using moocs within traditional courses: students’ perspective

UsingMOOCswithintradi0onalcourses:students’perspec0ve

Dr.DianaAndoneVladMihaescu,Prof.dr.RaduVasiu

PolitehnicaUniversityofTimisoara,Romania

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OPEN….

WorldwideParBcipaBoninHigherEducaBonisExpectedtoGrow~60%by2025…

2011 2025

Worldwide Participants in Tertiary Education, 2011 and 2025 Projected In order to

accommodate these 98 million new

students, four major universities of

30,000+ students would need to open every week for the

next 15 years

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WhataboutHEincountrieswithlesswidelyusedlanguages?

NMCHorizon2015

h.p://www.nmc.org/pdf/2015-horizon-he-preview.pdf

Whatarethechallenges/trendsforHEinmid-sizecountries,non-Englishspeakingstudents?

Flippedclassroom•  UseofOERs•  IntegraBngMOOCs

•  InternaBonalco-operaBonforinclassacBviBes

•  OpeningeducaBon•  Onlinestudyskillsforstudents

•  cMOOCs

cMOOCscMOOCsprovidegreatopportuniBesfornon-tradiBonalformsofteachingapproachesandlearner-centeredpedagogywherestudentslearnfromoneanother(Dron&Anderson,2014)

cMOOCsConnectNetworkLearner-centeredPeerfoundedOERs,xMOOCs

xMOOCsPla`ormAcademicorientedAssessmentLinear

Flippedclassroom&blendedlearning

•  GivingstudentsmoreopportuniBestoworkcollecBvely

•  newmethodsofteachingSTEMsubjectsandnewapproachestoengineeringeducaBon

•  OnlineStudyskillsforstudents’lifelonglearning

•  AwarenessandexperimentaBonina(some-what)supervisedenvironment

VariantsofblendingMOOCsinuniversitycourses

Holotescu,C.,Grosseck,G.,Cretu,V.,Naaji,A.(2014).Integra(ngMOOCsinBlendedCourses

IntegraBngMOOCsinUPT,Romania

•  5professors•  11coursesatUGandMasterlevel•  Since2013•  MOOCsusedasOER,courseaddiBonalresources,projectwork

•  Somestudentsa.ended2courseswithMOOCsintegraBonasaflippedclassroom&blendedlearningmodel

MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul0mediaTechnologies

Studyfor9months–Spring2014,Autumn201434Masterstudents–courseinUsabilityandInteracBon27Masterstudents(samestudentsasinpreviouscourse)–courseinInstrucBonalTechnologies•  Toa.endacBvelyaMOOC,comment,produceareportandanalyze

–25%finalmark

MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul0mediaTechnologies

•  MOOCs&OERs:CourseaddiBonalresourcesandprojectwork

•  StudentsownselecBonofthea.endedMOOCs•  CVUPT-UniversityVLE-blog,wikifordiscussionsandanalyse

•  Studentssubmi.edfinalevaluaBonreportoftheirexperienceinMOOCs,followingthetopics:thetechnicalenvironment,thepla`ormusability,qualityoflearningmaterials,acBviBesperformedandcommunicaBontools

•  OnlinequesBonnaireandin-classdiscussion

MOOCspla`ormusedbystudents

Coursera22%

udemy17%

Udacity12%

FutureLearn12%

Iversity10%

Saylor8%

open2study8%

other8%

EdX3%

MOOCsforMasterstudentsinMul0mediaTechnologies

•  33%liveMOOCs•  93%completedwithcerBficate•  87%previouslya.endedanotherMOOC•  Onlinediscussionincourseblog,wikiandface-to-face

•  EvaluaBonasaMOOCcoursereport(instrucBonalandtechnological)

•  Students’percep0onofMOOCstechnicalenvironmentandusability

Students’TechnicalanalysisofdifferentMOOCspla`orms

Students’LearningmaterialsanalysisofdifferentMOOCpla`ormsPl

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Coursera different formats would be required

yes can be downloaded, modifying the speed

questionnaires, quizzes, weekly assignments, exam, individual and group projects

subtitles in other languages, courses in other languages

Respect deadlines, Verified Certificate

some yes yes

EdX pleasant and attractive

yes interactive transcript

quizzes, final test

N/A N/A N/A yes N/A

Udemy very useful and explanatory

yes excellent quality, cannot be downloaded, autoplay option

intermediary and final exam, quizzes

N/A yes N/A yes

Udacity good yes can be downloaded

problem sets, quizzes

N/A yes some yes yes

Future Learn

not stuffed, clear terms

external links

very good weekly, short test

N/A N/A N/A yes N/A

Students’LearningmaterialsanalysisofdifferentMOOCpla`orms

•  57%studentsconsideredacBviBesinMOOCasnormalhighereducaBonacBviBes

•  Comparingwithregularuniversitymaterials:

45%similarquality

•  73%accessedcoursesfrommobile

•  Thebestreasonstoa.end:free,easyaccess,anyBmelearning:5(scale1-5)

Students’LearninganalysisofdifferentMOOCpla`orms

IntegraBngMOOCsinHEcourseacBviBesandpedagogicalbenefits Ac0vi0esintheHEcourse(inCVUPT) Pedagogicalbenefits

Face-to-faceacBviBes

Discussions fordeeperunderstandingofthecoursetopics/requirements

Learner-centricteaching

Feedbackonassignments

Online acBviBes onCVUPT

Followcoursematerials Self-paced study for differentlearning styles, enhanced focusanda.enBon

Discussions of OER, MOOCs and CClicenses

Openne s s t o / c u l t u r e o fknowledge-sharing and re-use,e xp lo i t aBon o f the OERmovement benefits, criBcalthinking

Project work: online course/ training /ICThelpdevelopment CollaboraBon in local learning

community

Ac0vi0esintheHEcourse(inCVUPT)

Pedagogicalbenefits

Group work Online course project

Skills for collaborative work: challenge assumptions, delegate roles and r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s , s h a r e d i v e r s e perspectives, find effective peers to emulate, collaborative tools usage

MOOC

Study MOOC materials (short videos, podcasts, presentations) and answer to corresponding quizzes

Self-paced/active learning

Solve assessments Retrieval learning, gamification

Evaluation of peer assignments Peer-assessment, assuming objectivity and responsibility

Discussions / feedback in MOOC forums

Participation in global learning communities, instant feedback

MOOC selection Skills for continuing and for learning autonomy, self-assessment of learning objectives

Forstudents:

•  autonomyinassessingtheirownlearningneedsforchoosingtheMOOCsinwhichtoparBcipate

•  Newdigitalskills•  Developingstudyskillsforlifelonglearning•  InteracBonandcollaboraBon

•  thecurateduseofinformaBon–analyse&sythesis

Benefits/ChallengesofMOOCsintegra0oninflippedclassrooms

ContradicBons&Challenges•  Forteachers:

•  toopposeuniformityandself-sufficiencyNewskillsandtasks:•  complexcoursedesign/management•  OERsandMOOCscuraBng•  NewevaluaBonandassessmentsmethods•  Newdigitalskills

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Advantages

•  FadingtradiBonaleducaBonbarrier•  developing/improvingdigitalskills•  alwaysconnectedtoreal-lifesituaBons•  accesstolatesttechnology•  experiencingamorefundamentalformofself–educaBonandopen-educaBon

•  learningfromthestream:therearethousandsofcolleagues/pracBBoners/expertsfromallovertheworldtointeractwith

Wicked

•  eliminaBngtheconfusionwithdistanceeducaBon:universiBesthatalreadyhaveimplementedthismodel,useinformaBontechnologyasasupportforeducaBon,andnotasanalternaBve

•  forMOOCsinHEfacilitators,priorexperienceindesigningandrunningonlinecoursesisneeded

•  astrategyforassessment•  Creditstransfer

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