A presentation on the march of MOOCs to Barcamp 9 Gold Coast

1. MOOCs March On
Michael Rees
@mrees
michael@mrees.com
Talk resources at talks.michaeljrees.com

2. MOOC Components
Massive
Open
Online
Courses
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3. MOOC Features
Heavy reliance on many, short videos
Several online quizzes per unit
Practical homework, exercises
Help via online forums, peer mentoring
Office hours videos, local study groups
Certificate of completion, attendance
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4. Udacity CS253 Web Apps Eng
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5. Google Power Searching
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6. Study Groups/Meetups
08:00 at Coffee Sisters, Cnr Rio Vista Blvd/Monaco St, Broadbeach Waters
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7. Coursera
• 1 million enrolled
students
• 196 countries
• 116 courses over
multiple disciplines
• 16 participating
universities, 3
outside USA
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8. Create your own MOOC
www.pathwright.com
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9. MOOC MOOC
• MOOC MOOC is a partnership
with the English and Digital
Humanities Program at
Marylhurst University and the
Writing and Communication
Program at Georgia Tech
together with Instructure
• canvas.instructure.com/courses
/612829
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10. MOOCs Going Forward
Industry Business Case
Acceptance • Can free MOOCs be
• Replace degrees? sustainable?
• Some examples of • Reasonable fees?
job successes • WEU – advertiser
funded
Effective
Learning
• Rely on self-
discipline
• Cheating is easy
• Allow up skilling
and career change
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