OECx: Building Openly Licensed

MOOCs to Enhance Re-use, Interactivity, and Learning

Data

Una Daly, Open Education ConsortiumDr. Katsuske Shigeta, Hokkaido University

Tim Seal, Open University

Wed, April 13, 2016Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0

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Open Education Consortium

Community of hundreds of higher education institutions & organizations committed to advancing open education and its impact

globally.

Why Open MOOCs?• Opportunity to leverage existing OER/OCW and

add benefits of interaction and data collection • Combine open enrollment with open content to

create a diverse array of Open MOOCs• Many members don’t have the opportunity or

want a test before committing fully• Alignment with OEC membership to expand

access to knowledge.

Free no cost

OpenNo cost + permission to modify

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What is an Open MOOC?

OEC + edX (OECx) Partnership Created 2014

• Offer OEC members reduced cost platform to develop and test MOOCs

• edX is open source platform, fits with our mission

MANDARINNational Chiao

Tung University, Taiwan

SPANISH Universidad

Politécnica de Madrid, Spain

ENGLISH Anne Arundel College,

USA Hokkaido University,

Japan Tess-India, Open

University, UK Tufts University, USA

Ten MOOCs

OECx– Hokkaido UniversityAudience: Faculty and students interested in the field

Goal:-Opening up education from HU for internationalization-Promote advanced education program efforts at HU

Hypothesis:Opening MOOC materials as OER, faculty and students can use for various purposes

RADIO101x: Effects of Radiation

Title 　 : Effects of Radiation: An Introduction to Radiation and RadioactivityLength : July 14, 2015 – August 24, 2015Assignments : Weekly quizzes (50%), Mid-term exam (40%), Final exam (10%)Prerequisites : None (High-school physics/chemistry is preferred)Instructors : Eight instructors from engineering/veterinary medicine department

Precondition at HU: University Consortium to introduce

OER• Create liberal arts courses for

university-wide consortium– 7 public universities at Hokkaido– Utilize videoconferencing

• Develop education programsto utilize OER– Flipped classroom and

active learning• Start credit bearing

courses from 2015

OER Repository

• Academic Commons For Education (ACE)– Open edX based platform– Develop “MOOC-type” OER

http://ace.iic.hokudai.ac.jp/　 (Required signing on）

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Thank you!

Katsuske Shigeta, PhDAssociate ProfessorAssociate DirectorCenter for Open Education

Background

Openly licenced

TESS-India MOOC

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Statistics

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86% India

150 countries represented of which 73 were from global south

10,236 participants

45.1% female

51 % Global Completion Rate

40% completers from rural/semi-rural locations (42% participants rural/semi-rural)

Lessons learnt

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•Accessibility – lack of appropriate licencing •External content – Platform requirements•Assignment due dates - Motivation•xMOOC – Structured delivery•Usability – Support for participants•Local language – Support for participants

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OECx: University Polytechnic Madrid• Introducción to the Engineering of Helicopters–6 weeks of instruction–Weekly video lectures, problem sets– Final exam

• Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact on IT Management–5 weeks of instruction–Weekly videos including discussions–Discussion forums–Projects

Reach, Engagement, Participation

• 5800 Students, 91 Countries• Top Countries–Spain, Columbia, Peru, Mexico

• High student satisfaction–81% Corporate, 71% Helicopters

• Re-use materials in future–88 % Corporate, 76% Helicopters

• Significantly less females and less education for Helicopters

Final Reflections“Many lessons learned about the

process to improve in the future, especially when the course evolves from OCW”

“Authors willing to participate in new editions of these courses and new ones depending on

institutional support”

Special thanks to Edmundo Tovar, Executive Director, Open Education OfficeUniversity Politechnic Madrid

OECx: Tuft’s University

• Biology of Water and Health– Fundamentals run twice– Sustainable Interventions once

• 9 weeks of instruction–170 videos: 6-15 minutes–Virtual field trips–5 Live instructor sessions–Peer assessments–International Reach

Reach, Engagement, Participation

• 8500 students, 175 countries50% or more persisted12% completion rate (avg 2.8)20% completed both MOOCs

• 97% would recommend courses• 56% new to Tuft’s University

Final Reflections

“Further investment in this format should be accompanied by a resource plan in order to avoid

compromising services in support of other forms of online educational programming on campus”

“The time required of the professors is substantial. There are no shortcuts.”

Special thanks to Paul Bergen, Director, Educational Technology ServicesTuft’s University

OECx Developer Survey

• Did OER make it easier to develop MOOC?– Time to develop– Cost to develop

• What benefits did making an Open MOOC bring to your institution?

Development Time

• Time commitment is significant:• > 40 hours Instructional Designers• > 40 hours faculty time• > 40 hours course facilitators• Didn’t redo video: 10-20 hours video editing• New video: >100 hours shooting and editing• Project managers 10 hours• High level administrators 10 hours

OER Re-use Varied

• Range was 25% - 100% new content– Lower costs = higher amount of OER re-

use– New content was primarily new video

made specifically for edX MOOC format– All had to create at least some new

content to fit the platform and requirements

Cost Dependent on Modification

• Range was US $6,500 - $100,000– Included staff time & resources– Extensive video work was most costly– Changes to edX platform interface has

increased some time and costs – edX’s cloud repository model has made

remix more challenging

OECx:Learners Affected

• Total Enrollments: ~ 50,000– Average enrollment* : 4000– Average Certificates Earned: 8 %• Mostly Free Honor• Some Fee-based Verified

Preliminary conclusions• OER can provide base for building MOOCs– Format and license of OER affect ease of re-use

• MOOCs provide – interactivity to OCW/OER– Increase institutional recognition– Learning analytics

• Cost of production can be significant and needs to be weighed against other OER efforts.

Thank you!