Roundtable at the REV 2014 conference together with Michael Auer, Denis Gillet, David Lowe and Mike Schulz in Oporto on February, 27, 2014

1. REV 2014
MOOCs, SPOCs, MOOLs: are they
the future of Learning ?
Manuel Castro
UNED / DIEEC / Professor
IEEE Education Society President
http://www.slideshare.net/mmmcastro
mcastro@ieec.uned.es
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2. MOOC
Massive
Online
Open
Course
and infinity number of variations
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3. Three views:
Student Provider Teacher
Massive
Online
Open
Course
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4. Three views:
Student Provider Teacher
(along the world)
Massive - Collaborative (by number)
Online - Anytime Anyway (no focus)
Open
- Free (by the way)
Course - Preparation Support (not …)
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5. Three views:
Student Provider Teacher
(Consortium, University, Company)
Massive - Business (large oportunity)
Online - Business (wide opportunity)
Open
- Business (model)
Course - Teachers (need, design)
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6. Three views:
Student Provider Teacher
(Academy, freelances)
Massive - Visibility (accreditation ?)
Online - 24 hours open (overload)
Open
- Business (model)
Course - Recognition (overload)
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7. Where we are:
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8. Catch the next wave:
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9. And take care:
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10. Rede TELGalicia
MOOCs, SPOCs, MOOLs: are they
the future of Learning ?
Thanks – Comments ? Debate ?
Manuel Castro
UNED / DIEEC / Professor
IEEE Education Society President
http://www.slideshare.net/mmmcastro
mcastro@ieec.uned.es
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