MOOCs & EdTechWhat’s happening and why should I care?
1. What’s the cheese with EdTech?
2. What is this MOOC thing?3. Are MOOCs all that’s going
on?4. Where are we going?5. What’s missing in this picture?
1. What’s the cheese with EdTech?
Huge IncumbentsDisruption…….???........Profit
Underinvested IndustryMisalignment between industry size
and investment & exits
98m extra university students within 12 years
- UNESCO
Lifelong learningGlobal competition for jobs
Rising cost of traditional education
Digital vocationYep, that’s the same image
2. What is this MOOC thing?
Udacity: Introduction to AIPro b a b l y t h e fi r s t M O O C
Why all the hype?
MOOCs will kill universities!OMG Stanford for free!
Probably the combination of high quality lectures, good branding, good
production.
3. What’s really happening?
MOOCs are just one part
Empowering Teachers
UdemyFedora
ThinkificFloqq
Tech Training
Udacity NanodegreesTreehouse
Codeacademy
MaprHootsuite U
Language Learning
DuolingoRosetta Stone
Hybrid Models
Khan AcademyCoding Bootcamps
Others
StackexchangeQuora
Project Based LearningTutoring/Mentoing
4. Where’s this going?
FITS YOUR LIFELearn ing
Content is (almost) free
Content is adaptiveKnewton
Content is immersive
Support, help and accreditationPremium features
DON’T REQUIRE A DEGREEEmployers
EXPECT LIFELONG LEARNINGb u t
5. What’s missing?
AssessmentYou like multiple choice right?
Content CuratingWho likes consistency?
Social stuffPeople learn best together
Studyroom, Edmodo, Q&As
AccreditationHow do employers understand?
Mozilla Open Badges, Pearson Vue Acclaim, Degreed, Accredible