Quality assurance MOOCs

ENQA workshop on QA and e-learning

seminar

Marinke Sussenbach

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TU Delft- Open and online education

Since 2006 OCW and online education

In 2014 established TU Delft Extension School

Educate the world & improve the quality of education

1. Improve education

2. Deliver High Quality Open & Online Education

3. Growing academic output

Portfolio online courses

25

20 1 MSc

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Many Learners

682.424 enrolments

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MOOC students:

life long learners

Average Age: 29

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Arno Smets – Solar Energy Course

• 30% more material than in the classical classroom

• Pass rates up from 71% to 89%

• Grades up from 6.51 to 7.09 (on a scale from 1 to 10)

• 69% of students preferred flipped classroom

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IMPROVE QUALITY OF EDUCATION

More info: http://www.e-learn.nl/2015/01/11/mooc-has-positive-effect-on-campus-education

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MOOCS FOR RESEARCH

The potential of solar energy

(given in kWh electricity cost x amount

of sunshine hours).

Light green is high potential (best

markets), dark is less interesting, gray

is no reliable data.

The probability of blackouts of the

electricity network

Light color is little chance, black is

more likely

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QUALITY ASSURANCE MODEL TU DELFT

• Goal: stimulate the quality culture and thus quality

• TU passed the institutional audit and all programs are

accredited

• TU Delft has an extensive quality assurance. Examples:

• Dashboards Management information on metrics

• Yearly reports for BSc/MSc

• Midterm review of each program and institution audit

• Internal audits on themes such as board of examiners

Scenarios Quality assurance open and online education

1. Credit recognition

2. Imported e-learning(Re-use)

4. E-learning programme(major)

3. E-learning course(minor)

Internal quality assurance

Create strategic alliance: global quality standard using supplement and additional exams

As usual

Additional measures online

Additional measures online

Examples

MOOC on Water Treatment

OER up to whole MOOC

Accredited MSc Aerospace course

Accredited Online MSc Water Management

1. Credit recognitionof MOOCs

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1. Strategic alliance

Envisioned situation

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3. MOOC Supplement

3+4 Design anddevelopment online courses

What is the most common approach

Sourcehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IT@School_Project

Additional Measures

1. Training program for

teachers, instructors

2. Evaluations

3. Didactical reflective tool

OLE

Didactical method: Online Learning Experience

Check your experience

Thank you!

Marinke Sussenbach

m.s.d.sussenbach@tudelft.nl

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Online learning models

UAb(PT)

U.Phoenix(US)

UOC(SP)

Open (UK)

IPL(PT)

TUD(NL)

FlexibilityInteractionDigital inclusion

QualityFlexibilityAccessibleLearning teams (collaboration)Interactive forumsStudent supportReal-world

Learning Activity.Resources.Collaboration.Accompaniment

Flexible/DiverseDynamic

FlexibleAll-inclusiveSupportiveSocial

Course development teamAccessibility & InclusionContext & ContentLearning community

FlexibleDiverseInclusiveSupportiveInteractiveActiveAuthenticInnovative

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Impact of Open Education:

How a MOOC changed his life

• Andersson Contreras

• Student from Colombia

https://www.edx.org/blog/how-delft-university-technology-changed