Why MOOCs Matter

A Webinar by Tata Interactive Systems

Introductions

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Dr. John F. Ebersole President, Excelsior College, Albany

Preeti JasnaniPrincipal Learning Designer, TIS

Agenda

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• Setting the Stage by Preeti Jasnani

• Valuable Insights By John Ebersole

• Participants’ Views on Critical Questions

All participants

• Open Platform

Questions/discussions by participants

• Closing Thoughts

By John Ebersole and Preeti Jasnani

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Why MOOCs matter?Should MOOCs matter?

MOOCs Matter!

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In 2016, a group of students will receive master’s degrees in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology. These

students will pay $7,000 for the degree – about one-sixth of the traditional cost – and may never set foot on campus. Thanks to an agreement between Georgia Tech, AT&T, and Udacity, a venture-

capital funded online education startup, students will learn virtually via a “massive open online course,” or MOOC.

http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/2013/05/21/can-moocs-solve-the-stem-problem/

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MOOCs Matter!

Why MOOCs?

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It seems to me, at least with respect to MOOCs, that we have skipped an important step. We’ve jumped right into the "chase" without much of a discussion about what problems they could

help us to solve. We have skipped the big picture of where higher ed is going and where we want to be in 10 or 20 years.

By Dan Greenstein

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/07/01/essay-need-focus-higher-ed-reforms-right-goals-not-just-quick-change

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Why is the purpose?

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Access to higher education, reduce costs,

and reinvigorate teaching and learning?

What values we want to promote?

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Socialization – Individualization – Collaboration

Critical thinking; creativity; research-intensive learning; information seeking; sense-making; self-directed; self-regulated

learning

What can MOOCs do?

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• Remove limitations posed by geographical/space constraints • Leverage technology to transform how education is delivered

– Leverage the strengths of cloud-based model– Leverage the strengths of sophisticated e-learning methodologies to develop skills

and promote “active learning”

• In the blended mode, MOOCs can flip a classroom and help instructors to act more of a mentor

• By their mere massive and open nature, MOOCs have the potential to promote – Diversity– Openness – Interactivity– Autonomy

empowering students as explorers and creators to follow their passion in diverse directions

And last, but…

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