To MOOC Or Not To MOOC? Creating a Successful Open Education Model across ASEAN Countries

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'To MOOC or Not to MOOC - Creating a Successful Open Education Model across ASEAN Countries'

Allan Christie

GM and Learning Technologist, Blackboard APAC

• About me

• MOOCs and Blackboard Open Education

• The “new” Blackboard – supporting International Growth

Introduction

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Outline

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Outline

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I have been using educational technology in T&L for a long time!

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Allan Christie, GM and eLearning Technologist, Blackboard APAC

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Allan Christie, GM and eLearning Technologist, Blackboard APAC

• 20 years on the ascilite Executive

• Post-graduate research “evaluation of educational technologies in teaching & learning”

• Excellence in Teaching Award – UniSA

• 1998 – Founder and MD of NetSpot Pty Ltd

• 2012 – acquired by Blackboard Inc.

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International Growth – AEC integration 2015

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SHOWCASEOPEN

ACCESSEXPERIMENTATION

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There are MOOC’s on a huge variety of topics!

https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping2paths

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There are MOOC’s on a huge variety of topics!

http://www.hogwartsishere.com/ - Hogwarts Education!

There are MOOC’s on a huge variety of topics!

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https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/pages/mooccatalog.html

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What is involved in making a MOOC

Planning – being clear about “why”

Time – it will always take you longer than you expect

Assessment – accreditation? Open Badges

Your involvement – how much interaction, ? Support from T/A’s

Promotion – twitter, FB, blogs, web site, etc.

Resources – video, OER (copyright)

SHOWCASEOPEN

ACCESSEXPERIMENTATION

The above slide represents our current intentions, but such offering/functionality may be modified, delayed or abandoned without prior notice.

FAMILIAR

PLATFORM

INNOVATIVE

TOOLS

FULLY

SUPPORTED

BRIDGED

EXPERIENCES

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BLACKBOARD Open Education

Blackboard’s MOOC platform is available for existing clients

An “existing client” can have any Blackboard product!

Includes Learn, Mobile Learn, Collaborate and xpLor functionality

Clients can brand with their own institution branding

Blackboard Open Education will be available in 19 languages at launch

General Availability is next month – June 2014

at no cost!

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WE LIVE

EDUCATIONAND BREATHE

AND THEBUSINESSBEHIND IT

Experience and insight make us a trusted partner

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73% of world’s leading academic institutions work with Blackboard*

* Percentage of Top 50 Times Higher Education Reputation Ranking 2014

Serve 19,000+ clientsin 100 countries

Company roots in education since 1997

3,000

HE Institutions in North America

1,900

International Institutions

12,300

K-12 Schools And Districts

1,800

Corporate And Government Orgs

60% of Top 100 AsiaUniversities work with Blackboard*

With the largest global community of practice

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30M USERSACROSS 19K

CUSTOMERSWORLDWIDE

By partnering with Blackboard, a global company that acts locally, we can work together to expand your offerings both within and beyond the Philippines.

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Conclusion

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Three major takeaways:

• My approach to eLearningo Who I am and what I stand for

• Blackboard Open Educationo MOOC platform – free for existing clients and fully supported

General Availability – June 2014

• The ‘new’ Blackboardo Investment in International

e.g, new Blackboard data centre opens in Singapore August 2014

Staff in region to support your ADOPTION of technology

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Allan Christie

GM and Learning Technologist, Blackboard APAC

allan.christie@blackboard.com

@ns_allanc

Blog: christie.com.au