MOOCs - a European university perspective Making sense of MOOCs ACA-EUA Brussels 10 10 2013 Michael Gaebel
Have you heard about MOOCs? 2013 membership consultation: 175 responses (1/5 of EUA s membership) 2
Great expectations and concerns Global learning revolution Tsunami End of degrees End of universities Free high-end education for all... and Old Europe We are late We are behind in technology We will be overun by the US 3
All major platforms in the US Coursera edx Udacity Udemy Canvas Sakai... 4
European MOOCs 5
MOOCs in Europe European Platforms Open-up Ed - European open universities (April 2013) Miriada X Spain + Latin America FutureLearn UK (Sept. 2013) Iversity, Germany (mid 2013) France Université Numérique (Oct. 2013) European style National initiatives Language defines platforms English + a bit diversity Investment: Public money Foundations Private sector (telecommunication companies) European higher ed market? 6
What are MOOCs good for? Lower costs of learning Better quality learning More learning opportunities 7
True or false: MOOCs save a lot of money Doug Becker, Laureate: at least 1/3 reduction of higher education cost How? 1 teacher teaching 100.000 student = 250 years Replacing face-to-face teaching by online courses Automatised undergraduate teaching? Or: Flipping the classroom Investment costs: 40.000 250.000 EUR Work intensive: 600h staff time (Duke University) Maintainance update? Re-use after some years? Or: make it available to 8 many
True or false: MOOCs earn a lot of money Doug Becker: 1% of that benefit would still be a very nice business Adverstisement, big data Revenue for universities? Crowd-funding: small participation fees Fees for credits/ certification But: additional effort for the institution Low numbers of students seek credit Georgia Tech Computer Science Master s course: 6000 USD in place of 30.000 USD But: if you do not charge fees for conventional HE? 9
True or false: MOOCs enable access Coursera, Udacity: Democratisation of knowledge MOOCs give access to people who could not attend university (disadvantaged, poor, unemployed etc.) Jeb Bush: great for people who cannot afford college 10
True or false: MOOCs enable access High drop-out (70-90%) Majority of learners have a degree University Edinburg: 70% UW-Madison: 74% MOOCs users are Graduated, +/- 30 years old, employed Some are currently studying, or likely to enter university Low to no participation of those, who cannot enter university 11
True or false: Moocs are good for internationalisation. 12
True or false: Moocs are good for internationalisation. UW-Madison: 23% US residents University of Edinburgh: 200 countries majority US, UK, Spain, Brazil. zero from China University Amsterdam: 30% non-dutch Impact on internationalisation??? Visibility and reputation Attracting and selecting talent? Internationalisation of programmes? Erasmus + Erasmus Mundus Targeted offer: Cooperation with institutions and regions 13
True or false: MOOCs improve learning Every participant has to learn actively Learning data - learning analytics Better preperation of courses (teams, no adhoc) Are these not the usual benefits of online-learning provision? open university response: Student instructor relation student support services QA MOOCs not autonomatically innovative learning 14
True or false: Moocs revolutinize higher education make universities superfluous Thrun (Udacity), Moody s, Ernst & Young e.a.: Many/some universities will disappear or change Loose award monopol for certification of learning Certificates, badges Universities develop & implement MOOCs QA Degree award Universities change 15
Conclusions: MOOCs in Europe No panacea for challenges of mass higher ed Financial and economic interests US Europe: different frameworks Business model for European MOOCs Europe: public responsibilty / no/low fees European Higher Education Area Inter-institutional collaboration No need for having the same topic produced several times Open educational resources Supplement mobility Internationalisation European learning offer Joint provision with partners around the globe? 16
Conclusions: MOOCs in Europe Additional learning rather than replacing HE Lifelong learners Continued professional education Third mission: service to society e.g. outreach to schools, communities etc. MOOCs integrated in regular teaching? (blended learning, flexibilisation of learning) Growing importance for e-learning General discussion on learning and teaching MOOCs for research different ways of producing knowledgechange, disruption yes, but not from the MOOCs (alone) Research on MOOcs not for all institutions - institutional mission/ strategy & responsiblity 17
Ongoing - upcoming EUA: ICT based learning survey deadline end October 2013 EUA MOOCs update (occasional paper) - Nov. 2013 EUA TRENDS 2015: focus on learning and teaching including e-learning + MOOCs MOOC summit - École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, 10-12 February 2014 http://moocs.epfl.ch/emoocs2014 18