This document discusses the roles and potential of higher education and massive open online courses (MOOCs). It notes that higher education aims to nurture future leaders, seed innovation, expand knowledge, disseminate knowledge, and contribute to society. MOOCs are seen as a way to widen access to education globally by removing barriers. While MOOCs face challenges around completion rates and accreditation, they also represent opportunities to connect learners and collectively share knowledge. The document suggests MOOCs could catalyze significant changes in education.
2. “Education is the
most powerful
weapon which
you can use to
change the world”.
~NELSON MANDELA
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3. What are the Roles of Higher
Education?
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4. The Role of Higher Education
TO NURTURE THE
FUTURE NATION
BUILDERS
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5. The Role of Higher Education
TO SEED CREATIVE &
INNOVATIVE MIND
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6. The Role of Higher Education
TO CREATE & EXPAND THE
FRONTIER OF KNOWLEDGE
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7. The Role of Higher Education
TO DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE
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8. The Role of Higher Education
TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY
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9. The Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (Article 26.1), which states
that: “Everyone has the right to
education”
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16. STEP OUT
FROM THE BOUNDARY
OF THE CLASSROOM
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17. license…open vs proprietary.
Steve
Wheeler,
University
of
Plymouth,
2011
“Open” means…open source (code), free
resources, research that is publicly available on
the Web, free courses (free enrollment), open
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18. means…few barriers, anyone could be a
player, this challenges all providers of education
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28. The TRAILBLAZERS...
Professor Thrun gave up his
tenured position at Stanford
to teach online courses at a
new start-up he’s founded
called Udacity.
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29. Welcome to the brave
new world of MOOCs
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30. …is NOT about replacing the
traditional universities but it is about
WIDENING ACCESS TO
EDUCATION.
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31. STEP OUT
FROM THE BOUNDARY
OF THE CLASSROOM
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33. OCW
MIT OCW
launched in 2001
From making resources
freely available…to
OER
UNESCO OER
Declaration 2012
…open massive
participatory learning
ecosystems
MOOCs
Small beginning
by George
Siemen in 2008
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to:
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34. France U Numerique
Others
Mooc providers
CourseSites
Miriada X
FutureLearn
iversity
Coursera
Open2Study
Canvas Networks
NovoEd
Udacity
EdX
Data
adopted
from
Dhawal
Shah,
MOOCs
in
2013:
Breaking
Down
the
Numbers
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35. Mooc subjects
Social Sciences
Humanities
Engineering
Maths & Stats
Education
Health & Medicine
Comp. Science
Business & Management
Data
adopted
from
Dhawal
Shah,
MOOCs
in
2013:
Breaking
Down
the
Numbers
Science
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42. 3
Business Models
Make students
pay for
certificates of
completion
Allow institutions
to pay for
sponsored classes
Offer students
additional paid
resources
Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen
Courses
are
free
but
proof
of
passing
would
need
to
be
purchased
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UniversiZes
can
pay
to
have
MOOC
courses
taught
on
their
campuses
Students
can
pay
for
library
resources,
tutoring,
textbook,
etc.
45. MOOCs – The 4C Model of Learning Behavior
Connect
Contribute
COLLECTIVE
KNOWLEDGE
Create
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Consume
FMD-1502-3DA-4N
46. …The value of MOOCs may not
be the MOOCs themselves, but
rather the plethora of new
innovations and added services
as a spin-off.
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