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This presentation was delivered as the keynote at a conference held at Pace University, New York in March 2013. It examines blended learning and MOOCs as harbingers of education's digital future.
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Anthony G. PiccianoCUNY Graduate Center
Blended Learning Meets MOOCs: Education’s Digital Future
presentation at Pace University March 2013
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Presentation Outline
.Introduction
.Teaching and Learning in 2012 – Scenarios
.Blended Learning
.Blending with Pedagogical Purpose
.Enter the MOOCs
.Education’s Digital Future
.Questions
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Teaching and Learning in 2013 –
Different Scenarios!
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Teaching and Learning in 2013 –
Different Scenarios!
Blended Learning Conceptualization
ConventionalFace to Face Classroom
Fully
Online
Blended
Source: Picciano, A.G, & Dzuiban, C. (2007). Blended learning: Research perspectives. Needham, MA: The Sloan Consortium.http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/books/index.asp
Synthesis/ Evaluation
(Assignments/Assessment) Papers, Tests, Student Presentations (PPT, Youtube), E-Portfolios
Blending with Pedagogical Purpose: A Multimodal Model
Reflection
(Blog,Journal)
Collaboration/Student Generated Content
(Wiki, Mobile Tech)
Social/Emotional (F2F)
Dialectic/Questioning
(Discussion Board)
Content
(LMS/CMS/Media/
Games/MUVE)
Blending with
Purpose
Source: Picciano (2009).
Blending with Purpose – The Multimodal Model
Synthesis/ Evaluation (Assignments/Assessment) Papers, Tests, Student Presentations (PPT, Youtube), E-Portfolios
Reflection
(Blog,Journal)
Collaboration/Student Generated Content
(Wiki, Mobile Tech)
Social/Emotional (F2F)
Dialectic/Questioning
(Discussion Board)
Blended
Ecosystem
Content (LMS/CMS/Media/ Games/MUVE)
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Blended Learning as Ecosystem
As blended learning matures and develops, it is evolving into a seamless, organic environment or ecosystem
It is the artful design of a teaching and learning experience that leverages instruction, technology, administrative and support services, into a natural experience for learner and teacher.
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Enter the MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses
.The term MOOC is used for the first time in 2008 at the U. of Manitoba.
.Sebastian Thrun offers a MOOC in 2011 at Stanford University and 160,000 students enroll.
.MOOC consortia/companies (Udacity, edX, Coursera) are formed.
.Millions of students are now enrolling every year in MOOCs.
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MOOCs - Pros and Cons!
Pros
Worldwide student access to courses and materials Scalability will drive down higher education costs
Convenience for adults/ career development Interesting uses of data and learning analytics
Cons
Taking a course is not equivalent to an education
Some MOOCs are poorly designed and lack substantive interaction
High attrition rates (as much as 90%) Financial sustainability (most MOOCs are free).
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." – Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
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The Future of Technology
- Easy to Get it Wrong!
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." – Ken Olson, president, Chairman Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"640K ought to be enough memory for anybody." – Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, 1981
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The Future – Higher Education
Source: U.S. Department of Education - NCES (January 2013). Projections of Education Statistics to 2012.
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Non-Traditional Students are Now Traditional!
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:94–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2009; Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1980–2008; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, "Social and Economic Characteristics of Students," various years. (This table was prepared February 2010.)
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The Future - One Size Does Not Fit All!
.Different strokes for different folks.
.Different types of schools will approach Blended Learning and MOOCs differently.
.Different programs/disciplines/courses will approach Blended Learning and MOOCs differently.
.Different students will approach Blended Learning and MOOCs differently.
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The Future – Allen & Seaman Survey of Chief Academic Officers (N=2,820)
Source: Allen, I.E. & Seaman, J. (2013).
This year’s survey finds only 2.6 percent report they currently offer MOOCs and slightly less than ten percent (9.4%) have plans to offer them.
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The Future
Source: Allen, I.E. & Seaman, J. (2013).
When examined by Carnegie classification, it is the research universities (Doctoral/Research institutions) that are in the lead. They are almost twice as likely to beoffering MOOCs or planning to offer MOOCs (9.8% vs. the next highest of 4.5%for Specialized institutions in offerings and 21.4% vs. the next highest of 11.8% forMaster’s level institutions for planning).
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The Future
Source: Allen, I.E. & Seaman, J. (2013).
Overall, academic leaders are split in their opinions about MOOCs as a sustainablemethod for offering courses with 27.8 percent agreeing, 27.0 percent disagreeing,and most Chief Academic Officers (45.2%) neutral.
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The Future – Large Lecture Courses
Will Pave the Way!
.Put lecture part of the course in online/MOOC environment
.Put discussion/recitation part of the course in blended environment.
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The Future – MOOCs -> OCs
.San Jose State University enters into Agreement with Udacity to develop remedial and introductory courses (2013-2016).
.Courses will be limited to 300 students.
.Tuition will be $150. per course.
.Provision for faculty involvement in a blended format.
.Efforts will be made to overcome the biggest failure of MOOCs — their 90 percent dropout rate.
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Summary/Questions?
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ReferencesAllen, I.E. & Seaman, J. (2013). Changing course: Ten years of tracking online education in the United States. Wellesley, MA: Babson College Survey Research Group. Knowles, M., Holton, E.F., & Swanson, R. (1998). The adult learner. Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Lin, L., Cranton, P., & Bridglall, B. (2005). Psychological Type and Asynchronous Written Dialogue in Adult Learning.Teachers College Record Volume 107 Number 8, 2005, p. 1788-1813http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 12096, Date Accessed: 1/25/2008 3:15:54 PM
Picciano, A.G. & Dzuiban, C. (2007). Blended learning: Research perspectives. Needham, MA: The Sloan Consortium.
Picciano, A.G. (2009). Blending with purpose: The multimodal model. Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology, 5(1). Kent, Oh: Kent State University.
U.S. Department of Education - NCES (January 2013). Projections of Education Statistics to 2012.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:94–99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2009; Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1980–2008; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, "Social and Economic Characteristics of Students," various years. (This table was prepared February 2010.)
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