Blended Learning Meets MOOCs: Education's Digital Future (205538656)

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Anthony G. Picciano

CUNY Graduate Center

Blended Learning Meets MOOCs:

Education’s Digital Future presentation at the EDUCAUSE ELI Meeting

February 2014



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Presentation Outline

.Introduction

.Teaching and Learning in 2013 – Scenarios

.Blended Learning

.Blending with Pedagogical Purpose

.Enter the MOOCs

.Education’s Digital Future

.Questions



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Teaching and Learning in 2014 –

Different Scenarios!



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Teaching and Learning in 2014 –

Different Scenarios!



Blended Learning Conceptualization

Conventional

Face to Face

Classroom

Fully

Online

Blended

Source: Picciano, A.G, & Dzuiban, C. (2007). Blended learning: Research perspectives. Needham, MA:

The Sloan Consortium.http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/books/index.asp

http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/books/index.asp






Blended Learning Conceptualization

Conventional

Face to Face

Classroom

Fully Online

Minimal Technology/Media

Technology/Media Infused

Blended Blended

Blended Blended

Students meet f2f

– teacher uses

simple technology

such as email, or

web for e-lectures.

Students meet f2f –

teacher usestechnology such as

simulations, tutorials,

digital video.

Students meet online

- teacher uses simpletechnology such as

CMS, electronic

bulletin boards.

Students meet online –

teacher uses multipleasynchronous and

synchronous technology

such blogs,wikis and

interactive

videoconferencing



Synthesis/ Evaluation

(Assignments/Assessment)

Papers, Tests, Student

Presentations (PPT,

Youtube), E-Portfolios

Blending with Pedagogical Purpose: A Multimodal Model

Reflection

(Blog,Journal)

Collaboration/Student

Generated Content

(Wiki, Mobile Tech)

Social/Emotional

(F2F)

Dialectic/Questioning

(Discussion Board)

Content

(LMS/CMS/Media/

Games/MUVE)

Blending with

Purpose

Source: Picciano (2009).



Blending with Purpose – The Multimodal Model

Synthesis/ Evaluation

(Assignments/Assessment)

Papers, Tests, Student

Presentations (PPT,

Youtube), E-Portfolios

Reflection

(Blog,Journal)

Collaboration/Student

Generated Content

(Wiki, Mobile Tech)

Social/Emotional

(F2F)

Dialectic/Questioning

(Discussion Board)

Blended

Ecosystem

Content(LMS/CMS/Media/

Games/MUVE)



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Blended Learning as Ecosystem

As blended learning matures and develops, it isevolving into a seamless, organic environment or ecosystem

It is the artful design of a teaching and learning experience that

leverages instruction, technology, administrative and support

services, into a natural experience for learner and teacher.



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Enter the MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses

.The term MOOC is used for the first time in 2008 at

the U. of Manitoba.

.Sebastian Thrun offers a MOOC in 2011 at Stanford University

and 160,000 students enroll.

.MOOC consortia/companies (Udacity, edX, Coursera) are formed.

.Millions of students are now enrolling every year in MOOCs.



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MOOCs - Pros and Cons!

Pros

Worldwide student access

to courses and materials

Scalability will drivedown higher education costs

Convenience for adults/career development

Interesting uses of data and

learning analytics

Cons

Taking a course is not

equivalent to an education

Some MOOCs are poorlydesigned and lack

substantive interaction

High attrition rates (as muchas 90%)

Financial sustainability

(most MOOCs are free).



"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."

– Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943

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The Future of Technology

- Easy to Get it Wrong!

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."

– Ken Olson, Chairman Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

"640K ought to be enough memory for anybody."

– Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, 1981



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The Future – Higher Education

Source: U.S. Department of Education - NCES (January 2013). Projections of Education Statistics to 2021.



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Non-Traditional Students are Now Traditional!

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data

System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” Spring 2010; Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Model, 1970 –2020; and U.S. Department

of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, "Social and Economic Characteristics of Students," various years.



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The Future - One Size Does Not Fit All!

.Different strokes for different folks.

.Different types of schools will approach

Online and Blended Learning and MOOCs differently.

.Different programs/disciplines/courses will approachOnline and Blended Learning and MOOCs differently.

.Different students will approach

Online and Blended Learning and MOOCs differently.



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The Future – Allen & Seaman Survey of

Chief Academic Officers (N=2,820)

Source: Allen, I.E. & Seaman, J. (2013).

2012 survey finds only 2.6 percent report they currently offer MOOCs and slightly less than

ten percent (9.4%) have plans to offer them.



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The Future – MOOCs -> Blended Cs

.San Jose State University entered into an agreement with Udacity to

develop remedial and introductory courses (2013-2016).

.Courses were limited to 300 students.

.Tuition was $150. per course.

.Provision for faculty involvement in a blended format.

.Efforts will be made to overcome the biggest failure of MOOCs — their 90 percent dropout rate.



Preliminary Evaluation – Spring Semester

Source: Collins, E.D. (2013). Preliminary Summary SJSA+ Augmented Online Learning Environment Pilot Project.

Note: MATH 6L - Remedial algebra survey course

MATH 8L - Introduction to college-level algebra

STAT 95 - Introduction to college-level statistics

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The Future!

.Put part of the course (i.e., lecture) in online/MOOC environment

.Put discussion/interaction part of the course in a f2f or blended

environment.



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Summary/Questions?



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References Allen, I.E. & Seaman, J. (2013). Changing course: Ten years of tracking online education in the United States.

Wellesley, MA: Babson College Survey Research Group.

Knowles, M., Holton, E.F., & Swanson, R. (1998). The adult learner . Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Lin, L., Cranton, P., & Bridglall, B. (2005). Psychological Type and Asynchronous Written Dialogue in Adult Learning.Teachers College Record Volume 107 Number 8, 2005, p. 1788-1813

http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 12096, Date Accessed: 1/25/2008 3:15:54 PM

Picciano, A.G. & Dzuiban, C. (2007). Blended learning: Research perspectives. Needham, MA: The Sloan

Consortium.

Picciano, A.G. (2009). Blending with purpose: The multimodal model. Journal of the Research Center for

Educational Technology, 5(1). Kent, Oh: Kent State University.

U.S. Department of Education - NCES (January 2013). Projections of Education Statistics to 2012.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data

System, “Fall Enrollment Survey” (IPEDS-EF:94 –99), and Spring 2001 through Spring 2009; Enrollment in Degree-

Granting Institutions Model, 1980 –2008; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population

Reports, "Social and Economic Characteristics of Students," various years. (This table was prepared February 2010.)

http://www.tcrecord.org/

http://www.tcrecord.org/



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The Future


When examined by Carnegie classification, it is the research universities (Doctoral/

Research institutions) that are in the lead. They are almost twice as likely to be

offering MOOCs or planning to offer MOOCs (9.8% vs. the next highest of 4.5%

for Specialized institutions in offerings and 21.4% vs. the next highest of 11.8% for

Master’s level institutions for planning).



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The Future


Overall, academic leaders are split in their opinions about MOOCs as a sustainable

method for offering courses with 27.8 percent agreeing, 27.0 percent disagreeing,

and most Chief Academic Officers (45.2%) neutral.

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