Upload
eadtu
View
91
Download
1
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Piet Henderikx, Secretary General
EADTU
1
The European MOOC Consortium
(EMC)
European trends in MOOCs
• MOOCs: predominantly US-where it all started as of 2011 and expanded massively-major providers Coursera, edX, Udacity
• European MOOC platforms, institutional and governmental strategies and policies: e.g. Futurelearn, FUN, Eduopen, MiriadaX
• EU programmes to stimulate research and supporting models for MOOC development: over 20 EU-funded projects to stimulate research and supporting models for MOOC development in various programmes – next to many projects that develop a MOOC as a separate result.
Worldwide MOOCs
• Note that this figure excludes regional/institutional MOOC offering
• 23M new MOOC students in 2016!
Source: ONLINE REPORT CARDTRACKING ONLINE EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATEShttp://www.slideshare.net/yvespunie/ipts-opensurvey-final-55974682
MOOC offerings in Europe• Some universities joined US initiatives
• Country/language-based platforms, serving distinct markets(FutureLearn, FUN, MiríadaX, Eduopen, national platforms)
• Offerings by institutional learning environments (partly underOpenuped)
Using different approaches as a strength!• Working with various platforms • More market specific offerings• Involve universities European wide
Share expertise: learn and strengthen each other on-pedagogies-organisational models-business models-technologies-support services
• Create awareness and a European coverage of offerings for students and businesses
Stimulate European MOOC uptake
Create awareness on opportunities offered by MOOCs
• Involve social partners and civil society organisations at
national level) Joint partnerships are essential as MOOCs are
for massive audiences and relate to scalability
• Businesses encouraging staff to use MOOCs
• Employees using MOOCs for promotion, new jobs, change
careers (->recognition)
Improve European MOOC data
It is essential that a cohesive and collaborative effort is adopted inEurope to fully exploit the opportunities of open and online education
-> Share data about MOOC participants, their behavior and preferences, related to the needs in society, etc. based on reports of the major MOOC platform providers.
Many European MOOC efforts are institutional/regional-> research at a European level would benefit from more coherent approaches and as such, generate more evidence on what is really going on in Europe related to MOOCs.
Our Mission
The European MOOC Consortium will strengthen the credibility
of massive open online courses (MOOCs) as a learning approach
in higher education by taking a leading role in developing the
discourse relating to MOOCs and other innovative developments
in online learning in Europe.
The European MOOC Consortium
(EMC)
EMC GOALS1. EMC will develop activities to increase the awareness and use of
digital education and MOOCs within universities and empower them to
embed this in their organization. As a result, more universities and
other educational providers will use MOOCs to provide open
education, as part of their programmes of continuing education and
continuing professional development or as part of the preparation for
undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.
2. EMC will increase the impact of each of its partners on educational
policy by taking a lead in this area, making MOOCs part of institutional
policies and strategies, shaping regional and governmental policies,
partnering with the European Commission on matters relating to
online and digital education, and by supporting further exchange of
educational models, technologies and business models for improving
practices in higher education institutions
12
EMC GOALS3. EMC will make MOOCs a widely considered option for employers
seeking to close knowledge and skills gaps in the economy and for
workers interested in changing careers. In order to do this, EMC and
its partners will develop a dialogue with social partners and civil
society organisations on the changing needs of the European
workforce. This will include consideration of what skills and
knowledge learner need to support progression and how best to
make people and organisations aware of the learning opportunities
of MOOCs.
4.EMC and the partners will strengthen the continuing education
sector by increasing the credibility and visibility of MOOCs, by
developing a framework for the recognition of micro-credentials, and
by working towards the adoption of that framework by stakeholders
across Europe.
13
EMC GOALS
5. EMC will promote collaboration between its partners in order to build
a complementary offer of courses and to increase the number of
people who can benefit by making them available in different
languages across Europe. EMC will work with others to solve language
issues and tackling cultural differences.
6. EMC will collaboratively build and conduct a research agenda on
MOOCs in Europe in order to increase their impact. This work will
generate an accepted evidence base of good practice, will identify
characteristics of uptake of MOOCs in Europe, and will produce a set
of relevant data that will be openly available.
14
For further information, please contact the EADTU office at [email protected]
EMC is offering almost a 1000 MOOCS and representing 250 higher
education institutions (HEIs) and companies
EMC GOALS
1. EMC will develop activities to increase the awareness and use of digital
education and MOOCs within universities
2. EMC will increase the impact of each of its partners on educational policy by
taking a lead in this area
3. EMC will make MOOCs a widely considered option for employers seeking to
close knowledge and skills gaps in the economy and for workers interested in
changing careers.
4.EMC and the partners will strengthen the continuing education sector by
increasing the credibility and visibility of MOOCs
5. EMC will promote collaboration between its partners in order to build a
complementary offer of courses
6. EMC will collaboratively build and conduct a research agenda on MOOCs in
Europe
16