To Mooc or not to Mooc, That is the Question - Willem van Valkenburg

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To MOOC or not to MOOC

that is the Question

Willem van Valkenburg

What is a MOOC?

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What is Massive?

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“In order for open education to reach its varied

potentials, openness must become a core cultural

value for each and every faculty member.” David Wiley

Hype?

Gartner Hype Cycle

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What’s in the News?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/05/06/will-edx-put-harvard-and-mit-out-of-business/

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/whats-wrong-moocs-arent-changing-game-education/

Gartner Hype Cycle for MOOCs

Source: http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/cetisli/2013/06/25/moocs-and-higher-education-what-is-next/

The theory ofʺdisruptive innovationʺ

„A process by which a product or service

takes root initially in simple applications at

the bottom of a market and then

relentlessly moves ‘up market’, eventually

displacing established competitors”

‒ Professor Clayton M. Christensen,

Harvard Business School

Author of Disrupting Class (2008) and The Innovative University (2011)

Low ranked (under) graduate

degree programs

High ranked (under) graduatedegree programs

Top ranked (under) graduate degreeprograms

Clayton Christensen

Controversial/Disruptiveless more

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It certainly has hype characteristics,

but for many universities it has

accelerated change

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TU Delft Extension School

Massive Open Online Courses

(MOOCs)

Open Course Ware (OCW)

Online Distance Education

(ODE)

CampusEducation

Open & Online portfolio

OpenCourseWare (OCW)• Course Materials• Free• Big Exposure, Worldwide audience• Both Bachelor and Master level• No interaction with faculty• No accredited certificate

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)• Learning Activities & Course Materials• Free• Enrolled students only, massive numbers• Bachelors level• Certificate of Completion

Online Distance Education• Learning Activities & Course Materials• Paid enrollment• Enrolled students only, limited numbers• Accredited Course Certificate• Full Master Degree

On Campus Education• Direct access to education• Research facilities• World Class Library• Student social tissue• Student projects

E-Dean Director ofEducation

Delft Extension School

MOOCsBlended

EducationOnline

Courses

DelftX Courses

Water Treatment

SolarEnergy

Next GenerationInfrastructures

AeronauticalEngineering

Credit Risk Management

MOOC students

Next GenerationInfrastructures - 2

Drinking Water Treatment

FunctionalProgramming

Delft DesignApproach

Technology forBiobased Products

Solving Complex Problems

ResponsibleInnovation

Treatment of Urban Sewage

Introduction toWater & Climate

Introduction toSolar Energy

AeronauticalEngineering

Pre-University Calculus

Many enrollments

In total: 258.000

Type of Education ’13-’14 ’14-’15 ’15-’16

Campus (students) 19.000 20.000 20.000

Online (enrolments) 50 500 2.000

OpenCourseWare(visitors)

250.000 300.000 350.000

MOOCs (enrolments) 140.000 200.000 250.000

Enrolments Numbers

OnlineCourse• Pay per course• Bachelor and

master• Single Course• <10 EC• Course Certificate

Series• Pay per course• Bachelor and

Master• Couple of courses• 10 -15 EC• Formal Certificate

Module• Pay per course• Bachelor & Master• Couple of

courses/series• 30 EC• Formal Diploma

Programme• Pay per course• Master• Couple of

courses/series/modules• > 60 EC• Formal Master

OpenCourseWare Course materials, free, reusable, online, no certificate, no guidance/support

MOOC• Open Access• Bachelor level• Single course• No EC• Certificate of

Completion

Blended Education

Making the best use of Open & Online, and campus education

Back to the Question

Is your university ready for the

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22-24 April