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Can the Current Model of Higher Education

Survive

MOOCs and Online Learning?

Hank Lucas

Professor of Information Systems

University of Maryland College Park



The three amigos

• Kodak

• Blockbuster

•

Borders• What do they have in common?



Interesting Developments

• The Minerva Project proposes to create a top-

tier for-profit research university. Students

will live together on different campuses

around the world and top professors willstream online classes to student seminars

(New York Times, 4/21/2013).



• Georgia Tech has announced a professional

online Master of Science degree in Computer

Science earned through MOOCs in

conjunction with Udacity and AT&T.

– The program estimates tuition at $7000 for the

three-years of course work and is expected to

enroll 10,000 students at any given time. – There are arrangements with 4500 centers for

proctoring examinations.





• Ten large public university systems are forming apartnership with Coursera. – “Joining Coursera will be the State University of New York system, the Tennessee Board

of Regents and the University of Tennessee systems, the University of Colorado system,the University of Houston system, the University of Kentucky, the University of

Nebraska, the University of New Mexico, the University System of Georgia and WestVirginia University.

• Some systems plan to blend online materials withfaculty-led classroom sessions.

• Others will offer credit to students who take thecourses online followed by a proctored exam oncampus (New York Times, 5/30/2013).”

https://www.coursera.org/

https://www.coursera.org/



Poll

• Are MOOCs, online and blended courses a

threat to American Higher Education?

– 1. Yes

– 2. Not sure

– 3. No



Innovator

Products

ServicesBusiness models

The incumbent’s

dilemma

Morph business model to accommodate

competition and new opportunities

Abandon existing business model and

adopt a new one

Failure: merger, buyout, liquidate

Denial

History

Resistance to change

Mind setBrand

Sunk costs

Profitability

Lack of imagination

Information

Technology

The Survivor Model

Source: Lucas, H. C., Jr,

The Search for Survival:

Lessons from Disruptive

Technologies, Praeger, 2012

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The outcomes

• Morph your business model

• Adopt a whole new model

•

Go out of business



Poll

• Universities can successfully take a “wait and

see” approach to MOOCs and online

education.

– 1. Agree

– 2. Not sure

– 3. Disagree



The online world

• Traditional

• Fully online

– Asynchronous

– Synchronous

• Blended

•

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)



Poll

• MOOCs will increasingly be used to create

new degree programs like the MS in Computer

Science at Georgia Tech.

– 1. Agree

– 2. Not sure

– 3. Disagree



What I taught

• Fully online MBA course to 24 PT students

from 3 campuses

• Blended course in the FT program

• MOOC with Coursera on Surviving Disruptive

Technologies



Confessions of a MOOC Man

• Intensive development effort

• Many hours to create video lectures

– Adopt the Coursera recommended

platform – Wacom tablet and Camtasia for video

– Annotate PPTs with pen-underlining,circling and writing comments

– Creating a video lecture – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8kllcorQjY

• Two great teaching assistants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8kllcorQjY







My first assistant



• A human teaching assistant

• Peer grading

•

MOOC seminar16,000 registered

• Very positive response







Surviving Disruptive Technologies

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Visits to the course website,based on country of origin of

the email address used to

register for access to the

site. “Regions” are loosely

defined.

• Total number of visits: 77,355

• 70% from outside U.S.

• Average length of time spent

during a “visit”: 38 minutes

35 countries via email

About 100 on survey

37.5%

24.9%

13.9%

9.8%

6.6%

6.0%

0.6%0.3% 0.3%

Visits by Region

Surviving Disruptive Technologies

North America

Europe

Middle East

Australia

South America

Asia

unknown

Africa

China

S i i Di ti



Surviving DisruptiveTechnologies

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Total # Students 18262

Total Active Students 9085

Submitted Survey 1302

Submitted Term Project 639

First lecture

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Week

Student ParticipationSurviving Disruptive Technologies

Viewed Videos

Submitted AssignmentRetention: Percent of prior

week’s students watching

videos

1 62.1%

2 84.7%

3 84.8%

4 87.3%5 85.4%

6 90.0%

7 84.9%



We are doing it againSurviving Disruptive Technologies 002 starts on September 30 for 7 weeks



A Poll

The most resistance for moving to MOOCs and blended

and online learning will come from:

1. Students

2. The administration

3. The faculty



The threat

• Changing the structure of higher ed

– A different cost structure

– What an opportunity for students

–

What an opportunity for universities to expand theirscope and educational mission

• Raising the level of competition among schools

– And competing now at the level of individual courses

• The faculty: – Will we become TAs for star professors on video?

– How can we add value?



Morphing the model

• Universities need to compete vigorously withcourses and programs

– Innovate!

– Compete on quality – Compete in niche subjects

• Provide a variety of ways for students to

participate—flexibility for students is key• Look at the cost structure: can you move

resources to support online?



More than anything

• Create a sense of urgency

• Create a spirit of innovation

•

Support the faculty as theytransitions to new teaching modes

• Develop scenarios to help create a plan

•

Take action sooner rather than later – First movers have an advantage

• Execute successfully (think of the 3 amigos)



We live in

interesting times

• MOOCs and other types of technologically-

enhanced learning create great opportunities

for students and universities

• Along with opportunities come challenges and

threats

• The schools that compete vigorously with

faculty who figure out how to add value totheir courses will survive and flourish

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