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Future of Higher EducationConference

March 8, 2016

Restructuring learning digitally


MOOCs as drivers of changeThe teacher’s perspective

1. Why I decided to ‘volunteer’2. My MOOC3. How it changed the way I teach and my courses4. How it changed my research5. … and many other ideas on teaching & research6. … and my frustrations7. Why innovation leads to restructuring


Why did I ‘volunteer’


My MOOC

https://www.coursera.org/


How it changed the way I teach andmy courses

- Aware of Western/Dutch bias- More aimed at global audience- Debate based on research/academic principles- Use more videos/flip the class room- Use videos for other purposes as well- Teach others how to make MOOCS (NITIM)


How it changed my research

- Terrorism is social construct = perception- A message attack not only a kinetic attack- Many opinion polls, but typically after major

events and mainly in the West- Small community of experts (from the West)- Many experiences (of victims) not heard


Other ideas on teaching & research

Translate elements of MOOCs in regular T&R- Peer review- Bring MOOC students to our classrooms: summer

courses, BAs, Mas- Collective research projects (gathering experiences;

definition project)- Use MOOCs as advertisement & ‘pre Bachelor’ or

pre-Master


Frustrations

- Flip the class room: “contact hours”. Suggestion:show it in a regular class room

- There is no ‘finished MOOC’: update videos- Videos out there: some examples “so 2013!”- Funding & staff for updates- Make money: SPOC or commercial courses (CPL)- Next level: MOOC part 2, MOOC-based MA- … Teach the world/ access to high quality higher

education for hundreds of millions!


Why innovation leads to restructuring

Innovations are game changers and so are MOOCs

- Students: new level of expectations

- Teachers: way we teach/do research

- Faculties/universities: way we organize teaching, …)

- Ministries of Education: accreditation, funding, …

- Global order of higher education: new coalitions &hot spots

Top down incentives were needed to get this started Bottom up (teachers and students) wants to go to the

next level


The Next Level

- Top down incentives were needed to get this started- Bottom up (teachers and students) wants to go to the

next level- My dream

Government & Nonprofit

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