1. University Education, Technology & the Lifelong Learner: Looking 5+ Years Ahead
Professor Jeff Haywood, Vice Principal, CIO & Librarian
University of Edinburgh, UK
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MOOCs
LLL
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3. LLL UALL, London, Nov 2013 MOOCs in proportion Technology futures
Digital education now
Lessons from MOOCs
Origins of MOOCs
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4. Origins of MOOCs
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5. Timeline of MOOC development
Source: wikipedia.com
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6. MOOCs in proportion
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7. 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

8. 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
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9. 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
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10. Lessons from MOOCs
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11. 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 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:
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12. So what have we learned from MOOCs?
[scale]
[pedagogies]
[monetisation]
[remote assessment]
[rewards vs awards]
[unbundling HE]
[languages]
[global+local]
[data]
[open]
[community] 12

13. Digital education now
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14. Exploring the leading edge of taught online education14
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15. MSc Digital Education – use of interactive technologies15
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16. MSc Digital Education – use of interactive technologies
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17. MSc Digital Education – use of interactive technologies17
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18. Technology futures
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19. 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
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20. Implications
for LLL 20
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21. 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
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22. 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