“Education…not training.”
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“Education…not training.”. A MOOC with a corporate twist. Forging a public/private partnership. The Challenge…. You have done well… now do better! Deliver a graduate-level education to thousands of IT staff …for very little $. …and, by the way, keep learning outcomes high. Background. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Educationnot training.A MOOC with a corporate twist.Forging a public/private partnership.The ChallengeYou have done well now do better!
Deliver a graduate-level education to thousands of IT staff
for very little $.
and, by the way, keep learning outcomes high.BackgroundEmergence of the flipped classroom
UMN experimentation with MOOCsFall 2013: Recommender Systems
Ongoing development of technology infrastructure at UMNCentral recording studiosIn-house application development (Flipgrid)Platform support (Moodle)
Coursera: Fall 2013
MOOCs are great, butAccording to one study cited by Inside Higher Ed, completion rates average less than 7%.
Perhaps this is OK for free, open, online education.
Customers in this space demand higher completion ratesOptum not interested in educating only 7% of their workforce.
Flipped!
Flipped!Flipped classrooms use some MOOC techniques (or vice versa)Heavy use of technology for content delivery, butThey maintain the rich teacher/student interactions that promote good learning outcomes.
Other ApproachesTrain the trainerDevelop scale by training SMEsIncreased distance between research and practiceQuality control becomes difficult
Other corporate training platformsDesigned for compliance, not education
Custom training developmentLose the brand connectionThe SolutionA combination of MOOCtraditional online courseflipped classroom
15 weeks of content squeezed into 8
Self assessment opportunities, but no grading or credit
Online forum and video discussion
Weekly seminarsGuest speakerActivitiesDiscussion
Company-administered project15 weeks down to 8
Week 1!Self Assessment
Flipgrid Interaction
Weekly SeminarScheduled by the customer (Optum)
Topics include:Internal SMEsExercises and problemsDiscussion
Big question: Who will attend?ProjectStudents will identify an application opportunity in their job function
Students apply the software design principles and patterns learned in the course
Students will present their projects to high level internal architects and potentially executivesOutcomes
Open QuestionsWhat will participation rates look like?Probably not as good as in personHopefully not as bad as a MOOC
Longitudinal: how will students who take the course progress in their careers?
How do we extend this model?Other corporate customers?Open enrollment versions?
