innovative online strategies at mit
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Presented by Brandon Muramatsu at a NASA/MIT/NSTA Collaboration Meeting on January 24, 2014.TRANSCRIPT
Innovative Online Strategies at MIT
Brandon Muramatsu, [email protected] Office of Digital Learning
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Background: Office of Digital Learning
Mission
The Office of Digital Learning works to transform teaching and learning at MIT and around the globe through the innovative use of digital technologies.
Established November 2012
Key Area: Strategic Initiatives Realize mission through collaborations at K-12, Community
College, Higher Education and Corporate levels
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4 Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds
UNLOCKING KNOWLEDGE, EMPOWERING MINDS
ocw.mit.edu
5 Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds
UNLOCKING KNOWLEDGE > DUAL MISSION
• Publish core teaching materials—including syllabi, lecture
notes, assignments and exams—from virtually all of MIT’s
courses
• Extend the reach and impact of OCW and the
OpenCourseWare concept
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• 2,180 Syllabi & reading lists
• 18,000+ lecture notes
• 10,000+ assignments
• 1,000+ exams
• 700+ projects
Many include:
• Audio/video (~100)
• Complete texts (~30)
• Simulations/animations
UNLOCKING KNOWLEDGE > 2,180 COURSES
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MIT’s Educational Outreach
Long history, deeply ingrained
MIT’s sharing benefits the world, andwe believe, enhances MIT
Course Materials MIT OpenCourseWare (2001)
Courses & Teaching MITx (2011), then edX (2012)
The Experience The “special sauce”, in and around
Cambridge, MA; with peers, faculty,
researchers, alumni, startups
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Online Teacher Education
Project Details Grant funded by Education Development Center (EDC) with US
Agency for International Development funds
4 month project: May – September 2013
Deliverables 3 Online Courses
2+2+6 BLOSSOMS Modules
5 Workshops
Concept Tools
Online Course Design Guide
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3 Online Video-Based Courses
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Best Practices for Teaching and Learning5 Sessions
Games and Learning5 Weeks
Mathlets: An Introduction4 Hours
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2+2 BLOSSOMS Modules
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Monty Hall
Tragedy of the Commons From Psychology to Logic
Kite Flying
+6 Translations to Urdu
blossoms.mit.edu
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5 Workshops
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4 Day Visualization Workshop 1 Day Online Course Design Workshop
½ Day Concept ToolsWorkshop
½ Day EdTechWorkshop
½ Day Admin & InfrastructureWorkshop
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Concept Tools
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Concept Map Authoring Tool
Concept-Driven Repository Tool
MC3 BrowserExtension
(Assign Resourcesto Concepts)
mc3.mit.edu
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CC/MIT: Community College Collaborations
Massachusetts Transformation Agenda Advanced Manufacturing Case Studies and Online Learning
Modules—building/sharing MIT’s strengths
Guided Pathways to Success Nascent collaboration
Tools and infrastructure to link learning outcomes with courses, student information systems and real-time labor market information
(Experiments around MITx courses)
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MITx / edX
MITx: many meanings, many interests MOOC courses
Residential experiments utilizing MOOCs for blended learning
SPOC (“Small Private Online Course”, aka Online Course)
edX: Standalone non-profit organization Major funding from MIT and Harvard
Consortium of universities publishing MOOC courses
Impact beyond MOOC courses New organizational models, opportunity for discussion
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Initial MITx & HarvardX Research
Released on Tuesday, January 21, 2014
odl.mit.edu/mitx-working-papers
harvardx.harvard.edu/harvardx-working-papers
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Next Gen Science Standards MOOC
Goal
Prepare K-12 educators to implement Next Gen Science Standards with their students.
Let’s look at research / observations that might influence design…
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Engagement
What’s in a number? Only registered
Only viewed
Explored(accessed half or more of chapters)
Certified
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Seaton, D. T., Reich, J., Nesterko, S, Mullaney, T., Waldo, J., Ho, A., & Chuang, I. (2014). 7.00x Introduction to Biology: The Secret ofLife - Spring 2013 MITx Course Report (MITx Working Paper #9)
7.00x Introduction to Biology:The Secret of Life, Spring 2013
Figure 3: Participants separated into four mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories (not to scale).
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Intent & Outcomes
What are the learners’ intent?
What do we want the outcomes to be?
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Seaton, D. T., Reich, J., Nesterko, S, Mullaney, T., Waldo, J., Ho, A., & Chuang, I. (2014). 7.00x Introduction to Biology: The Secret ofLife - Spring 2013 MITx Course Report (MITx Working Paper #9)
7.00x Introduction to Biology: The Secret of Life, Spring 2013
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Support to Completion
Persistence beyond the first week is key
Given our goals, how can we support learners to completion?
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Ho, A. D., Reich, J., Nesterko, S., Seaton, D. T., Mullaney, T., Waldo, J., & Chuang, I. (2014). HarvardX and MITx: The first year of open online courses (HarvardX and MITx Working Paper No. 1).
Figure 12. Average percentage of active registrants whose last action in a course is in a particular week.
Series and Duration
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University of California, Irvine
Virtual Teacher ProgramA Specialization on Coursera: Your Pathway to Expertise
www.coursera.org/specialization/virtualteacher/10/courses
Innovative Online Strategies at MIT
Brandon Muramatsu, [email protected] Office of Digital Learning
21Unless otherwise specified this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Cite as: Muramatsu, B. (2014, January). Innovative Online Strategies at MIT. NASA-MIT-NSTA Collaboration Discussions. Washington, D.C. January 24, 2014.