From e-books to MOOCs: Coping, adapting, embracing The Online Revolution From e-books to MOOCs: Coping, adapting, embracing Intro Frank Vahid UC Riverside Systems Smita Bakshi Zyante CEO Research Diane Rover Iowa State Univ. Experiences Yacob Astatke Morgan State Univ. Options FV All slides: www.cs.ucr.edu/~vahid/asee2013 1
2012 – Year of the Massive Open Online Course Introduction http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/massive-open-online-courses-are-multiplying-at-a-rapid-pace.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
The Stanford Experiment Aug 2011 AI: 160,000 Machine learning: 120,000 Databases: 92,000 NYT 3/4/12 Instruction for Masses Knocks Down Campus Walls Udacity $5M Series A 4/12, $15M Series B 10/12 Coursera EdX
Online/virtual not new 1960: PLATO Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations … 1976: Coastline Community College First virtual college in U.S. 2002 MIT OpenCourseWare (…MITx…EdX)
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Prices Technology Lack of access HTML5 Broadband Cloud computing Pads Why now? Prices Technology HTML5 Broadband Cloud computing Pads Lack of access Avg CA college: 7,000 on wait lists CSU: 16% 4-yr