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AnAnalysisofDifferentMOOCEnvironmentsfromtheStudents’Perspec>ve
VladMihaescu,Dr.DianaAndone,Prof.RaduVasiuPolitehnicaUniversityofTimisoara,Romania
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eMOOCsGraz22-24February2016
@diando70
NMCHorizon2015
h#p://www.nmc.org/pdf/2015-horizon-he-preview.pdf
Whatarethechallenges/trendsforHEinmid-sizecountries,non-Englishspeakingstudents?
Whatarethechallenges/trendsforHEinmid-sizecountries,non-Englishspeakingstudents?
h#p://www.nmc.org/publicaKon/nmc-horizon-report-2016-higher-educaKon-ediKon/
h#ps://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publicaKon/eur-scienKfic-and-technical-research-reports/promoKng-effecKve-digital-age-learning-european-framework-digitally-competent-educaKonal
PromoKngEffecKveDigital-AgeLearning-JRCScienceReport
cMOOCs
cMOOCsConnectNetworkLearner-centeredPeerfoundedOERs,xMOOCs
xMOOCsPlaZormAcademicorientedAssessmentLinear
NewOPENlifelonglearningstudent
Todaystudentswilllearnindependentanddigitalalltheirlife21stcenturyskills
NewOPENlifelonglearningstudent
AretheyreadytoidenKfy,access,learn,analyse,apply,pracKcenewknowledgeacrossdifferentmedia,informaKon,communicaKon,toolsastoenhancetheirskillsanddeveloptheircareers?IntradiKonalHighereducaKondowepreparethemforthis?
FlippedclassroomwithOERandMOOCs• UseofOERs• IntegraKngMOOCs
• InternaKonalco-operaKonforinclassacKviKes
• OpeningeducaKon• Onlinestudyskillsforstudents
• cMOOCs
Flippedclassroom&blendedlearning
• GivingstudentsmoreopportuniKestoworkcollecKvely
• newmethodsofteachingSTEMsubjectsandnewapproachestoengineeringeducaKon
• OnlineStudyskillsforstudents’lifelonglearning
• AwarenessandexperimentaKonina(some-what)supervisedenvironment
IntegraKngMOOCsinUPT,Romania
• 5professors• 11coursesatUGandMasterlevel• Since2013• MOOCsusedasOER,courseaddiKonalresources,projectwork
• Somestudentsa#ended2courseswithMOOCsintegraKonasaflippedclassroom&blendedlearningmodel
MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul>mediaTechnologies
Studyfor9months–Spring2014,Autumn2014,alsoinautumn2015
Toa#endacKvelyaMOOCoftheirchoice,relatedtocoursesubject,comment,produceareportandanalyze
–25%finalmark
MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul>mediaTechnologies
• MOOCs&OERs:CourseaddiKonalresourcesandprojectwork
• StudentsownselecKonofthea#endedMOOCs• CVUPT-UniversityVLE-blog,wikifordiscussionsandanalyse
• Studentssubmi#edfinalevaluaKonreportoftheirexperienceinMOOCs,followingthetopics:thetechnicalenvironment,theplaQormusability,qualityoflearningmaterials,acKviKesperformedandcommunicaKontools
• OnlinequesKonnaireandin-classdiscussion
MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul>mediaTechnologies
• 33%liveMOOCs• 93%completed• 87%previouslya#endedanotherMOOC• Onlinediscussionincourseblog,wikiandface-to-face
• EvaluaKonasaMOOCcoursereport(instrucKonalandtechnological)
• Students’percepKonofMOOCstechnicalenvironmentandusability
Figure1.TheplaZormsusedbythestudentsfromtheMasterofMulKmediaTechnologies
Coursera22%
udemy17%
Udacity12%
FutureLearn12%
Iversity10%
Saylor8%
open2study8%
other8%
EdX3%
PlaQ
orm
User-
Friend
ly
Intui>ve
Easyto
use
AYrac>ve
Simple
structure
Sugges>v
eicon
sand
colors
Conn
ect
with
social
med
ia
Coursera yes yes yes N/A yes yes yes
udemy yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Udacity yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
FutureLearn yes N/A yes N/A yes N/A N/A
Iversity yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Saylor no no no N/A N/A N/A N/A
open2study N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A yes
KhanAcademy N/A N/A N/A yes N/A N/A yes
EdX yes yes yes yes N/A yes N/A
Table1.TechnicalanalysisofdifferentMOOCsplaZorms
PlaQ
orm
Material
Addi>o
nal
info
Vide
os
Tes>ng
Langua
ge
Cer>ficate
Prereq
uiremen
t Progress
Colorcod
ing
Coursera
differentformatswouldberequired
yes
canbedownloaded,modifythe
speed
ques>onnaires,quizzes,weekly
assignments,exam,
individualandgroupprojects
sub>tlesinother
languages,coursesinother
languages
Respectdeadlines,VerifiedCer>ficat
e
some yes yes
EdX Pleasant
andaYrac>ve
yes Interac>vetranscript
finaltest,quizzes N/A yes N/A yes
N/A
Ude
my Very
useful,explanator
y
yes
Goodquality,can’t
download,autoplayop>on
Intermediaryandfinaltest,
quizzes N/A yes N/A yes
N/A
Future
Learn
notstuffed,clearterms
externallinks verygood
weekly,shorttest N/A N/A N/A yes
N/A
SecKonfromTable2.LearningmaterialsanalysisofdifferentMOOCplaZorms
Students’analyseofMOOCsplaQormü Iversity
ü onlineCVsü privateworkspacesü archivesofonlineresources.ü createcourseresourcesü addannotaKonstothecoursematerial.ü SomecoursesareequatedwithECTScredits.
ü Courseraü informaKonisreceivedweeklyü “JoinaMeetup”ü ‘CourseMaterialErrors’ü ‘TechnicalIssues’ü VerifiedCerKficate+CourseraSpecializaKonü Hintsinquizzes
Students’analyseofMOOCsplaQormü KhanAcademy
ü RealKmecodeanalysisü Popupsarermistakesü Energypoints+mascot
ü Open2studyü PeriodicaltesKngü Medalsandkeys.
ü Udacityü InteracKvequizzesü Hintsinquizzesü Focusondiscussionsü Livestreamingsessionsü Paid:extrain-classprojects,feedback,codeanalysis,atutorforguidance,personalizedsimulaKonsupportandacerKficate.
Students’analyseofMOOCsplaQormü Udemy
ü Creatorsgetalotofhelpü TesKngteamvetsthecourseü Discountcouponsü Atleast30minofvideo(2-15min)ü Videothumbnailsü “wish-list”.ü Self-compleKoncheckü Testreports
ü EdXü LastvisualizedacKvityü Transcriptü Easytonavigate
Students’analyseofMOOCsplaQorm
ü Saylorü membersoftheacademiccommunityü Courserevisioncommissionü ePorZoliorequiredforacerKficateü Badges–MozillaFoundaKon&HASTACü “howtoworkthroughtheprogram”ü “Timeadvisory”ü CreaKveCommonsA#ribuKonlicenseü autoevaluaKontestsandproposedhomework
Students’analyseofMOOCsplaQorm
ü Advantages:adapKve,progressbar,learninonesrhythm,interacKvity,accessibility,flexibility,comfort
ü Disadvantages:lackofagradebook,technicalissues,difficulty,lackofinformaKon,longvideos,diploma
IntegraKngMOOCsinHEcourseacKviKesandpedagogicalbenefits Ac>vi>esintheHEcourse(inCVUPT) Pedagogicalbenefits
Face-to-faceacKviKes
Discussions fordeeperunderstandingofthecoursetopics/requirements
Learner-centricteaching
Feedbackonassignments
Online acKviKes onCVUPT
Followcoursematerials Self-paced study for differentlearning styles, enhanced focusanda#enKon
Discussions of OER, MOOCs and CClicenses
Openne s s t o / c u l t u r e o fknowledge-sharing and re-use,e xp lo i t aKon o f the OERmovement benefits, criKcalthinking
Project work: online course/ training /ICThelpdevelopment CollaboraKon in local learning
community
Ac>vi>esintheHEcourse(inCVUPT)
Pedagogicalbenefits
Group work Online course project
Skills for collaborative work: challenge assumptions, delegate roles and r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , s h a r e d i v e r s e perspectives, find effective peers to emulate, collaborative tools usage
MOOC
Study MOOC materials (short videos, podcasts, presentations) and answer to corresponding quizzes
Self-paced/active learning
Solve assessments Retrieval learning, gamification
Evaluation of peer assignments Peer-assessment, assuming objectivity and responsibility
Discussions / feedback in MOOC forums
Participation in global learning communities, instant feedback
MOOC selection Skills for continuing and for learning autonomy, self-assessment of learning objectives
Forstudents:
• autonomyinassessingtheirownlearningneedsforchoosingtheMOOCsinwhichtoparKcipate
• Newdigitalskills• Developingstudyskillsforlifelonglearning• InteracKonandcollaboraKon
• thecurateduseofinformaKon–analyze&synthesize
Benefits/ChallengesofMOOCsintegra>oninflippedclassrooms
ContradicKons&Challenges• Forteachers:
• toopposeuniformityandself-sufficiencyNewskillsandtasks:• complexcoursedesign/management• OERsandMOOCscuraKng• NewevaluaKonandassessmentsmethods• Newdigitalskills
Image:h#p://www.spafuturethinking.com/blog/
Wicked
• eliminaKngtheconfusionwithdistance,blended,MOOCs,openeducaKon,–itisjust21stcenturylearning
• forMOOCsinHEfacilitators,priorexperienceindesigningandrunningonlinecoursesisneeded
• astrategyforassessment• Creditstransfer• Quality-validaKon• Strategyforco-operaKon(virtualmobility,Erasmus,etc)
Discussions1.WhatexamplesofgoodpracKcesregardingMOOCsdoyouimplementforyourstudents?
2.WhichwouldbethebeststructureforsuchaMOOCpilotexperience?
3.Howimportantaresuchendeavoursfora“non-MOOC”country?
#eMOOCs2016
ENGAGE
MakelearningOPEN
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CONTACT Dr. Diana Andone Director e-Learning Center Email: diana.andone@upt.ro Web Elearning.upt.ro/diana.andone
@diando70
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EDEN Fellow 2011
eMOOCs,Graz,2016
@mihaescuvlad
VladMihaescuVlad.mihaescu@cm.upt.ro
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