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Presentation to T&L conference at Charles Sturt University, Australia, November 2013
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MOOCs and Assessment
MOOC mania:challenges to
assessment and credit (and course design)
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PostgraduateAndGraduateEducation
1994
Unbundling university education
Image courtesy of emptyglass at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Acknowledgement: Judith Murray, at the time Vice President, Open Learning Thomson Rivers University, Canada
Commonwealth of Learning http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=458
What is Credit-by-Examination?
“What you know is more important than how or where you learned it.”
Credit-by-examination (aka credit by assessment) allows students to prove their knowledge, regardless of how that knowledge was gained, by taking an exam.
Exams designed for credit test content equivalent to common college-level courses and undergo rigorous quality control.
Developed and maintained by Excelsior College since the 1970s.
Administered at 4,000 Pearson Testing Centers worldwide.
Exam fees = $95 - $415, depending on length and format (no separate seat fees).
Excelsior College Examinations (ECEs) & UExcel Exams
Five Steps to Low Cost, High Quality Bachelors Degrees
Identify
requirements
to be
completed Match work
needed to
available forms
of assessment
Pass
assessments
using OER
study material
Complete
Capstone
course
online
How does this work?
Select from 4 assessment-based degrees Associate – Business Associate – Liberal Arts Bachelor – Business Bachelor – Liberal Arts
Match curriculum against prior work (transfer credit, previous credit-bearing exams, credit for military/corporate training)
How does this work?
Match work that needs to be completed to credit-by-examination options
Select from list of faculty vetted, free materials to prep for the selected assessment
Access tutors and online library as needed to help prepare for assessment
How does this work?
Check level of mastery with practice exam
When ready, take exam of record To complete degree, take online
capstone course
Learning credits do not have to be tied to “seat time”
Commonwealth of Learning http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=458
Commonwealth of Learning http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=458
More questions than answers at this stage…
• It’s not only about developing CSU MOOCs and OERs
• It’s more about reuse of other universities’ MOOCs and OERs within CSU courses
• And mostly about assessing & crediting other universities’ MOOCs and OERs as components of the CSU degree – how far should we go?
Degree
UOW VC - INTEGRATION OF MOOCs INTO A UNIVERSITY’S ACTIVITIES
- Within existing courses- As a learning resource
- Accessible to individuals- As a revision tool or expansion activity
- Additional courses- Part of an integrated menu of options, with
assessment run by university
Why should CSU push further with OER?
• Lowering the cost of university education for some learners
• Thereby attracting students that we are not currently reaching
• Attracting international students• Internationalisation of learning interaction
Stats from a recent Australian MOOC
Why should CSU push further with OER?
• Lowering the cost of university education for some learners
• Thereby attracting students that we are not currently reaching
• Attracting international students• Internationalisation of learning interaction• Internationalisation of course content• Cost efficiencies in course development?
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