Presentation for Jisc RSC Scotland Open Education event which was a joint meeting of SMUG, SCOT-BUG, Learning Technologists', Scottish e-Assessment and Open Badges Forums - See more at: http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/scotland#sthash.jkd15lXR.dpuf Riffing off of Bret Victor's 'The Future of Programming' this presentation tries to highlight how a less dogmatic approach by embracing an open and connected philosophy can potentially enhance an educational experience. Related post http://mashe.hawksey.info/2013/11/presentation-massive-open-online-courses-open-education-of-course/

1. Massive Open Online Courses
Open education of course?
[Taking on the dogmatic approach to education with a bit of ‘reclaim open
digital connectedness’]
Martin Hawksey
@mhawksey
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 1

2. Things you need to know
•Links and slides http://go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC (all
caps)
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 3

3. The future of …
©Bret Victor 09-Jul-2013
https://vimeo.com/71278954
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 4

4. Von Neumann Bottleneck
©Bret Victor 09-Jul-2013
https://vimeo.com/71278954
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 5

5. NLS oN-Line System:
the mother of all demos
©Bret Victor 09-Jul-2013
https://vimeo.com/71278954
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 6

6. NLS oN-Line System:
Real time collaboration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI8r8D46JOY#t=50s
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 7

7. NLS oN-Line System:
Firsts
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the computer mouse
2-dimensional display editing
in-file object addressing, linking
hypermedia
outline processing
flexible view control
multiple windows
cross-file editing
integrated hypermedia email
hypermedia publishing
document version control
shared-screen teleconferencing
computer-aided meetings
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
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formatting directives
context-sensitive help
distributed client-server
architecture
uniform command syntax
universal "user interface" frontend module
multi-tool integration
grammar-driven command
language interpreter
protocols for virtual terminals
remote procedure call protocols
compilable "Command Meta
Language"
November 27, 2013 | slide 8

8. Collaborate now…
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 9

9. The future of education…
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©Martin Hawksey 25-Nov-2013
https://vimeo.com/80274717
https://vimeo.com/80274717
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 10

10. DogmaticEd
©Michael Coghlan 22-May-2011
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89165847@N00/5780761773/
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 11

11. DogmaticEd
• Accreditation
• Expectation
• Architecture
(structural and
technical)
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 12

12. Massive Open Online Courses
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 13

13. MOOCs As a service
“revolutionising
conventional
models of formal
education.”
“a transformational
new partnership in
online education.”
“Higher
education is
broken with
increasingly
higher costs for
both students and
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"Higher
education is
ripe for
innovation: it is
too expensive
and limited to a
few"
Adapted from David Kernohan, 2013
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 14

14. Platform As a service … (which
might be used for a mooc)
“BlackBoard
CourseSites:
Move your courses
online free”
“Pearson OpenClass:
Break through to
learning at scale”
“Instructure Canvas:
Open online learning,
as defined by you”
Adapted from David Kernohan, 2013
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 15

15. Open Source bespoke MOOC
platforms
“XBlock is a component
architecture for building
courseware.”
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
“the software and technology
we used to build our Power
Searching with Google online
course
November 27, 2013 | slide 16

16. Digital now…
©Jonathan Worth
Gutenberg Bible
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
©Jonathan Worth
http://jonathanworth.com/
November 27, 2013 | slide 17

17. Connected now…
©EDUCAUSE
http://vimeo.com/76178422
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
http://vimeo.com/76178422

18. ocTEL Context
• professional development for people teaching
at Higher Education level
• funded by Leadership Foundation in HE
(Innovation and Transformation Fund)
• TEL about TEL
• experiment for ALT designing and delivering a
MOOC
• drawing on goodwill of the community
CC-By David Jennings (2013)

19. ocTEL in numbers
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10 modules + Induction
11 weeks, 55 hours
11 authors
20 tutors
1 face-to-face meeting
903 registrations on night before launch
passed 1,000 four days later
Cc-By David Jennings (2013)

20. ocTEL
Daily Alert
(email/RSS)
Blogs
Social
Bookmarking
Black box
filter
LMS
Central
store
(aggregator)
Comments
Twitter &
Social media
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
Adapted from Siemens, 2012
November 27, 2013 | slide 21

21. #phonar
©Alan Levine 2013-11-06
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/10728065255/
• Pre-recorded interviews
• “as you listen please tweet your notes and comments using
the #phonar hashtag and don’t forget to storify the global
set of notes/tweets afterwards.”
• More about #phonar http://youtu.be/lNmTKxeiC2Y
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 22

22. Open Tech Toolbox
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 23

23. closed <-> open
©timlewisnm 18-Oct-2010
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10343926@N02/5096804847
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 24

24. “At its best openness is an ethos
not a license. It's an approach to
teaching and learning that builds
a community of learners online
and off.” Jim Groom
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 25

25. The Value Proposition
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 26

26. Riding Giants
• Predicting Giants
• Learning to ride
• Evidence on board
©Maria Georgieva 07-Jul-2007
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80336673@N08/8062685725
The 21st annual conference of the Association for
Learning Technology 1-3 September 2014, Warwick, UK
Conference co-chairs: Sarah Cornelius, Linda Creanor and
Joe Wilson
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 27

27. Thanks!
Martin Hawksey
mashe.hawkse.info
@mhawksey
go.alt.ac.uk/RSCMOOC
November 27, 2013 | slide 28