University Education, Technology & the Lifelong Learner: Looking 5+ Years Ahead Professor Jeff Haywood, Vice Principal, CIO & Librarian University of Edinburgh, UK jeff.haywood@ed.ac.uk http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/jhaywood UALL, London, Nov 2013

? MOOCs LLL UALL, London, Nov 2013

LLL UALL, London, Nov 2013 MOOCs in proportion Technology futures Digital education now Lessons from MOOCs Origins of MOOCs UALL, London, Nov 2013

Origins of MOOCs UALL, London, Nov 2013

Timeline of MOOC development Source: wikipedia.com UALL, London, Nov 2013

MOOCs in proportion UALL, London, Nov 2013

TECHNOLOGY MOOCs in proportion @ Edinburgh On-campus Off-campus open 30,000 students all courses since ~1990 Off-campus 2000 students 50 Masters since ~2005 open TECHNOLOGY MOOCs in proportion @ Edinburgh 6 MOOCs 308k learners since 2012

now a FutureLearn partner too further ~20 MOOCs under construction 308,000 learners enrolled 6 MOOCs Jan 2013 Coursera 200 countries wide age range diverse intentions now a FutureLearn partner too further ~20 MOOCs under construction UALL, London, Nov 2013

MOOC subjects & ‘platforms’ Subject area Coursera edX Udacity FutureLearn OpenUpEd FUN Computer science 89 13 18 - Arts/humanities 105 23 Social sciences (incl teacher ed) 228 16 2 31 Science & engineering (excl CS) 87 8 9 Clinical (M & V) 126 Total MOOCs (active+planned) 493 62 28 n/a 65 Partners/members 91 26 12 So, each university offers few MOOCs but in aggregate there are many From the learners' perspective, this is crowd-sourced learning opportunities - they can take many or few, in whatever subjects suit them At October 2013 9 UALL, London, Nov 2013

Lessons from MOOCs UALL, London, Nov 2013

Who studies on MOOCs, and why? Limited data – enrolling on a MOOC doesn’t require ID!! For Edinburgh’s 6 MOOCs (launched with 308,000 learners) we had: Mainly 18-35 years old; female = male; UG degree and many with PG degree; lots in education/training; wanted ‘to learn new things’; wanted ‘to see what MOOCs are about’; few wanted certificate or career enhancement US + UK dominate enrolments (~30-50%) but truly global too % from disadvantaged backgrounds small BUT to them, an important opportunity Patterns from other MOOCs very similar, altho some courses are more career-oriented These are data from ‘first offerings’ – may well change dramatically Data are at: http://edin.ac/YWGDdK UALL, London, Nov 2013

So what have we learned from MOOCs? [scale] [pedagogies] [monetisation] [remote assessment] [rewards vs awards] [unbundling HE] [languages] [global+local] [data] [open] [community] 12

Digital education now UALL, London, Nov 2013

Exploring the leading edge of taught online education 14 UALL, London, Nov 2013

MSc Digital Education – use of interactive technologies 15 UALL, London, Nov 2013

MSc Digital Education – use of interactive technologies UALL, London, Nov 2013

MSc Digital Education – use of interactive technologies 17 UALL, London, Nov 2013

Technology futures UALL, London, Nov 2013

Technology futures that will impact education Security – identity / surveillance / malevolence Ubiquity of fast internet Mobile everything & wearables Internet of things – consumer devices & instrumentation Semantic web & ubiqitous information – find & digitise on demand Intelligent agents Data-driven world – analytics, predictives, on-demand compute Personalisation – me + free + easy models dominate Video/audio easier than text Speech recognition – any voice instantly Real-time translation – with quality Digital-physical co-presence Social internet – collaboration & mass/crowd-sourcing   3D printing - common, fast and cheap UALL, London, Nov 2013

Implications for LLL 20 UALL, London, Nov 2013

Continuing Professional Development Continuing Personal Education Features of Continuing Professional Development Continuing Personal Education MOOCs University/college Workplace / home Credits Badges / none Local Global / mobile Paid for Free Closed / selected Open / anyone Programme Loose / no structure Despite these features, mainly offered from core academic departments 21 UALL, London, Nov 2013

So, lifelong learning in the age of MOOCs…… More graduates = more advanced LLL (CPD & CPE) Digital leisure learning on demand Blended LLL – on-campus + off-campus Global (large-scale) courses + local (small) communities Partnering academic departments across non-credit/ credit ‘divide’ Free, open courses + paid add-ons / freemium LLL & global knowledge communities Existing forms will not abruptly disappear, but around & intertwined will be new forms 22