Online Masters @ TU Delft Linda Mebus Educational advisor e-learning
Context: Online Education @ TU Delft Online Master Programme Online Master Engineering & Policy Analysis (Online Master Course Aerospace)
Online Education @ TU Delft: the future
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OpenCourseWare Since 2006: 110 + courses
DelftX Courses September 2013 20.000 40.000 February 2014 Prof Jacco Hoekstra - Aerospace Engineering Prof Margot Weijnen Critical Infrastructures
Start September 2nd 2013 More about AE at SEFI: Wed. 15:30-15:35 138. Gillian Saunders-Smits The First Steps towards an Online Master in Aerospace Engineering
Why? Improve quality of education More and other students (also LLL) Reputation Online education is the future
How? NewMedia Center Central project manager Project divisions: Teaching Model Course Development Administration/Organization ICT Infrastructure Marketing Strategy Legal / Quality Assurance Business Model Educational advisors 1-1, workshops, course Faculty Project manager Lecturers TA s
Online Master programmes Key issues for development
Quality Identical learning objectives & content, different delivery Same admission requirements, also for individual courses Exception for certain target groups based on previously acquired competencies (admission committee) First year track watermanagement: assessment in Delft Test protocols
Organisational Students apply at TU Delft Payment per course or per year Succesful completion course: TU Delft certificate MSc degree can consist of series of certificates Student Service Desk online education
General Teaching Model Activating students assignments, formative testing Social and academic integration motivation High quality learning materials Constructive Alignment Structure deadlines, live events etc.. Feedback Gilly Salmon s 5-stage model for facilitating online learning.
Online course ingredients Blackboard = VLE Content divided into modules Knowledge clips or recorded lectures Selftests (group) assignments feedback Online discussions Q and A sessions Lab work partly online Assessment At Delft together with campus students Assignments Oral exam via webconference Digital assessment (proctored)
Online Master Engineering and Policy Analysis: Curriculum & Course Design
EPA online Active learning Soc. Constructivism EPA: Solutions to complex problems require collaboration both across disciplines and across national and cultural boundaries. Online collaborative learning Group assignments Individual assignments & learning together
EPA online 5 master courses online (more next year) Online students: professionals (LLL), international master students EPA online website Integrating curriculum design & online learning Online & onsite students in 1 course Structure: 10-week course with deadlines Backbone: e-learning Groupwork Authentic cases Assessment: online peer review, assignments, presentations, tests
Differences PR! Create introduction video s More preparation, very clear course site Lectures: combination of weblectures, online assignments, cases, discussion, feedback etc Students collaborating online: online learning community Online office hours, e-mail Online communication options for students
1 Weblecture many aims Lecturer Experts Example real life Apply Assignment by students incl. common pitfalls
Example weekly assignment
AE Online Master Course Buckling of Structures: Course Design
AE Buckling of Structures Course schedule (suggested) Introduction Icebreaker: Introduce yourself Weblectures (screencapture, video message intro) Readings Assignments Working together is suggested, not obligatory Questions via discussionboard, weekly online question hour, Twitter, e-mail) Weekly message by lecturer Online oral exam about assignments
We d like some help How to evaluate online education? How to reach a certain level of unity in course design? Do we need unity?
Questions? And Answers Linda Mebus (advisor) l.f.m.mebus@tudelft.nl Website: TU Delft Study - Online Sofia Dopper (project manager): s.m.dopper@tudelft.nl