AACRAO Annual Conference April 15, 2013 __________________ MOOCs: What They are and What You Need to Know

Presenters:. Tom Black, Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs Presenters: Tom Black, Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Registrar, Stanford University Marianna Losada, Head of Europeans and International Affairs, amue Mark McConahay, Associate Vice Provost and Registrar, Indiana University

MOOCs – What is it? MOOC (noun) - Massive Open Online Course. A term, coined in 2008 by Professor Dave Cormier of the University of Prince Edward Island, used to describe web technologies that have enabled educators to create virtual classrooms of thousands of students.

MOOCs – Business Models Coursera (Stanford) Revenue: Amazon Affiliate Program, Signature Track, Proctored Exams, Career Services edX (MIT and Harvard) – non-profit Revenue: Retail partners (textbooks) Udacity (Stanford)

MOOCs – For the rest of us Public Institutions Traditional Post Secondary Business Model Graduate Program Instruction Masters Program Instruction Upper Level Undergraduate Instruction Survey Courses Foundational Courses Full Professors Associate Professors Non Tenure Track Faculty Associate Instructors/Teachers Assistants

Public Institutions And MOOCs Pressures Financial Austerity Declining subsidies Demand for (further)Administrative Efficiency Cost (to student) of Credential Labor Market Demands Increased Skills, Competencies, Training Manifestations Curricular Legislative Mandates Commodicize/Standardize Foundational Instruction Academic Knowledge vs. Specific Competencies Computer Science vs. Programmer Disaggregation of programs Ubiquity of the Network Proximity no longer required

Public Institutions Business Model Affect MOOC Offerings Altruism Increase Engagement, Identification, Presence Access and numbers If MOOCs result in accredited Badges? Badges = Academic Currency (Articulation) -Professional Skills -Foundational Classes Foundation Classes Impact base of Institutional Business Model Academic Credential more expensive? Future Roles of Post-Secondary Institutional Kim: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/why-moocs-may-drive-higher-ed-costs Graduate Program Foundational Courses

Public Institutions And MOOCs Registrar – Administrative Interests Credit hour definition/evaluation IdM/Digital footprint Assessment Issues Course Logistics Transcription -Other Record types (e.g., ePortfolios) -Comingling learning artifacts with traditional -Learning credentials labor market credentials with academic credentials

AACRAO Annual Conference April 15, 2013 __________________ MOOCs: What They are and What You Need to Know