MOOCs and the User Experience Chris Millet Assistant Director, Education Technology Services Kate Miffitt, Instructional Designer, Education Technology Services Gary Chinn, Instructional Designer, eLearning Institute, College of Arts and Architecture
Who here has enrolled in a MOOC?
How are MOOCs different?
How to design great MOOCs? Leverage what we're already very good at. Understand and master what's new.
Who here has been involved in online course development?
What are some issues you would imagine in offering a course to 50,000 students?
MOOCs as a... Service
Student Demographics Majority are professionals Only ~1/3 live in the US Mostly well-educated, from high-HDI countries Deconstructing Disengagement: Analyzing Learner Subpopulations in Massive Open Online Courses; Kizilcec, Piech, Schneider
Student Motivations Curiosity about a subject Prestige of university Brushing up on skills Professional development Credentials
Who here has completed a MOOC?
"While we debate pedagogical models and the ideologies informing different MOOCs and the corporate interests of open courses, the lives of students in different parts of the world are being changed with these projects. And that should be our real focus." - George Siemens "The Theory that Underpins Our MOOCs"The Theory that Underpins Our MOOCs
MOOCs as a... Pedagogy
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"Clearly the subtext here is: an effective learning experience, especially one mediated by time, distance and computer technology, really needs to be designed." - Edward O'Neill "How To Build MOOCs that Fail"How To Build MOOCs that Fail
MOOCs as a... Platform
Video-dominant Content
Machine Grading
Video Quizzes
EdX
Venture Labs (NovoEd)
Canvas
Case Study: Intro to Art
The Future of Higher Ed in the "post-MOOC" era
Related Tech: Badges
Related Tech: Learning Analytics
Prior Learning Assessment
What if the best courses in the world are free? Why come to Penn State?
MOOCs as a...Disruptive Technology?
Questions Chris Millet: Kate Miffitt: Gary Chinn: