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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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Keynote Presentation for the November 27, 2014 Conference of Higher Education Online - MOOCs the European Way (HOME). The conference was also called "Mapping the European MOOC Territory."

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MOOCs in the Age ofHigher Education’sDigital 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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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 ortalent or both

A right for those with certainqualifications

An obligation for the middle and upperclasses

ii) Functions of higher education

Shaping mind and character of ruling class; preparation forelite roles

Transmission of skills;preparation for broaderrange of technical andeconomic elite roles

Adaptation of ‘whole population’ to rapidsocial and technologicalchange

iii) Curriculum and forms of instruction

Highly structured in terms of academic orprofessional conceptions of knowledge

Modular, flexible andsemi-structured sequenceof courses

Boundaries andsequences break down;distinctions betweenlearning and life break down

vii) Academic standards Broadly shared and relatively high (in meritocratic phase)

Variable; system/institution‘become holdingcompanies for quite different kinds of academic enterprises’

Criterion shifts from‘standards’ to ‘valueadded’

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 RatioColombia 2005-2013

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Enrollment, Graduation, and Attainment

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A New Iron Triangle?

Access

SuccessCost

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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 QuarterGrades

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:

[email protected]

Twitter: @openeducator

Skype: lcooperman