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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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)

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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:
Graduate Program
Foundational Courses

9. 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

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