digital education by anant agarwal

Digital Education Anant Agarwal

@agarwaledu

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A digital world

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edX.org is a Non-Profit Founded by Harvard and MIT

We are reimagining education

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We partner with the world’s top institutions

155,000 Students Enrolled in First MOOC in MIT Circuits

7,157 Passed Course and Certified

8,240 Scored on the Final

9,318 Passed the Mid-Term

10,547 Scored on the Mid-Term

26,349 Scored on First Problem Set

154,763

Zero marginal cost education is disruptive

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69,221 Looked at first Pset 95,000

Looked at something

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1200 Courses

30 Million

Course enrollments

9.6 Million

Global learners

110+ Global

partners

5,000+ Number of credit eligible learners

edX MicroMasters

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MicroMasters Benefits

Modular, about 25% of a Master’s degree Career outcome focused Corporate endorsed Open admission – everyone welcome, no GRE! Learn for free Pay if you want MicroMasters credential (~$1K) Pathway to university credit

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MicroMasters courses are efficient, effective and incredibly flexible.

With MicroMasters courses, I didn’t push off my own career and add

stress to my life. Offering programs like MicroMasters to learners

across the globe on edX is phenomenal.

—Danaka | Canada

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Unbundling of education

Future of Credit & Credentialing

The Future

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Access & Unbundling

THEN

• Increase access

• Courses

NOW

• Programs

• On demand, self paced

• Online integrated into

campus

• Unbundling the 3 Cs –

clock, credential, content

• MicroMasters and

Professional Certificates

unbundle the 3 Cs

FUTURE

• Pathways – multiple courses,

multiple institutions in

programs

• Re-bundled for today’s

tech age

• “Digital colleges” – In-person

instructor support for online

courses

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“This semester, one experimental offering is Circuits

and Electronics... students learn the content online

through the edX platform... The course professor and

TA are available to answer questions on campus, but

the entirety of the course is taken online.”

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Credit & Credentialing

THEN

• Credit next

century

NOW

• ASU/edX Global Freshman

Academy, Kiron, Charter Oak

• MicroMasters pathway

to campus credit

• Outcome focused

• Innovative partnerships

• 77% of online learners feel

credentials from online

platforms backed by

universities are valuable to

employers.

FUTURE

• Full degree on edX -

stackable MicroMasters &

courses

• CreditX credit exchange

• 2030 landscape: Move beyond

credit

• MicroCredential as currency –

Industry & academic consortia

will accept MicroMasters and

professional certificates

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43% Our learners who earned a

verified certificate said it

helped advance their career

47% Have showcased their

certificate on their LinkedIn

profile

How edX Improves Lives

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Crowd-Sourced Predictions from edX Partner Institutions

“Differentiated universities.”

“Global lifelong education.”

“Learner-focused.”

“Peer-to-peer teaching and learning.”

“Horizontal, not vertical. Handshake more than a lecture.”

“Home schooling by robots.”

“Very different, but that’s the fun!”

“VR and AR.”

“Refreshing.”

“Be blended, human + digital.”