Evaluate the pedagogical approaches in classes approved for ACE CREDIT

• Collect demographic and more data on the students - who succeeds?

Track students who have completed MOOCs and granted credit at selected UPCEA member universities:

• American Public University
• Central Michigan University
• Kaplan University
• Regis University
• SUNY Empire State
• University of Maryland University College
• Western Carolina University

What is their record? For example if you take Calculus I as a MOOC; how do you do in Calculus II at one of the selected universities?

How do I keep up on the latest news and research?

Contact information:

Emily Boles & Michele Gribbins

Center for Online Learning, Research and Service

University of Illinois Springfield

One University Plaza

Springfield, IL 62703

http://colrs.uis.edu

217-206-7317