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The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Museum of Modern Art The Ohio State University The Pennsylvania State University The University of British Columbia The University of Chicago The University of Edinburgh The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of Tokyo The World Bank Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Universiteit Leiden University of Alberta New University of Amsterdam New University of California, Irvine University of California, San Diego University of California, San Francisco University of California, Santa Cruz University of Colorado Boulder University of Copenhagen University of Florida University of Geneva University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of London International Programmes University of Maryland, College Park University of Melbourne University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Rochester University of Toronto University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Zurich Vanderbilt University Wesleyan University Yale University

American Museum of Natural History Berklee College of Music Brown University California Institute of Technology California Institute of the Arts Case Western Reserve University Columbia University Commonwealth Education Trust Curtis Institute of Music Duke University École Centrale Paris New École normale supérieure New École Polytechnique École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Emory University Exploratorium Georgia Institute of Technology Hebrew University of Jerusalem HEC Paris New Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai IE Business School Johns Hopkins University Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) Match Teacher Residency Nanyang Technological University National Taiwan University National University of Singapore New Teacher Center Northwestern University Peking University New Princeton University Relay Graduate School of Education Rice University Rutgers University Sapienza University of Rome Stanford University Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Technion - Israel Institute of Technology New Technische Universität München (TUM) Tecnológico de Monterrey Tel Aviv University

Student participation Chronicle Survey 184 MOOC professors

– average "pass" rate was 7.5 percent

– median number of passing students was 2,600

– median number of registrants was 33,000

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Actual Course Survey Example

Typical MOOC Experience is there one ?

Lecture Style Edinburgh Astrobiology

Engagement Wharton Gamification Twitter

Assignment Driven Rice Python Programming

Lab Experiment Focus Georgia Tech Physics

Discussion/Interactive N. Western New Media Meetup

Discussion & Forum Future Learn

Typical MOOC

Structure

8 x 10min V. Lectures

Quiz & Grading - MCQ

Forum - Discussion

Assignment (circa 3-6)

Peer Review & Grade

Module “Pass” Cert

Typical 6-10 Week Basic Module Cycle

Enhanced Features

Mediated Forum On-line Tutor Hours Participation Credits

Reading Assignments YouTube Video Clips eBook course text

Interaction with Prof. Social Media, Twitter, Google Hangout , Physical Meetings

Higher “Track” with Institution Credit

Optional extra Challenge problems / assignments. Exams

Additional Tech. or Software

Student Driven Groups, other social platforms, meet-ups. Recommendations on apps e.g. videonot.es

Lecturer Driven Mandatory software: e.g. specific tools required for course – Python, uTube, eBook, Google, or proprietary

Institution Driven Mandated use of specific institution software – e.g. discussion forum, Web Assign etc..

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Rationale for MOOCs Institution Purpose • Marketing & Recruitment • Outreach & Education mission • Platform for distance Ed programme • Continuing Education (global scale) • Research & large data collection engine Owen Youngman - video comments ( Medill ) – 21 Oct 2013

Key Success Factors • Audience attraction • Impact of material & presentation • Feedback & reputation generated • Return customers & conversion to payment • Future campus enrolments

Some Current Research Info “The Maturing of the MOOC” BIS research paper 130

UK Dept for Business, Innovation & Skills LITERATURE REVIEW OF MOOCs AND OTHER FORMS OF ODL SEPT.2013 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/240193/13-1173-maturing-of-the-mooc.pdf

Chronicle Survey – Profs behind the MOOCs

http://chronicle.com/article/The-Professors-Behind-the-MOOC/137905/#id=overview

New Media Course – mid stage feedback on participation https://class.coursera.org/googlemedia-001/class/index

Aggregator sites • http://www.knollop.com/ • http://www.mooc-list.com/

MOOCs @ Edinburgh 2013 Report #1

A report summarising the experience of the University of Edinburgh of offering its first 6 massive open online courses (MOOCs) in partnership with Coursera https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/6683/1/Edinburgh%20MOOCs%20Report%202013%20%231.pdf

http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/online-learning/moocs/moocs