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MOOCs Beyond the Hype:
The Open Learning Journey at the
University of Pennsylvania
Educause 2014
Amy Bennett, Director of Course Operations
Lauren Owens, Associate Director
Deirdre Woods, Executive Director
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Why are We Doing This?
• Create and disseminateknowledge
• Expand Penn’s global reach
• Drive teaching innovation oncampus
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Penn’s MOOC Initiative
SUMMER 2012 FALL 2014
38 courses100% of Penn’s schools
2.7 million enrollments
195 countries reached
5 courses25% of Penn schools
200,000 enrollments
85 countries reached
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Breadth and Depth of Courses
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Implications for IT Professionals
IT needs to be involved in activitiesclose to the institution’s mission
MOOCs are a template for other
new ventures
IT has technical expertise, project
management skills and previousrelationships with constituents
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Building Community On Campus
• How to evangelize a new initiative: – Make friends across campus
– Host events
– Promote, promote, promote
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Building Community Beyond Campus
Tell stories.
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Sprout Social Snapshot
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Making the Stories: Behind the Scenes
• Build a replicable process while
letting “magic” happen
• Prepare for unexpected scenariosby creating support mechanisms
• Let the journey unfold in multipledirections
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KICKOFF MEETING
STUDENT SIGN-UP
GO-LIVE PREPARATION
CLASS BEGINS
CLASS ENDS
WRAP-UP ACTIVITES
6 – 8
MONTHS
2 – 3
MONTHS
4 – 6
WEEKS
6 – 10
WEEKS
2 – 4
WEEKS
DESIGN, BUILD COURSE
The JourneyBuilding Infrastructure: GUIDED PROCESS
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The JourneyBuilding Infrastructure: SUPPORT
2014
2013
2012
SUPPORT:Leanest
Ad-Hoc
UserDocumentation
SUPPORT:Leaner
ImplementationProcess
Course TeamTraining
Website andWiki
1 full-timeStudent help
SUPPORT:
Lean
Toolkit andTemplates
SupportProcess
(EscalationChain)
QualityChecks
Per-course
Support
BudgetManagement
2 full-timeStudent help
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MOOCs
DIGITAL
LEARNING
TOOLS(Blended
Learning)
MOOCs
DIGITALLEARNING
TOOLS
EXPERIMENTAL
PILOTS
MOOCs
DIGITAL
LEARNING
TOOLS
NEW MARKET
EXPLORATION:
Geographical
Advanced Subjects
Content SharingHigher Stakes
2012
2014
MOOCs
2013
BEYOND
Continuing the JourneyExpanding our Scope
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Launching New Initiatives
• Perfection is the enemyof good
• Materials will have ashort shelf life
• Administrativeinfrastructure
• The team will need toperform many roles andbe comfortable withuncertainty
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Final Thoughts
• Developing strongrelationships acrosscampus is part of thework
• Change is alwaysmessy
• Have we reachedthe tipping point to
truly transform theclassroom?
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