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AnAnalysisofDifferentMOOCEnvironmentsfromtheStudents’Perspec>ve

VladMihaescu,Dr.DianaAndone,Prof.RaduVasiuPolitehnicaUniversityofTimisoara,Romania

h#p://www.slideshare.net/diando70/

eMOOCsGraz22-24February2016

@diando70

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NMCHorizon2015

h#p://www.nmc.org/pdf/2015-horizon-he-preview.pdf

Whatarethechallenges/trendsforHEinmid-sizecountries,non-Englishspeakingstudents?

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Whatarethechallenges/trendsforHEinmid-sizecountries,non-Englishspeakingstudents?

h#p://www.nmc.org/publicaKon/nmc-horizon-report-2016-higher-educaKon-ediKon/

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h#ps://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publicaKon/eur-scienKfic-and-technical-research-reports/promoKng-effecKve-digital-age-learning-european-framework-digitally-competent-educaKonal

PromoKngEffecKveDigital-AgeLearning-JRCScienceReport

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cMOOCs

cMOOCsConnectNetworkLearner-centeredPeerfoundedOERs,xMOOCs

xMOOCsPlaZormAcademicorientedAssessmentLinear

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NewOPENlifelonglearningstudent

Todaystudentswilllearnindependentanddigitalalltheirlife21stcenturyskills

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NewOPENlifelonglearningstudent

AretheyreadytoidenKfy,access,learn,analyse,apply,pracKcenewknowledgeacrossdifferentmedia,informaKon,communicaKon,toolsastoenhancetheirskillsanddeveloptheircareers?IntradiKonalHighereducaKondowepreparethemforthis?

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FlippedclassroomwithOERandMOOCs•  UseofOERs•  IntegraKngMOOCs

•  InternaKonalco-operaKonforinclassacKviKes

•  OpeningeducaKon•  Onlinestudyskillsforstudents

•  cMOOCs

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Flippedclassroom&blendedlearning

•  GivingstudentsmoreopportuniKestoworkcollecKvely

•  newmethodsofteachingSTEMsubjectsandnewapproachestoengineeringeducaKon

•  OnlineStudyskillsforstudents’lifelonglearning

•  AwarenessandexperimentaKonina(some-what)supervisedenvironment

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IntegraKngMOOCsinUPT,Romania

•  5professors•  11coursesatUGandMasterlevel•  Since2013•  MOOCsusedasOER,courseaddiKonalresources,projectwork

•  Somestudentsa#ended2courseswithMOOCsintegraKonasaflippedclassroom&blendedlearningmodel

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MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul>mediaTechnologies

Studyfor9months–Spring2014,Autumn2014,alsoinautumn2015

Toa#endacKvelyaMOOCoftheirchoice,relatedtocoursesubject,comment,produceareportandanalyze

–25%finalmark

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MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul>mediaTechnologies

•  MOOCs&OERs:CourseaddiKonalresourcesandprojectwork

•  StudentsownselecKonofthea#endedMOOCs•  CVUPT-UniversityVLE-blog,wikifordiscussionsandanalyse

•  Studentssubmi#edfinalevaluaKonreportoftheirexperienceinMOOCs,followingthetopics:thetechnicalenvironment,theplaQormusability,qualityoflearningmaterials,acKviKesperformedandcommunicaKontools

•  OnlinequesKonnaireandin-classdiscussion

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MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul>mediaTechnologies

•  33%liveMOOCs•  93%completed•  87%previouslya#endedanotherMOOC•  Onlinediscussionincourseblog,wikiandface-to-face

•  EvaluaKonasaMOOCcoursereport(instrucKonalandtechnological)

•  Students’percepKonofMOOCstechnicalenvironmentandusability

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Figure1.TheplaZormsusedbythestudentsfromtheMasterofMulKmediaTechnologies

Coursera22%

udemy17%

Udacity12%

FutureLearn12%

Iversity10%

Saylor8%

open2study8%

other8%

EdX3%

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PlaQ

orm

User-

Friend

ly

Intui>ve

Easyto

use

AYrac>ve

Simple

structure

Sugges>v

eicon

sand

colors

Conn

ect

with

social

med

ia

Coursera yes yes yes N/A yes yes yes

udemy yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Udacity yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

FutureLearn yes N/A yes N/A yes N/A N/A

Iversity yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Saylor no no no N/A N/A N/A N/A

open2study N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A yes

KhanAcademy N/A N/A N/A yes N/A N/A yes

EdX yes yes yes yes N/A yes N/A

Table1.TechnicalanalysisofdifferentMOOCsplaZorms

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PlaQ

orm

Material

Addi>o

nal

info

Vide

os

Tes>ng

Langua

ge

Cer>ficate

Prereq

uiremen

t Progress

Colorcod

ing

Coursera

differentformatswouldberequired

yes

canbedownloaded,modifythe

speed

ques>onnaires,quizzes,weekly

assignments,exam,

individualandgroupprojects

sub>tlesinother

languages,coursesinother

languages

Respectdeadlines,VerifiedCer>ficat

e

some yes yes

EdX Pleasant

andaYrac>ve

yes Interac>vetranscript

finaltest,quizzes N/A yes N/A yes

N/A

Ude

my Very

useful,explanator

y

yes

Goodquality,can’t

download,autoplayop>on

Intermediaryandfinaltest,

quizzes N/A yes N/A yes

N/A

Future

Learn

notstuffed,clearterms

externallinks verygood

weekly,shorttest N/A N/A N/A yes

N/A

SecKonfromTable2.LearningmaterialsanalysisofdifferentMOOCplaZorms

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Students’analyseofMOOCsplaQormü Iversity

ü onlineCVsü privateworkspacesü archivesofonlineresources.ü createcourseresourcesü addannotaKonstothecoursematerial.ü SomecoursesareequatedwithECTScredits.

ü Courseraü informaKonisreceivedweeklyü “JoinaMeetup”ü ‘CourseMaterialErrors’ü ‘TechnicalIssues’ü VerifiedCerKficate+CourseraSpecializaKonü Hintsinquizzes

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Students’analyseofMOOCsplaQormü KhanAcademy

ü RealKmecodeanalysisü Popupsarermistakesü Energypoints+mascot

ü Open2studyü PeriodicaltesKngü Medalsandkeys.

ü Udacityü InteracKvequizzesü Hintsinquizzesü Focusondiscussionsü Livestreamingsessionsü Paid:extrain-classprojects,feedback,codeanalysis,atutorforguidance,personalizedsimulaKonsupportandacerKficate.

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Students’analyseofMOOCsplaQormü Udemy

ü Creatorsgetalotofhelpü TesKngteamvetsthecourseü Discountcouponsü Atleast30minofvideo(2-15min)ü Videothumbnailsü “wish-list”.ü Self-compleKoncheckü Testreports

ü EdXü LastvisualizedacKvityü Transcriptü Easytonavigate

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Students’analyseofMOOCsplaQorm

ü Saylorü membersoftheacademiccommunityü Courserevisioncommissionü ePorZoliorequiredforacerKficateü Badges–MozillaFoundaKon&HASTACü “howtoworkthroughtheprogram”ü “Timeadvisory”ü CreaKveCommonsA#ribuKonlicenseü autoevaluaKontestsandproposedhomework

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Students’analyseofMOOCsplaQorm

ü Advantages:adapKve,progressbar,learninonesrhythm,interacKvity,accessibility,flexibility,comfort

ü Disadvantages:lackofagradebook,technicalissues,difficulty,lackofinformaKon,longvideos,diploma

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IntegraKngMOOCsinHEcourseacKviKesandpedagogicalbenefits Ac>vi>esintheHEcourse(inCVUPT) Pedagogicalbenefits

Face-to-faceacKviKes

Discussions fordeeperunderstandingofthecoursetopics/requirements

Learner-centricteaching

Feedbackonassignments

Online acKviKes onCVUPT

Followcoursematerials Self-paced study for differentlearning styles, enhanced focusanda#enKon

Discussions of OER, MOOCs and CClicenses

Openne s s t o / c u l t u r e o fknowledge-sharing and re-use,e xp lo i t aKon o f the OERmovement benefits, criKcalthinking

Project work: online course/ training /ICThelpdevelopment CollaboraKon in local learning

community

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Ac>vi>esintheHEcourse(inCVUPT)

Pedagogicalbenefits

Group work Online course project

Skills for collaborative work: challenge assumptions, delegate roles and r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , s h a r e d i v e r s e perspectives, find effective peers to emulate, collaborative tools usage

MOOC

Study MOOC materials (short videos, podcasts, presentations) and answer to corresponding quizzes

Self-paced/active learning

Solve assessments Retrieval learning, gamification

Evaluation of peer assignments Peer-assessment, assuming objectivity and responsibility

Discussions / feedback in MOOC forums

Participation in global learning communities, instant feedback

MOOC selection Skills for continuing and for learning autonomy, self-assessment of learning objectives

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Forstudents:

•  autonomyinassessingtheirownlearningneedsforchoosingtheMOOCsinwhichtoparKcipate

•  Newdigitalskills•  Developingstudyskillsforlifelonglearning•  InteracKonandcollaboraKon

•  thecurateduseofinformaKon–analyze&synthesize

Benefits/ChallengesofMOOCsintegra>oninflippedclassrooms

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ContradicKons&Challenges•  Forteachers:

•  toopposeuniformityandself-sufficiencyNewskillsandtasks:•  complexcoursedesign/management•  OERsandMOOCscuraKng•  NewevaluaKonandassessmentsmethods•  Newdigitalskills

Image:h#p://www.spafuturethinking.com/blog/

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Wicked

•  eliminaKngtheconfusionwithdistance,blended,MOOCs,openeducaKon,–itisjust21stcenturylearning

•  forMOOCsinHEfacilitators,priorexperienceindesigningandrunningonlinecoursesisneeded

•  astrategyforassessment•  Creditstransfer•  Quality-validaKon•  Strategyforco-operaKon(virtualmobility,Erasmus,etc)

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Discussions1.WhatexamplesofgoodpracKcesregardingMOOCsdoyouimplementforyourstudents?

2.WhichwouldbethebeststructureforsuchaMOOCpilotexperience?

3.Howimportantaresuchendeavoursfora“non-MOOC”country?

#eMOOCs2016

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ENGAGE

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MakelearningOPEN

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CONTACT Dr. Diana Andone Director e-Learning Center Email: [email protected] Web Elearning.upt.ro/diana.andone

@diando70

h#p://www.slideshare.net/diando70/

EDEN Fellow 2011

eMOOCs,Graz,2016

@mihaescuvlad

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