moocs in the age of higher education’s digital transition
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MOOCs in the Age of Higher Education’s Digital Transition
Larry Cooperman
President, Open Education Consortium
Associate Dean for Open Education,
University of California, Irvine
Prepared for
HOME Conference
Oporto, Portugal
November 27, 2014
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Content Experience Certification
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University + The Internet = What?
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Trow’s Conceptions of Elite, Mass and Universal Higher Education
Elite (0-15%) Mass (16-50%) Universal (over 50%)
i) Attitudes to access A privilege of birth or talent or both
A right for those with certain qualifications
An obligation for the middle and upper classes
ii) Functions of higher education
Shaping mind and character of ruling class; preparation for elite roles
Transmission of skills; preparation for broader range of technical and economic elite roles
Adaptation of ‘whole population’ to rapid social and technological change
iii) Curriculum and forms of instruction
Highly structured in terms of academic or professional conceptions of knowledge
Modular, flexible and semi-structured sequence of courses
Boundaries and sequences break down; distinctions between learning and life break down
vii) Academic standards Broadly shared and relatively high (in meritocratic phase)
Variable; system/institution ‘become holding companies for quite different kinds of academic enterprises’
Criterion shifts from ‘standards’ to ‘value added’
Source: Trow, Martin, “Reflections on the Transition from Elite to Mass to Universal Access: Forms and Phases of Higher Education in Modern Societies since WWII. International Handbook of Higher Education: Part One: Global Themes and Contemporary Challenges. 2007. Springer. Dordrecht, Netherlands.
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Gross Enrollment Ratio Colombia 2005-2013
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Enrollment, Graduation, and Attainment
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A New Iron Triangle?
Access
Success Cost
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2014
What is (are) the right question(s) to ask?
What should we do now that the delivery of higher education is so highly digital (and
we have the Internet)?
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MOOCs have forced a new conversation
MOOC
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…about those lecture halls
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THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM CANNOT
ACCOMMODATE THE CURRENT QUANTITY OF
STUDENTS SEEKING HIGHER EDUCATION
…about massification
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“The need to respond to the demands of massification has
caused the average qualification for academics in many
countries to decline.”
“Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic
Revolution,” UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education
Altbach, Reisberg and Rumbley
…about quality
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Courses
Efficient? Effective? Engaging?
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Weaknesses in MOOC model
Cottage-industry approach
to course design
MOOC
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Weaknesses in MOOC model
Failure to produce
meaningful learning research
MOOC
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What is the best predictor of 4th
year grades?
Learning Sciences
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First Quarter Grades
Fourth Year Grades
Learning Sciences
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Weaknesses in MOOC model
Weak peer learning capabilities
MOOC
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Weaknesses in MOOC model
MOOCs took a step back from the open
licensing critical to reusability
MOOC
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Europe and social mobility
Education at-scale
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Communities of experts
Learning communities
Curriculum
Education at-scale
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Europe is leading on policy
• open by default • common technology platforms • new pedagogical and didactic structures • a high level of quality and evaluation • a preference for digital and connected to offline
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Universal Post-Secondary Education
Lifelong, flexible, adaptable learners
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Thank You
Larry Cooperman
President, Open Education Consortium
Associate Dean for Open Education,
University of California, Irvine
Contact Information:
Twitter: @openeducator
Skype: lcooperman