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Tsunami in Education Emanuel Gruengard February 2013 1

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Suddenly Computer technology is mature enough Communication bands are wide enough Personal computers are within the reach of many persons Pedagogical issues are better understood and new ones are introduced There is abounded availability of free content Online systems geared to Online systems geared to massive (and even free) teaching massive (and even free) teaching 2

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Floating ideas: Class Centric? User Centric? Cohort Centric? Learning Spaces / Communities Self-Paced The Flip Classroom Concept The Salami Paradigm Automated Grading Peers Evaluation Accessibility Mobile Learning Technologies: Technologies: Synchronous / Asynchronous Webinars Podcasts Wiki Blogs Annotations KSV Talking Head Clips Animations Simulations Serious Games Social Networks 3

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Media 4 Wiki Webinars Clips Blogs Synchronous / Asynchronous Podcasts Animation Simulations Accessibility Annotation KSV Taking Head Serious Games

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MOOC Projects ( Massive Open Online Classes) Udacity KSV approach, A lot of short videos (stored on YouTube), Forum for social and admin https://www.udacity.com https://www.udacity.com edX: MIT, Harvard, Berckley KSV approach, A bit longer videos, Subtitles at the side (serve also to navigate), Forum for admin, Wiki for cooperation, Provides large sections of a textbook http://www.edxonline.org http://www.edxonline.org Coursera: Princeton, Stanford, Michigan, Penn, + 50 more Talking Head videos, Very detailed slides, Subtitles in several languages, Interactive windows https://www.coursera.org + Khan Academy; OpenLearn (OU UK); Codecademy; ++ + + New Players: Futurelearn (OU UK); + + + 5

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Building Blocks: Learning Objects (LO) Lego building blocks approach (Ideal) LO has three parts: A Defined Learning Objective A Learning Activity An Immediate Assessment In most cases: atomic (covering a single item) and short (~10 minutes) 6

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KSV = 7

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KSV Please note that lesson 1 is composed of 40 sections! 8

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KSV 9 Full transcript

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Taking Head synchronized with slides Exercise 10

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Pedagogical Concepts Flipped Class Learn at home and later, in the class, discuss and expand Self Paced No hard time-limits Minimal interaction between learners Everyone can Register No need for a matriculation No entry tests 11

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The MOCC Offerings Huge classes Salami approach Self paced (within cycles) Media Based No tutoring Self contained (in most cases ) No meaningful interaction, unless Automatic grading Peers grading No curriculum (yet?) Degrees: not yet clear Business Models: still in development 12

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Paradigm Shift 1 Present the lesson via short Learning Objects (LO) of few minutes Short and focused objects of learning coupled with Formative Evaluation Intelligent Tutor System Selects objects based on learners preferences and on immediate evaluation Massive reading only complementary and eBook oriented Integrated true Digital eBooks rather than Digitized Books Emphasis on Media Multimodal interactions (read it / hear it / see it / experience it / create it) 13

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Paradigm Shift 2 Use PDAs as active devices Record, Photo, Film, Broadcast, Converse High Interaction Make use of touch screen interactivity Immediate Recording and Delivery of MP3/MP4 Use of Mini Intelligent Games Assignments are integral part of the LO approach: Immediate Responses, Multi Choice Questions, Peers Evaluation Plagiarism control? 14

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Islands of Time Our diverse activities create islands of free time http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/31/business/20080801-metrics-graphic.html Can these periods be used for even more productive learning, based on the salami / LO approach of short durations? 16

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Yes! The Next Major Phase: Mobile Learning Monolithic Lectures (Hours) Islands of Time (Minutes) Fixed Location Ubiquitous 17 Devices Durations and Locations But this is another presentation...

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